Hal August Explained

Hal August
Birth Name:	Frank T. Halleck
Birth Date:	August 23, 1890
Birth Place:	Oakland, California
Death Date:	September 21, 1918
Death Place:	Great Lakes, Illinois, USA
Restingplace:	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Occupation:	Actor, US Navy Reserve
Yearsactive:	1913-1918

Hal August (1890-1918) was a silent film actor born as Frank T. Halleck. He performed mostly in westerns and dramas.

He appeared in numerous short films directed by Edwin August and produced by Edwin's production company Eaco Films. He worked also for the Bison Film Company, Balboa Amusement Producing Company and Powers Picture Plays. Contemporary references often list him and Edwin August as brothers or half-brothers.

He joined the US Navy Reserve during the Great War, but died from pneumonia on base in Great Lakes, Illinois in September 1918. He was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Selected filmography

• His Own Blood (1913) *short
• An evil of the Slums (1914) *short
• A Coincidental Bridegroom (1914) *short
• Into the Lion's Pit (1914) *short
• Withered Hands (1914) *short
• My Mother's Irish Shawls (1914) *short
• The Hand That Rules the World (1914) *short
• Hands Invisible (1914) *short
• The Romance of an Actor (1914) *short
• Pitfalls (1914) *short
• The Taint of an Alien (1914) *short
• The Two Gun Man (1914) *short
• The Great Secret (1914) *short
• A Double Haul (1914) *short
• A Strange Adventure (1914) *short
• Beyond the Trail (1916) *short

External links

• Hal August Internet Movie Database
• KinoTV Hal August

Notes and References

1. Who Was Who on the Screen 2nd edition c.1977 Evelyn Mack Truitt ISBN 0-8352-0914-8
2. Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition c.2001 Eugene Michael Vazzana ISBN 0-7864-1059-0
3. "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3RF-DFX : 8 March 2018), Frank Thomas Hallack, 21 Sep 1918; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,544,184.