John Warren Hull (January 7, 1903 – September 14, 1974) was an actor and TV personality, active from the 1930s through the 1960s. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1903 ( MCMIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting Events 81 - Domitian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. He was one of the most popular serial actors in the action-adventure field. A cliffhanger or cliffhanger ending is a Plot device in which a movie, Novel, or other work of fiction contains an abrupt ending often leaving An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
A native of Gasport, New York, Hull attended New York University. Gasport is a hamlet (and Census-designated place) located in the Town of Royalton in Niagara County, New York, United States New York University ( NYU) is a private, Nonsectarian, Coeducational Research University in New York City. Later, he left college to study voice and pursue a career in operas and operettas. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Operetta is a genre of light Opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter He also worked frequently as a radio announcer. Radio is the transmission of signals by Modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible Light. An announcer is a Voice actor who works in Television, Radio or Film, usually providing Narrations News updates Station
The handsome Hull made his screen debut in 1934 for Educational Pictures, a short-subject studio. For the current and unrelated company of the same name see Educational Pictures (image archive He co-starred opposite singer Sylvia Froos in the "Young Romance" series of musical comedies filmed in New York; Hull often joined Froos in song. In 1935 Hull was signed to a contract by Warner Bros., and spent the next few years playing leading men both in dramas and musicals. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and His best appearance of this period came in The Walking Dead 1936), a horror movie starring Boris Karloff and directed by Michael Curtiz. The year 1936 in film involved some significant events Events Nov 6 - first Porky Pig animated cartoon Boris Karloff ( 23 November, &ndash 2 February,) was an English actor who emigrated to Canada in the 1910s Michael Curtiz ( December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was an Academy Award -winning Hungarian-American Film director Some of Hull's early appearances have him billed as "J. Warren Hull. "
When his Warner contract expired, Hull had no trouble finding work at other studios. He teamed with Patricia Ellis, one of his leading ladies at Warners, for the 1937 Republic Pictures musical Rhythm in the Clouds. Republic Pictures (also known as Republic Entertainment Inc) is an independent film television and video distribution company that was originally a movie production-distribution He also played romantic leads in a string of features for Monogram Pictures. Monogram Pictures Corporation was a Hollywood studio that produced and released films most on low budgets between 1931 and
In 1938 Columbia Pictures terminated its association with the Weiss Brothers, independent producers who had been making adventure serials for Columbia release, and decided to make its own cliffhangers. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Serials, more specifically known as Movie serials or Film serials, were Short subjects originally shown in theaters in conjunction with a Feature Warren Hull was signed for Columbia's first (and probably best) serial production, The Spider's Web (1938), based on a popular magazine character. The Spider's Web ( 1938) is a Columbia Pictures movie serial based on the Pulp magazine character The Spider. The year 1938 in film involved some significant events Events January &mdash MGM announces that Judy Garland Hull played three parts: criminologist Richard Wentworth, his masked-and-caped alter ego The Spider, and in a second masquerade, lowlife mobster Blinky McQuade. The Spider was the violent relentless Hero of a Pulp magazine series produced by Popular Publications from 1933 to 1943 The personable Hull brought a breezy sense of humor to his serial roles; he is probably the only serial hero who ever laughs on screen! Hull kept audiences following the Spider's thrilling exploits, making The Spider's Web the most popular and profitable serial of the year, outstripping such worthy cliffhangers as Buck Rogers and Dick Tracy Returns by a wide margin, according to a tally published in the Motion Picture Herald. Buck Rogers ( 1939) is a Universal serial film based on the Buck Rogers Comic strip. Dick Tracy Returns ( 1938) is a Republic Movie serial based on the Dick Tracy Comic strip.
Pleased with Hull's performance, Columbia cast him as Mandrake the Magician in its 1939 serial. Mandrake the Magician ( 1939) was the seventh serial released by Columbia Pictures. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Universal Pictures starred the now-established serial hero in The Green Hornet Strikes Again (1941) and Columbia put him back in the mask and cloak for The Spider Returns (1941). Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American The year 1941 in film involved some significant events in particular the release of a film consistently rated as one of the greatest films of all time The Spider Returns ( 1941) is a Columbia movie serial based on the Pulp magazine character The Spider.
In the mid-1940s Hull returned to radio announcing, appearing with frequency on such programs as The Hit Parade and Vox Pop. Hull was also the emcee of Spin to Win, only the second game show created by the team of Mark Goodson and Bill Todman. Mark Goodson ( January 14, 1915 &ndash December 18, 1992) was a successful American Television producer who specialized William (Wilbur S "Bill" Todman ( July 31, 1916 &ndash July 29, 1979) was an American During the next two decades he hosted TV-hit programs as Top Dollar, Who in the World, and Beat the Odds; he is best remembered as the host of Strike It Rich. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Strike It Rich was a controversial Game show on American radio and television from 1947 until 1958
Warren Hull died in Waterbury, Connecticut at age of 71, of heart failure. He is honored with a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that
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