Misc. : Changed Name 1936 (Changed to Lloyd Crane)
Misc. : Changed Name 1937 (Changed to Jon Hall)
Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 1937 ("The Hurricane")
Relationship : Marriage 1938 (Frances Langford)
Work : End Major Project 1969 (Co-produced low-budget film)
Health : Medical procedure February 1979 (Bladder cancer surgery) chart Placidus Equal_H.
Death:Death by Suicide 13 December 1979 (Shot himself, age 64) chart Placidus Equal_H.
American actor onscreen from 1935, having changed his name to Charles Locher. In 1936, he changed his name to Lloyd Crane and then to Jon Hall in 1937. He grew up in Tahiti and was the islands champion swimmer. Muscular and athletic, 62", he played many roles in a loincloth in South Seas epics or in robes for Arabian Nights films. He became a popular screen hero after appearing in "The Hurricane" in 1937. He was the star of the TV series "Ramar of the Jungle" in the early 50s. In 1969, he co-produced and photographed a low-budget film. Hall was married to Frances Langford from 1938-55, then he married Raquel Torres twice, with a divorce in between. He had surgery for bladder cancer in 2/1979 and was bedridden most of the time after that, constantly in severe pain. On 12/13/1979, he shot himself in the head at his sisters house in Sherman Oaks, CA. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less
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