Arch Hall Sr.
| Arch Hall Sr. | |
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Arch Hall Sr. in Eegah
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| Born |
Archibald Williams Hall December 21, 1908 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | April 28, 1978 (aged 69) Los Angeles |
| Other names | Archie Hall Arch Hall Nicholas Meriwether Nicholas Merriweather Nicholas Merriwether William Watters Waa-toe-gala Oak-Shilla |
| Occupation | Actor, screenwriter and film producer |
| Spouse(s) | Addalyn Pollitt (m. 1934–78) |
Archibald Williams Hall (December 21, 1908 – April 28, 1978), better known as Arch Hall Sr., was an American actor, screenwriter, and film producer, best known for making a series of B-movies in the early 1960s which starred his son, Arch Hall, Jr. Hall used various names throughout his career including Nicholas Merriwether, William Waters, and Archie Hall.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Hall grew up in South Dakota, a genuine cowboy. He spoke the Sioux language and had a Sioux name, "Waa-toe-gala Oak-Shilla" (translation: Wild Boy). Hall graduated from the University of South Dakota, wrote for radio, interviewing elderly native-Americans on KOTA, and was a pilot in the United States Army Air Forces. Hall's experience in the Air Force was satirized in The Last Time I Saw Archie, a 1961 film by Bill Bowers which starred Jack Webb, Robert Mitchum, and France Nuyen. The film was loosely based on Hall's experience in the Army after being declared to be too old to fly fighters, but too inexperienced to fly bombers, leaving his only option to fly troop transport gliders.
He then worked as a stuntman in Hollywood in the 1930s, a job which expanded into small acting roles in various films, usually Westerns. Hall Sr. formed his own movie studio, Fairway Productions, in Burbank, California. In the 1960s it made a series of B-films targeted towards the drive-in market, that were later hailed as some of the worst films ever made. They starred himself, his son Arch Jr., his wife would appear as an extra or character actor, and the sound was handled by Arch Jr. and his friend from high school, Alan O'Day (who later wrote No. 1 pop songs in the 1970s).
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