Hal E. Chester March 6, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, died in London on March 25, 2012. He was an American film producer, writer, director and former child actor who appeared in the opening performance of "Dead End" on Broadway in 1937, playing the part of "Dippy" ? one of the gang of kids later to gain fame as "The Dead End Kids" ? going on the road with this hit play for 22 weeks, before accepting an offer to appear in the sequel to the film version "Crime School" for Warner Bros in 1938. As a teen actor, his most regular work was with "The Little Tough Guys" series for Universal, appearing also in "Juvenille Court" for Columbia, and "The Eastside Kids" for Monogram. His last appearance in this series was in "Sea Raiders" in 1941. Credited as "Hally Chester" when he first appeared on stage quickly becoming known as 'Chester'. In 1945, entering into an agreement with comic strip writer/cartoonist Ham Fisher, creator of the "Joe Palooka" comic strip cartoon character, Hal E. 

March 6th, 1921 in Brooklyn  /  Died:   Mar 25th, 2012 - aged 91