Hal DeWindt

Harold "Hal" DeWindt was an American producer, director, actor, and model. He worked to increase opportunities for African Americans in the arts.

Early life DeWindt was born and raised in Harlem. His father Clifford acted with the original Lafayette Theatre. He also appeared in the Kurt Weill musical Lost in the Stars. In 1962, DeWindt staged an Off-Broadway production of Raisin' Hell in the Son, a spoof of A Raisin in the Sun that he co-wrote with Reni Santoni.

DeWindt served as production stage manager at the New York Shakespeare Festival for seven years.

DeWindt was the founder and artistic director of the American Theatre of Harlem, and artistic director of the Inner City Repertory Company in Los Angeles. DeWindt was serving as an acting professor at Loyola Marymount University at the time of his death. In 1975, DeWindt met actress Sheila Wills when she enrolled in an actor's workshop he was teaching in Los Angeles. They married two years later. The couple divorced in 1981. In 1984, DeWindt married actress/model Angelique. He later married another woman, Suzanne.

DeWindt died of cancer in Los Angeles on June 22, 1997. The New York Times reported his age at death as 63.

Filmography (selected) Year Title Role Notes 1978 Youngblood Associate producer 1978 A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich Associate producer 1975 Barbary Coast Director 1970 The Angel Levine Assistant producer 1968 Get Smart Novak Episode: The Worst Best Man 1968 The Wild Wild West Taro Episode: The Night of the Undead