Hal Lynch

Overview

Hal Lynch was born on November 13, 1927 to Arnett Tilton Lynch and Katie Bell Jacobs in Birmingham, Alabama, USA as James Harold Tilton Lynch. He was an actor, known for The Way West (1967) , Spoon River (1969) and Wild Rovers (1971). His first television appearance was in a 1964 Gunsmoke episode. Hal also had western show roles on Daniel Boone, Custer, Bonanza, and Big Valley. During his later years he lived with his mother in Opp, Alabama, USA. On October 5, 2006, he dropped off his column at the newspaper office, picked up a suit at the dry cleaners, called 9-1-1 to report that a man had been shot at his address, and then shot himself in his back yard.
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Holds B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering and Business Administration from the Univerity of Colorado (1952). Later received an MBA from the University of Southern California (USC) and a Master's in Anthropology (Folk Music) from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Hal worked for Douglas Aircraft for one year before starting his acting career.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Hal had success with plays he wrote, Three Miles to Poley and Heroes of Opp, for which his grandfather Bird Jacobs was the inspiration. He also had a number of television scripts he wrote accepted.
Wrote a weekly community history column in The Opp (Alabama) News newspaper. Reportedly, he called 911 and then shot himself about an hour after submitting his last article.
It is reported that Hal had 3 marriages. He had three children from his first marriage to: Phyllis Lorraine Weiss. The three children from that marriage are: Michael Tilton Lynch, 1951. Meggin Lorraine Lynch, 1954 and Timothy Sean Lynch, 1956. There were no children added during his brief two year marriage to Joyce Van Patten. A third marriage to a psychiatrist he met in Opp, AL that was the Dr. to his son Michael lasted only 3 or 4 years. He had no other children.

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