George Hall (actor)
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George Hall (November 19, 1916 – October 21, 2002) was a
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theatre, television, and film actor. He had an over 50-year career as a Broadway character actor, making his Broadway debut in 1946 and working steadily in New York theatrical productions for decades thereafter. Outside of the theatre, he is probably best remembered for his role as the 93-year-old
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in the TV series ''
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'' (1992). He also played Ernie Tuttle #2 and John the butler on the television soap opera ''
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'' and the addled but kind-hearted Mr. Eldridge in the
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series '' Remember WENN'', which aired in the mid-1990s. He was married to Cordelia Ware, also an actor on Broadway, until her death in 1969.


Death

Hall, a working actor at 85, died on October 21, 2002, of complications from a
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. He had just finished a run on Broadway playing the role of The Sorcerer in ''
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'', which had concluded its run the previous day (October 20th).


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, George 1916 births 2002 deaths Canadian male film actors Canadian male stage actors Canadian male television actors Male actors from Toronto People from Hawthorne, New York Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States