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Rondo Hatton (April 22, 1894 – February 2, 1946) was an American journalist and actor. After writing for The Tampa Tribune, Hatton found a career in film due to his unique facial features, which were the result of acromegaly.
Rondo Hatton (1894-1946) was an American actor who appeared in several horror films as the Creeper, a spine-breaking villain. He also worked as a reporter in Tampa and Florida, and developed acromegaly, a disfiguring condition, after exposure to poison gas in World War I.
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- Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
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- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Rondo Hatton. Actor: House of Horrors. Was an only child, Rondo Hatton was born to Stewart and Emily Hatton in Hagerstown, Maryland. The family moved to Tampa, Florida, in 1912, when he was a high-school senior, and his father joined a family-owned business there.
- April 22, 1894
- February 2, 1946
Nov 12, 2020 · TAMPA — A facial deformity turned once-handsome Hillsborough High School student Rondo Hatton into a horror film staple of the 1930s and 1940s, but did not prevent him from finding...
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The Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award, often called the Rondo Award, is an annual award founded in 2002 that honors journalism, scholarship and film preservation in the horror genre, particularly of classic horror film and their modern-day counterparts.
Jan 20, 2022 · The film explores the obsession of a horror movie art director with a disfigured actor who played villains and monsters in the 1930s and '40s. It features interviews, scenes and locations in Taylor, a historic town in Texas.
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Rondo Hatton was a character actor who suffered from acromegaly, a condition that gave him a distinctive appearance. He played villains in several Universal and RKO horror films, such as The Pearl of Death and The Brute Man.
