Hal Osmond the actor was born 27th May 1903 in London as Hal Lowther.
He was a diminutive, lean-faced character actor and was often cast as ferrety, nervous types. During his 12-year long screen career, he appeared in more than 100 film and TV productions generally portraying a succession of small time crooks, informants or professional men often in uncredited roles.
For fans of Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne he appeared in three films that featured them; Quartet (1948) he played the part of the Bookshop Assistant in The Colonel’s Lady segment, as the Stage Manager in It’s Not Cricket (1948) - see photo - and as Radio Sound-effects Man in 1949’s Helter Skelter.
Other notable films that he appeared in include; Non-Stop New York (1937), Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938), The Rake's Progress (1945), The Greed of William Hart (1948), Miranda (1948), Here Come the Huggetts (1948), Vote for Huggett (1949), Last Holiday (1950), Traveller's Joy (1950), as Much the Miller in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), My Wife's Lodger (1952), A Day to Remember (1953), The Million Pound Note (1954), The Delavine Affair (1955), Passport to Treason (1956), It's a Wonderful World (1956), Three Men in a Boat (156), Hell Drivers (1957), Tread Softly Stranger (1958) and as The Stage Manager in 1959’s The 39 Steps
He appeared in a number of TV productions, the most memorable being The Vise which was broadcast between 1957 and 1961 – he played several parts
He died in December 1959 in Taunton, England.
He was a diminutive, lean-faced character actor and was often cast as ferrety, nervous types. During his 12-year long screen career, he appeared in more than 100 film and TV productions generally portraying a succession of small time crooks, informants or professional men often in uncredited roles.
For fans of Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne he appeared in three films that featured them; Quartet (1948) he played the part of the Bookshop Assistant in The Colonel’s Lady segment, as the Stage Manager in It’s Not Cricket (1948) - see photo - and as Radio Sound-effects Man in 1949’s Helter Skelter.
Other notable films that he appeared in include; Non-Stop New York (1937), Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938), The Rake's Progress (1945), The Greed of William Hart (1948), Miranda (1948), Here Come the Huggetts (1948), Vote for Huggett (1949), Last Holiday (1950), Traveller's Joy (1950), as Much the Miller in The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), My Wife's Lodger (1952), A Day to Remember (1953), The Million Pound Note (1954), The Delavine Affair (1955), Passport to Treason (1956), It's a Wonderful World (1956), Three Men in a Boat (156), Hell Drivers (1957), Tread Softly Stranger (1958) and as The Stage Manager in 1959’s The 39 Steps
He appeared in a number of TV productions, the most memorable being The Vise which was broadcast between 1957 and 1961 – he played several parts
He died in December 1959 in Taunton, England.
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