18 Facts About Henry Hull

Henry Watterson Hull was an American character actor who played the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London.

Henry Hull was named for his godfather, Pulitzer Prize-winning Louisville journalist Henry Watterson.

William Henry Hull had been a drama critic in Louisville, and became a press agent for David Belasco after the family moved to New York City in 1902.

Henry Hull attended DeWitt Clinton High School and the High School of Commerce.

Henry Hull studied engineering at Columbia and was graduated from Cooper Union.

Henry Hull created the role of Jeeter Lester in the long-running play Tobacco Road, based on the novel by Erskine Caldwell.

In 1956, Henry Hull toured in a one-man show, doing readings from the works of Mark Twain.

Henry Hull appeared in 74 films between 1917 and 1966, often playing supporting characters such as the uncle of Tyrone Power's love interest Nancy Kelly in Jesse James.

Henry Hull appeared as Charles Rittenhouse, a wealthy industrialist in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat.

Henry Hull portrayed a doctor to whom Humphrey Bogart goes for help in High Sierra and was cast in Colorado Territory, a Western remake of the High Sierra story starring Joel McCrea.

Henry Hull played a desert prospector who comes to Robert Ryan's rescue in Inferno in 1953.

Henry Hull guest-starred on CBS's Appointment with Adventure, John Payne's NBC Western series titled The Restless Gun, and the syndicated crime drama US Marshal.

In 1960, Hull appeared on Bonanza twice, in the episode "The Gunmen" as Sheriff B Banneman, and a scout for General John Charles Fremont in the episode "The Mission".

On December 13,1960, Henry Hull guest-starred on NBC's Laramie as an embittered rancher, Ben Parkinson, who challenges Slim Sherman, played by series star John Smith, to a duel after Parkinson's youngest son accidentally kills himself on Sherman ranch land.

Henry Hull guest-starred in the series finale of Laramie, the episode "The Road to Helena".

Henry Hull died in Cornwall at his daughter's residence on March 8,1977.

Henry Hull was quoted as saying he owed all his dramatic training to Anglin, with whom he had acted on stage.

Shelley's widow, Josephine Henry Hull, was a successful stage performer throughout her long life and became an Oscar-winning character actress.