Richard Hale
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About
Screen and stage character actor who also had a career as an operatic baritone. He is perhaps best remembered for his role in a 1956 Gary Cooper film called Friendly Persuasion.
Before Fame
He studied at Columbia University on a vocal music scholarship and made his operatic debut in 1921 at a Manhattan concert venue called Aeolian Hall.
Trivia
His television credits include appearances on Maverick, Rawhide, Gunsmoke, and Green Acres.
Family Life
Born in Rogersville, Tennessee, he died at the age of eighty-eight in Los Angeles, California.
Associated With
He narrated composer Sergei Prokofiev's famous Peter and the Wolf children's piece.
