Trivia

An avid golfer and sailor, at one time owner of a yacht on the French Riviera.

Under contract at Monogram initially as an actor (one of the"'East Side Kids") then from 1940 as producer of the "Joe Palooka" films (based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher) from 1945.

Living alone in London.

Often described as a Bernard Punsly lookalike while he was an actor, when he became a producer he changed his name to Hal E. Chester.

Son of a property developer who lost much of his wealth in the 1929 Wall Street crash.