Hal Wilson
Hal Wilson, was a character actor who appeared in silent films. He was born in New York City. He was a denizen of Hollywood. He had a significant role in The Man Trap.
Wilson got into acting at age 10 and was in his first feature film in 1915. There is some debate about his birth year. Per a 1921 studio guide, he acted on the stage for 20 years, including for Harrigan and Hart, Charles Frohman, Albert H. Woods, and the Murray Hill Theatre Stock Company under Henry V. Donnelly, before moving to film in 1907.
Wilson married Ethel Harbord, born Elizabeth Laura Sophia Pirani in Melbourne, Australia, on May 13, 1896. He died in Los Angeles in 1933.
Selected filmography
- Lady Godiva, short film
- Cardinal Wolsey
- The Cross-Roads, short film
- Doctor Bridget, Vitagraph short
- Faithful Until Death, Vitagraph short film
- The Spider's Web
- Rob Roy as Jarvie
- The Sable Lorcha
- The Little School Ma'am as Washington
- Casey at the Bat as a doctor
- The Midnight Man as Mr. Moore
- The End of the Tour
- The Little Yank
- Betsy's Burglar
- The Man Trap
- Her Official Fathers
- Kingdom Come
- Dinty
- Whispering Devils
- Suds
- The Secret Four
- The Unknown Wife
- Charge It
- Nan of the North, a film serial, as Gaspar Le Sage
- Forget Me Not
- Blaze Away
- According to Hoyle
- Main Street
- The Love Master as Alec McLeod
- Sundown Smilin' at Trouble
- ''Divorce Made Easy''