![]() ![]() He served in the USAF 1971-1975, and his film debut was in The Late Liz which he did while on military leave. With All-American good looks and blond curls, he was a popular music major in school. He is the son of film veterans Bill Williams and Barbara Hale. Ogle, Mrs.Photo: pinguino k from North Hollywood, USA, license cc-by-2.0 BiographyĪmerican screen actor and musician from a noted family, best known as the star of the television series The Greatest American Hero (1981-1983). Nominated-Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1961)Įpisode: "Pick-up" Hale's husband Bill Williams also appears Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (1959) Julia Wiley, Ann Barnes, Allie HannemanĮpisodes: "The Country Husband", "The Blackwell Story" Filmography Films YearĮpisodes: "The Divided Heart", "Remember to Live", "Behind the Mask"Įpisodes: "Vacation for Ginny", "Tourists-Overnight"Įpisodes: "Conversations With an Ape", "The Hastings Secret" She was presented one of the Golden Boot Awards in 2001 for her contributions to western cinema. She won the Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Continuing Character) in a Dramatic Series in 1959 and was nominated for the Emmy for Outstanding Performance in a Supporting Role by an Actor or Actress in a Series in 1961. ![]() Hale was recognized as a Star of Television (with a marker at 1628 Vine Street) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on February 8, 1960. Hale died at her home in Sherman Oaks, California, on January 26, 2017, at age 94 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hale became a follower of the Baháʼí Faith. The couple had two daughters, Jodi and Juanita, and a son, actor William Katt. In 1945, during the filming of West of the Pecos, Hale met actor Bill Williams (birth name Herman August Wilhelm Katt). Hale worked as a spokeswoman for Amana, makers of Radarange microwave ovens, memorably intoning, "If it doesn't say Amana, it's not a Radarange." Private life and death Hale's activity in radio was limited she appeared in one episode each of Voice of the Army (1947), Lux Radio Theatre (1950), and Proudly We Hail (syndicated), as well as five episodes of Family Theater (1950–1954). Her last on-screen appearance was a TV biographical documentary about Burr that aired in 2000. Hale guest-starred in "Murder Impromptu", a 1971 episode of Ironside, Burr's first post-Perry Mason series. She also played his mother in the 1978 movie Big Wednesday. ![]() Hale in turn guest-starred on Katt's series, The Greatest American Hero in which Katt played the title role, aka Ralph Hinkley Hale played Hinkley's mother in the 1982 episode, "Who's Woo in America". Hale's son William Katt played detective Paul Drake, Jr., alongside Hale in nine of the Perry Mason TV movies from 1985 to 1988. Hale is thus the only actor to feature in all 30 films. Hale continued her role as Della in the four telefilms produced after Burr's death in 1993, subtitled A Perry Mason Mystery (and starring Paul Sorvino as Anthony Caruso in the first film and Hal Holbrook as "Wild" Bill McKenzie in the remaining three). The film was such a ratings hit that a further 29 movies were produced until 1995. In 1985, Hale and Burr (by then the only surviving cast members from the original series) reprised their roles for the TV movie Perry Mason Returns. Hale with William Hopper (left) and Frank Sully in Perry Mason (1958) ![]()
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