Joseph Hazelton
Joseph Hazelton | |
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| Born | Joseph H. Hazelton 1853 |
| Died | October 6, 1936 (aged 82–83) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
Joseph H. Hazelton (ca. 1853 – October 8, 1936), aka Joseph Hazleton, was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1912 and 1922. As a boy program giver at Ford's Theatre, he witnessed the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865.
In 1933, Hazelton gave a lecture at May Company Exposition Hall in Los Angeles and talked about watching Booth shoot Lincoln.[1] An article in Good Housekeeping in its February 1927 edition, titled "This Man Saw Lincoln Shot," was the basis for a leaflet that Hazleton released to raise funds later in his life.[2]
Hazelton died in Los Angeles, California.
Selected filmography
- The Heart of Maryland (1915)
- Nurse Marjorie (1920)
- Homer Comes Home (1920)
- The Jailbird (1920)
- Pinto (1920)
- The Little Minister (1921)(*Betty Compson version)
- In the Days of Buffalo Bill (1922)
- Oliver Twist (1922)
- He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
See also
- Samuel J. Seymour, another witness to the assassination
References
- ^ "Listen to a Rare Recording of an Eyewitness Account of Lincoln's Assassination". Hyperallergic Media. May 3, 2017.
- ^ Joseph H. Hazelton. "The assassination of President Lincoln / - The Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection". www.lincolncollection.org.
External links
- Joseph Hazelton at IMDb
- Joseph Hazelton at the Internet Broadway Database
- Joseph Hazelton at Find a Grave
- Joseph Hazleton recalls witnessing Lincoln assassination as a boy
- audio recording of Hazelton recalling the Lincoln assassination
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