Hal England

Harold Franklin England (October 2, 1932 – November 6, 2003) was an American actor.

Personal life and death He was born on October 23, 1932 to W. F. England in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. He attended Kings Mountain High School and graduated with honors. After a year of pre-law, he switched to dramatics and joined the campus theater group Carolina Playmakers. Fred W. Bennett, a producer, was his life partner for forty years. He understudied Robert Morse for two years in the Broadway production How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and then starred in several Broadway productions including Love Me Little, Say Darling, He was a life member of the Actors Studio.

England also had over 100 guest starring roles in television, and appeared in over 200 TV commercials. He once had a lawsuit brought against him for $25,000 by Kentucky Fried Chicken, which he had completed a commercial for, for breach of contract, because he had also completed a commercial for their rival McDonald's; it was later settled out of court.

On November 5, 1970, he played the character warlock, Waldo, in the Bewitched episode, "Samantha's Bad Day in Salem."

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1968 Hang 'Em High Brother 1972 Deadhead Miles Driver of Wrecked Car 1972 The Dirt Gang Sidney 1990 The Bonfire of the Vanities French Restaurant Patron 1991 Going Under General Telephone