Harold "Hal" DeWindt was an American producer, director, actor, and model. He worked to increase opportunities for African Americans in the arts.[1][2]
DeWindt was the founder and artistic director of the American Theatre of Harlem, and artistic director of the Inner City Repertory Company in Los Angeles.[1][2] In 1977, he formed the Hal DeWindt Theatre in San Francisco.[7]
In 1983, DeWindt co-authored the book Kill, Bubba, Kill! with former NFL player and actor Bubba Smith.[8][9] DeWindt was serving as an acting professor at Loyola Marymount University at the time of his death.[2][7]
Personal life and death
In 1958, DeWindt and his wife Violet had their first child, Hal D. Jr.[10] In 1975, DeWindt met actress Sheila Wills when she enrolled in an actor's workshop he was teaching in Los Angeles. They married two years later.[11] The couple divorced in 1981.[12] In 1984, DeWindt married actress/model Angelique.[13] He later married another woman, Suzanne.[1]
DeWindt died of cancer in Los Angeles on June 22, 1997. The New York Times reported his age at death as 63.[1]