Hal Baylor
Biography
Hal Baylor was an American boxer who became a character actor in film and television. Born in San Antonio, Texas, he grew up in Oakland, California. He boxed professionally, finishing with 16 wins, 8 losses and 3 draws, and later amassed credits in 76 films and more than 500 television episodes. His acting began in the 1948 boxing picture Joe Palooka in Winner Take All, after the film's star noticed him at a boxing arena. In The Set-Up (1949), his first credited role, he played a mob-controlled fighter opposite Robert Ryan, and reviewers praised the realistic boxing. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) became his best-remembered film. Adopting the name Hal Baylor in 1952, he was frequently cast as a villain, especially in westerns. His final films appeared in 1975, including A Boy and His Dog, and his last television role came in a 1978 CHiPs episode. He died in 1998.
79years old at death
- Born Banner County
- Died Van Nuys
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Also credited as Hal Harvey Fieberling
Movie Career
- Films
- 20
- Career span
- 26 years1949 to 1975
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A change of course
From 1961 Baylor played Big Otis the Scotsman in television commercials for Kellogg's OK's breakfast cereal, a role he held until Yogi Bear replaced him.
Hal Baylor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Aldrich directed two of these films. John Wayne appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Gordon Jones's page
All films by Robert Aldrich
Also two films together12 more actors
- Milburn StoneBlack Tuesday (1954) and The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
- Charles TynerEmperor of the North (1973) and The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
- James ArnessIsland in the Sky (1953) and Big Jim McLain (1952)
- Arthur FranzThe Young Lions (1958) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Paul HurstThe Sun Shines Bright (1953) and Big Jim McLain (1952)
- John HarmonJoe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950) and The Crooked Way (1949)
- John Payne99 River Street (1953) and The Crooked Way (1949)
- Wally CassellIsland in the Sky (1953) and Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
- Jimmy LydonBonnie's Kids (1972) and Island in the Sky (1953)
- Raymond GuthEmperor of the North (1973) and The Grissom Gang (1971)
- Phil BloomRiver of No Return (1954) and The Set-Up (1949)
- Robert KeysIsland in the Sky (1953) and Big Jim McLain (1952)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.