- Born
- Died
- Birth nameCharles Felix Locher
- Height6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
- Handsome, athletic leading man Jon Hall was the son of actor Felix Locher and a Tahitian princess. Hall was married three times, two of which were to entertainers: singer Frances Langford and actress Raquel Torres. His third wife was a psychiatrist. They married in 1969 and lived in Los Angeles with her two sons and a daughter.- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesPierrett Lefebvre(October 10, 1968 - ?)Raquel Torres(February 14, 1959 - 1967) (divorced)Frances Langford(June 4, 1938 - August 26, 1955) (divorced)
- Parents
- RelativesJames Norman Hall(Aunt or Uncle)
- To end the weakness and suffering due to cancer of the bladder, he shot himself in the head at the age of 64.
- His last public appearance was just a few months before his death, at the premiere of Hurricane (1979), the remake of The Hurricane (1937) in which Hall starred.
- Screen-tested by Universal for the role of Flash Gordon; the part eventually went to Buster Crabbe.
- Of Swiss & Tahitian ancestry, his father, Felix Locher, was a former world skating champion turned actor and his mother was a Tahitian princess. Nephew of author James Norman Hall who wrote the book on which his star-making role in The Hurricane (1937) was based. Cousin of cinematographer Conrad L. Hall and Ben Chapman who played the creature (when out of the water) in the cult classic, Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954).
- Interred at Forest Lawn (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, California, USA, in the Court of Liberty, same row as Buster Keaton.
- I never liked acting. I don't like to be told what to do and what to say and how to say it. I'm grateful to it as it provided me with the money to do other things such as I'm into now, but as a profession, it's a bore.
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