Doug Hale

Doug Hale
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Portrays:	Major Grimsley
Date of Birth:	June 11,1940
Date of Death:	April 25, 2014
Age at Death:	73
Nationality:	USA
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Paul Douglas Hale (June 11, 1940―April 25, 2014), credited as Doug Hale, was an American actor who portrayed Major Grimsley, a United States Air Force officer, in Galactica 1980's "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III".

Career

Born in Athens, Georgia, Hale began performing as a child, appearing in a University of Georgia stage production at age eight. He trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse under Sanford Meisner and at the HB Studio under Herbert Berghoff and Uta Hagen, and performed in New York theater and elsewhere in productions including A View from the Bridge, King Lear, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and Arsenic and Old Lace.

On film, Hale appeared in Michael Mann's Ali (2001) as Judge Ingraham, Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979) as the voice of a Starfleet computer, The Brass Ring (1975), The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975), Claude Lelouch's Another Man Another Chance, Tony Richardson's The Border (1982), and The Cable Guy. His earlier film work included English dubbing of Kang Fu in the martial arts feature Blood of the Dragon (1971) and the Announcer in Pray TV (1980).

On television, Hale held recurring roles on Hart to Hart and Hotel, and made guest appearances on Kojak, The Bionic Woman, Simon & Simon, Highway to Heaven, Max Headroom, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Night Court, Babylon 5, Seinfeld, My Name Is Earl, The West Wing, and Mad Men. Beyond acting, Hale also worked as a voice-over artist.

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. He attended the University of California, Berkeley before completing a B.A. in English at the University of Georgia in 1963, followed by an M.A. in Medieval Literature and Linguistics in 1966. He subsequently taught English at the University of Georgia, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Columbus College (now Columbus State University), where he helped establish the English department's graduate program, before leaving academia to pursue acting full time.

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 honorable discharge as a captain in March 1978.

He was married to Mary Anne Hale, a pharmacist and Auburn University alumna. He was survived by his wife, a stepson, and a grandson. On October 1, 2018, the University of Georgia's Department of English dedicated Park Hall 265 as the Paul Douglas Hale Lecture Hall, following a gift directed by Mary Anne Hale to the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

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