Tom Hatten Biography, Age, Height, Wiki, Death, Cause Of Death, Wife, Net Worth, Popeye Show

Tom Hatten Biography

Tom Hatten was born on November 14, 1926, and died in the month of March 16, the year 2019, he was an American radio, film and television personality,

known as the long-time host of The Popeye Show (originally The Pier Point 5 Club) And Family movie Festival on KTLA Channel 5 in Los Angeles in the 1960s through the ’80s.

Hatten was one of those television “pioneers”–from the 1950s and the year 1960s programs did “live” no matter what mistakes happened. Hatten also appeared in dozens of musicals, movies, and television shows.

Tom Hatten Early life

Hatten was born in Jamestown, North Dakota. He served in the United States Navy during World War II and used the GI Bill to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. Hatten graduated cum laude in the year 1950.

Tom Hatten Career And Hogan’s Heroes

His acting credits include portraying a corrupt US Army General in the film Spies Like Us, with Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase.

Hatten appeared as Captain Murdock in several episodes of the television show Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and had an unimportant role as an officer in three episodes of Hogan’s Heroes.

He provided the voice of the character Farmer Fitzgibbons in the animated movie The Secret of NIMH.

On stage, in the year 1959, he performed in a Los Angeles production of The Billy Barnes Revue concurrently with hosting the Popeye TV show.

Hatten portrayed Horace Vandergelder in the West Coast Opera Theatre’s production of Hello, Dolly! In the year 1991. Hatten also appeared in a touring production of the musical Annie as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

For nearly 20 years, he worked as an award-winning entertainment reporter for KNX 1070 Newsradio in Los Angeles, filing regular reports on the movie industry, new movies, and celebrity news. Hatten left the station in the year 2007.

He served on the board of the National Student movie Institute and was a frequent presenter at its annual film festival.

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10 Quick Facts About Tom Hatten

1. Name: Tom Hatten
2. Age: 92 years as the time of his death
3. Birthday: November 14
4. Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
5. Height: Average
6. Nationality: American
7. Occupation: Radio, Film and Television Personality
8. Marital Status: Married
9. Salary: Under Review
10. Net worth: Under Review

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Tom Hatten Age

Tom Hatten was an American radio, film and television personality who was born on November 14, 1926, in Jamestown, North Dakota and died on March 16, 2019, in California, He had 92 years old when he died

Tom Hatten Family

After doing our research, details about his parents are not available and it is also not known if he has any siblings.

Tom Hatten Wife

Tom Hatten was a married man he had married his wife Pete Menifee. It is therefore not known whether he had any children.

Tom Hatten Body Measurements

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Hair Color; He had Brown hair

Eye Color; He had Hazel eyes

Tom Hatten Salary

Details about Tom Hatten’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.

Tom Hatten Net Worth

Tom Hatten’s net worth is estimated to be in the range of approximately $818162373 in 2020. The estimated net worth incorporates stocks, properties, and luxury goods such as yachts and private airplanes.

Tom Hatten Popeye

In the year 1952, he started working as a broadcaster at KTLA in Hollywood. Hatten was a newscaster and announcer when the station launched the afternoon children’s show, The Pier 5 Club, with Hatten as Skipper Tom, in the month of September 1956.

Hatten followed “Skipper Frank” Herman who appeared earlier in the afternoon with Cartoon Carousel. Dressed in Navy whites, he presented the Popeye cartoons of the year the 1930s, the animated works of Max and Dave Fleischer, starring the spinach-eating Popeye.

A skilled artist and cartoonist, his show included how to segments that taught how to draw the cartoon characters. Real children–three chosen at random from Hatten mail–appeared on each program and were put in front of a large upright easel and sketch pad. Read also about Revé Drew Walsh

He would draw a figure in his sketch pad called a “Squiggle”. In the course of the cartoons, Tom and the kids would create drawings incorporating the squiggle in the absence of crossing any of the squiggle’s lines.

Of course, his drawings were better–but he’d praise the kids for their work. He hosted two later versions of the show and told anecdotes about the Fleischers, the cartoons, or their studios.

The Pier five Club was given a more elaborate studio set and was renamed The Popeye Show. He was dressed as a harbormaster in a structure resembling a marina.

The squiggle contest was retained and the show enlarges to an hour. King Features produce a new series of Popeye cartoons for the show. Jack Mercer, who had return William Costello aka “Red Pepper” Sam as the voice of Fleischer’s Popeye, visited the show to recognize him as the biggest promoter of the Max and Dave Fleischer Studio.

The demise of The Pier 5 Club came in the year 1964 when he left KTLA. In the year 1976, however, Hatten returned to the station and revived the series as Popeye and Hatten Friends, which ran until the year 1988.

Following the end of the Popeye program, he was the host of KTLA’s Family Film Festival.

Family Film Festival

The household Film Festival was a weekend afternoon feature on KTLA 5 between the year 1978 and the year 1992, with Hatten screening a classic movie, often from the ’40s, 50s or ’60s.

During breaks in the show, Hatten would offer anecdotes about the movie’s history or its actors, or even conduct brief interviews with a cast or crew member (a practice that originally predated the cable networks American film Classics and Turner Classic Movies; see those articles for details).

Many “Gen X”-aged men and women, born throughout the year 1970s and raised in Los Angeles, was introduced to the movies of Jerry Lewis, The Little Rascals, and Pippi Longstocking as well as animated movies as Gay Purr-ee, Hoppity Goes to Town,

The Phantom Tollbooth, Once Upon a Time and Star Blazers, through his Family Film Festival. The Little River Band’s song Reminiscing was used as a bumper song.

Frequently Asked Questions About Tom Hatten

Who is Tom Hatten?

Tom Hatten was an American radio, film and television personality who was born on November 14, 1926, in Jamestown, North Dakota and died on March 16, 2019, in California

How old is Tom Hatten?

Hatten was born on November 14, 1926, in Jamestown, North Dakota and died on March 16, 2019, in California, He had 92 years old when he died

How tall is Tom Hatten?

Not Available

Is Tom Hatten married?

Tom Hatten was a married man he had married his wife Pete Menifee. It is therefore not known whether he had any children.

How much is Tom Hatten worth?

Hatten’s net worth is estimated to be in the range of approximately $818162373 in 2020.

How much does Tom Hatten make?

Details about Hatten’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much he makes will be updated as soon as it is available.

Where does Tom Hatten live?

Hatten was an American radio, film and television personality who was born on November 14, 1926, in Jamestown, North Dakota and died on March 16, 2019, in California

Is Tom Hatten dead or alive?

Hatten died on March 16, 2019, at the age of 92 years. He died of natural causes in his sleep.

Where is Hatten now?

Tom Hatten was an American radio, film and television personality who was born on November 14, 1926, in Jamestown, North Dakota and died on March 16, 2019, in California

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