Hal E. Chester

Personal Info

Know For

Production

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-03-06 (91 years old)

Deathday

2012-01-01

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, NY

Hal E. Chester

Biography

Hal Chester started his career as a child actor in the United States, but in the mid-1950s moved to Britain, where he is remembered as the producer of films including the classic horror Night of the Demon (1957), as well as School for Scoundrels (1960).

Acting

1940

East Side Kids

as Fred "Dutch" Kuhn

1940

1941

Hit the Road

as Trusty

1939

Off the Record

as Reform School Inmate

1941

1938

1938

1940

You're Not So Tough

as Second Newsboy

1938

Crime School

as Boy (uncredited)

1939

The Witness Vanishes

as Copy Boy (uncredited)

1940

Junior G-Men

as Murph (uncredited)

1938

Production

1967

The Double Man

as Producer

1957

Night of the Demon

as Screenplay

2006

School for Scoundrels

as Executive Producer

1955

Crashout

as Writer

1955

Crashout

as Producer

1950

1970

1956

1960

1960

School for Scoundrels

as Executive Producer

1956

The Weapon

as Original Story

1957

Night of the Demon

as Executive Producer

1956

The Weapon

as Producer

1956

The Weapon

as Story

1961

His and Hers

as Executive Producer

2006

School for Scoundrels

as Original Film Writer

1946

1948

Smart Woman

as Producer

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