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'''Paul Douglas Hale''' ( | '''Paul Douglas Hale''' (credited as '''Doug Hale''') was an American actor who portrayed Major [[Grimsley]], a United States Air Force officer, in {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III|prose=y}}.<ref group="footnotes" name="grimsley_nametag_identification">The character is credited on-screen and in episode databases only as "Air Force Major." The surname Grimsley is not spoken in dialogue but is visible on a nametag worn by the character in ''Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III'' (1980), an on-screen visual identification rather than a dialogue- or credits-stated name. A claim that Hale was also credited in "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I" could not be independently verified against IMDb's cast listing for that episode and is not repeated here pending a sourced citation.</ref> He was born on June 11, 1940, in [[w:Athens, Georgia|Athens, Georgia]], and died on April 25, 2014, in [[w:Woodland Hills, Los Angeles|Woodland Hills, California]], following a brief illness.<ref group="external" name="ajc_hale_obituary_birth_death">{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/doug-hale-obituary?id=23993306#:~:text=passed%20away%20in%20his%20home%20in%20Woodland%20Hills|title=Doug HALE Obituary|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|via=Legacy.com|date=May 2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | ||
== Career == | == Career == | ||
Hale began performing as a child, appearing in a [[w:University of Georgia|University of Georgia]] stage production at age eight.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_early_life">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=began%20his%20acting%20career%20at%20age%208|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> He trained at the [[w:Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre|Neighborhood Playhouse]] under [[w:Sanford Meisner|Sanford Meisner]] and at the [[w:HB Studio|HB Studio]] under [[w:Herbert Berghof|Herbert Berghoff]] and [[w:Uta Hagen|Uta Hagen]], and performed in New York theater and elsewhere in productions including ''[[w:A View from the Bridge|A View from the Bridge]]'', ''[[w:King Lear|King Lear]]'', ''[[w:Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?|Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf]]'', ''[[w:Cat on a Hot Tin Roof|Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'', and ''[[w:Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]''.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_theater_training">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=studying%20at%20the%20Neighborhood%20Playhouse|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | |||
On film, Hale appeared in Michael Mann's ''[[w:Ali ( | == Film career == | ||
On film, Hale appeared in [[w:Michael Mann|Michael Mann]]'s ''[[w:Ali (film)|Ali]]'' (2001), ''[[w:Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek: The Motion Picture]]'' (1979), ''The Brass Ring'' (1975), ''The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's'' (1975), [[w:Claude Lelouch|Claude Lelouch]]'s ''[[w:Another Man, Another Chance|Another Man Another Chance]]'', [[w:Tony Richardson|Tony Richardson]]'s ''[[w:The Border (1982 film)|The Border]]'' (1982), and ''[[w:The Cable Guy|The Cable Guy]]''.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_films">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=Hale%20appeared%20in%20films%20including|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> His earlier film work included the [[w:English_dub|English dub]] for Kang Fu's dialogue in the martial arts feature ''[[w:Blood_of_the_Dragon_(film)|Blood of the Dragon]]'' (1971).<ref group="external" name="imdb_hale_bloodofdragon_role">{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0077246/characters/nm0354893/#:~:text=Kang%20Fu|title="Blood of the Dragon" (1971) - Doug Hale as Kang Fu|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | |||
On television, Hale held recurring roles on ''[[w:Hart to Hart|Hart to Hart]]'' and ''[[w:Hotel (TV series)|Hotel]]'', and made guest appearances on ''[[w:Kojak|Kojak]]'', ''[[w:The Bionic Woman|The Bionic Woman]]'', ''[[w:Simon & Simon|Simon & Simon]]'', ''[[w:Highway to Heaven|Highway to Heaven]]'', ''[[w:Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'', ''[[w:Scarecrow and Mrs. King|Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'', ''[[w:Night Court|Night Court]]'', ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'', ''[[w:Seinfeld|Seinfeld]]'', ''[[w:My Name Is Earl|My Name Is Earl]]'', ''[[w:The West Wing|The West Wing]]'', and ''[[w:Mad Men|Mad Men]]''.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_television">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=Hale%20appeared%20on%20a%20number%20of%20TV%20series|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014 | == Television career == | ||
On television, Hale held recurring roles on ''[[w:Hart to Hart|Hart to Hart]]'' and ''[[w:Hotel (American TV series)|Hotel]]'', and made guest appearances on ''[[w:Kojak|Kojak]]'', ''[[w:The Bionic Woman|The Bionic Woman]]'', ''[[w:Simon & Simon|Simon & Simon]]'', ''[[w:Highway to Heaven|Highway to Heaven]]'', ''[[w:Max Headroom (TV series)|Max Headroom]]'', ''[[w:Scarecrow and Mrs. King|Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'', ''[[w:Night Court|Night Court]]'', ''[[w:Babylon 5|Babylon 5]]'', ''[[w:Seinfeld|Seinfeld]]'', ''[[w:My Name Is Earl|My Name Is Earl]]'', ''[[w:The West Wing|The West Wing]]'', and ''[[w:Mad Men|Mad Men]]''.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_television">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=Hale%20appeared%20on%20a%20number%20of%20TV%20series|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | |||
== Personal life == | == Personal life == | ||
Hale began studying cornet and trumpet at age five and played the instrument professionally with the University of Georgia Dance Band by age twelve, later spending two college summers playing trumpet in Las Vegas with the Glenn Miller Orchestra under Ray McKinley.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_music_background">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=began%20studying%20the%20cornet%2Ftrumpet%20when%20he%20was%205|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> He attended the University of California, Berkeley before completing a B.A. in English at the University of Georgia in 1963, followed by | Hale began studying cornet and [[w:trumpet|trumpet]] at age five and played the instrument professionally with the University of Georgia Dance Band by age twelve, later spending two college summers playing trumpet in [[w:Las Vegas|Las Vegas]] with the [[w:Glenn Miller|Glenn Miller]] Orchestra under [[w:Ray McKinley|Ray McKinley]].<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_music_background">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=began%20studying%20the%20cornet%2Ftrumpet%20when%20he%20was%205|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> He attended the [[w:University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley]] before completing a B.A. in English at the University of Georgia in 1963, followed by a postgraduate degree in [[w:Medieval literature|Medieval Literature]] and [[w:Linguistics|Linguistics]] in 1966.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_education">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=receiving%20a%20BA%20in%20English%20in%201963|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> He subsequently taught English at the University of Georgia, the [[w:University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill]], and [[w:Columbus State University|Columbus College]], where he helped establish the English department's graduate program, before leaving academia to pursue acting full time.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_teaching">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=professor%20of%20English%20at%20the%20U.%20of%20Georgia|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | ||
In the fall of 1965, Hale joined the United States Air Force Reserves and served as a cargo pilot during the Vietnam War, receiving an | In the fall of 1965, Hale joined the [[w:United States Air Force Reserve|United States Air Force Reserves]] and served as a cargo pilot during the [[w:Vietnam War|Vietnam War]], receiving an honorable discharge as a captain in March 1978.<ref group="external" name="variety_hale_obituary_military">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/people-news/actor-doug-hale-dies-at-73-1201181498/#:~:text=joined%20the%20United%20States%20Air%20Force%20Reserves|title=Actor Doug Hale Dies at 73|magazine=Variety|date=2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | ||
He was survived by his wife, Mary Anne, a stepson, and a grandson.<ref group="external" name="ajc_hale_obituary_survivors">{{cite news|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/atlanta/name/doug-hale-obituary?id=23993306#:~:text=he%20is%20survived%20by%20his%20wife|title=Doug HALE Obituary|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|via=Legacy.com|date=May 2014|accessdate=6 July 2026}}</ref> | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||