15 Facts About Hal LeSueur

Hal Hays LeSueur was an American actor and the brother of American actress, Joan Crawford.

Hal LeSueur was born on September 3,1903, at 326 Rivas Street, San Antonio, Texas, the first child of Thomas E LeSueur and Anna Bell Johnson.

Hal LeSueur moved from Kansas City around 1928 to Los Angeles.

Hal LeSueur found work in the stock department at MGM in bit parts or as an extra.

Hal LeSueur remarried and became Mrs Kasha Lowe; her daughter became Joan Lowe, the name by which she was known professionally, later Mrs Joan Fowler.

On November 9,1935, Hal LeSueur was in a head-on collision at the top of Cahuenga Pass.

Hal LeSueur suffered severe cuts and bruises on his hands, face, arms and legs.

Hal LeSueur testified that he was driving near the center of the highway when the other car suddenly pulled out from behind another car into his lane and he was unable to avoid the collision.

Golda, who was taken into court on a hospital stretcher, which was placed before the jury box, testified that Hal LeSueur was driving on the wrong side of Cahuenga Boulevard when his car collided with theirs.

Hal LeSueur agreed to pay them $8,500, one tenth of what they had originally sought.

Hal LeSueur made one final movie appearance, playing a reporter in Jeanne Eagels.

Hal LeSueur made one TV appearance in an episode of the series State Trooper, titled No Fancy Cowboys, which aired on March 13,1957.

When he left the sporting goods business, Hal LeSueur began working as a desk clerk at a Los Angeles hotel, and supplemented his income working as a switchboard operator at the motel where he lived.

Hal LeSueur died of a ruptured appendix on May 3,1963 at the Los Angeles General Hospital.

Hal LeSueur was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California.