Harold Mendelson (1920 - 1970)

Born 22 Apr 1920 in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States

Husband of Florence Ann (Tockstein) Gould — married 18 Feb 1956 in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

Died 19 Jan 1970 at age 49 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Hal March was an American comedian, actor, and host of "The $64,000 Question".

Biography

Harold Mendelson is Notable.

Harold Mendelson was born on 22 April 1920 in San Francisco, California to Romanian immigrants Leon Mendelson and his 2nd wife Ethel (Schonfeld) Mendelson.

In the mid-1940s, he formed a comedy duo with Bob Sweeney, doing a radio comedy show under the name Hal March. In the early days of television, he appeared on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show", "The Imogene Coca Show", "I Love Lucy", and held a major role on the series "The Soldiers". In 1955, he began his most notable role as the host of "The $64,000 Question". The scandals associated with the show sidelined his career for a decade, during which he took small roles on TV sitcoms. Finally in 1961, he played the lead in Neil Simon's first Broadway play, Come Blow Your Horn, which ran for 677 performances.

He married actress Candy Troxton (Mrs. Florence Tormé) on 18 February 1956 in Las Vegas, Nevada.^[1] To this marriage she brought children Steve Tormé [later March-Tormé] and Melissa Tormé, from her previous marriage to Mel Tormé.

Together Candy and Hal became the parents of Peter March, Jeffrey March, and Victoria March.

Hal died of lung cancer on 19 January 1970 and was buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Sources

1. ↑ Nevada, Marriage Index, 1956-2005 for Hal March & Florence Tormé (Ancestry.com [on-line database]).

See also:

• Wikipedia: Hal March
• Wikipedia: The $64,000 Question
• 1930 United States Federal Census for San Francisco, San Francisco, California. With parents & 2 sisters.