William Hale (director)
William Hale | |
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| Born | July 11, 1931 Woodland Hills, California , US |
| Other names | Billy Hale |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television director |
| Years active | 1955–1990 |
| Spouse |
Trudy Dean (m. 1980) |
William Hale (July 11, 1931 – June 10, 2020)
Early years
William Hale was born on July 11, 1931, in
Hollywood film and television career
Hale subsequently moved to
Retirement
After decades in California, in 2004 William and Trudy Hale sold their Topanga, California, ranch for an amount under $2 million, and moved to Nelson County, Virginia, where they bought a dilapidated farm house on three acres.[5] Naming the new home "Porches", the Hales renovated the rural home, accessible by way of a wooden bridge, and lands into a retreat for poets, novelists, and writers of every stripe. They housed as many as five guest artists at a time. Workshops were organized for the writers, where they could work directly with publishers and editors, to improve their manuscripts.[2]
Death
William (Billy) Hale died June 10, 2020, at the age of 88, in
Selected filmography
- The Towers (1957)[4]
- Grand Central Market (1963) [6]
- Gunfight in Abilene (1967)
- How I Spent My Summer Vacation (1967) [1]
- Journey to Shiloh (1968)
- Red Alert (1977)
- S.O.S. Titanic (1979)
- Murder in Texas (1981) - Made for TV
- The Demon Murder Case (1983) - Made for TV
- The Murder of Mary Phagan (1988)
- Liberace (1988) - Made for TV
References
- ^ a b c d e f "William "Billy" Hale". Legacy.com. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
- ^ a b Smith, Rachael (November 26, 2015). "Norwood home serves as retreat for writers, artists". Nelson County Times.
- ISBN 978-0810861381.
- ^ a b William Hale; distributed by Rembrandt Films (1957), The Towers, Internet Archive, [Los Angeles, Calif.] : Hale [producer] ; [New York] : Rembrandt [distributor], retrieved November 12, 2019
- LA Times. Retrieved June 22, 2020.
- YouTube
External links
- William Hale at IMDb
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