Actor
Father of Lu Leonard.
Small-part actor in hundreds of Republic Pictures during the 1940s and early 1950s.
Balding, stocky-framed vaudevillian and stock company player who came to films in middle age at the advent of sound. He served primarily in a minor but very reliable capacity in the 1930s and 1940s, appearing in hundreds of movies (mostly westerns) portraying bartenders, mayors, store owners, ranchers and staunch town leader types.
His parents were John Price and Angy Vine Price.
One of the standout shows of his career was the 1945 revival of "The Red Mill." The show was created in Los Angeles and by the end of the year had made it to Broadway, where it ran for more than a year. He went on to tour with the show throughout the U.S. for some time. He was with the show for its entire run.
He and second wife Amy worked in stock companies and vaudeville together. Their baby daughter, who grew up to be character actress Lu Leonard , traveled with them. Amy died in 1939 when Lu was barely a teenager.
Like Hal, first wife Eleanor worked in vaudeville during their marriage. They later divorced.
