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Carl Ellsworth Germain (September 5, 1893 – October 24, 1948), known professionally as Karl Hackett, was an American actor. He served in the U.S. army during World War I. He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore. On October 24, 1948, Hackett died from bronchopneumonia in Los Angeles, California, aged 55.
Karl Hackett was born on 5 September 1893 in Carthage, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946), Death Rides the Plains (1943) and Songs and Saddles (1938). He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore. He died on 24 October 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Karl Hackett was born on September 5, 1893 in Carthage, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Ghost of Hidden Valley (1946), Death Rides the Plains (1943) and Songs and Saddles (1938). He was married to Ruby Burnette Moore. He died on October 24, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Oct 20, 2023 · William Karl Hackett was the stage name of Carthage native Carl Ellsworth Germain. In the 1920s, Hackett acted on stage and in silent films before going to Hollywood. In the mid-1930s,...
Many biographies on Hackett list his real name as William Karl Germain and that he arrived in Hollywood circa 1935 - when he was around 43 years of age - and for the next dozen or so years, he became typecast as a villain, most often wearing a suit and portraying the brains heavy ... or the crooked lawyer or judge, a gambler, the saloon owner, etc.
Karl Hackett is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Batman, Phantom Ranger, His Brother's Ghost, Western Cyclone, Bulldog Courage, Shadows of Death, Yukon Flight, and Buck Rogers.
Actor. He was a supporting actor in over 160 films, typecast most as a villain or as a cowboy. He arrived in Hollywood circa 1935 and was signed to Republic Pictures, for whom he made the majority of his movies from 1936 to 1947. Among his credits are Lighting Bill Carson (1936), Six Gun Trail (1938), Sky Patrol...
