Joe Hazleton

born: 26 March 1853 Wilmington, New York, United States of America

died: 09 October 1936 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (pneumonia, age 83)

Elderly American actor. As a young boy, Hazleton was a direct witness to the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth on 14 April 1865 at Ford's Theatre, where he was working as a program boy and usher. He is buried in Hollywood Cemetery. His surname is commonly spelled "Hazelton." In a written document where he recounted Lincoln's assassination, he spelled his own surname "Hazleton." One source lists his date of death as October 8, but his death certificate (shown below) clearly states October 9.

Real name: Joseph H. Hazleton Height: 5'8"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1919 Bumping Into Broadway [?] 1920 His Royal Slyness Prince of Roquefort's valet

Acknowledgements: https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:MCW5-K71 (1860 Census, line 39) https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:MH7W-PS9 (1920 Census, line 43) https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:XCFG-1LC (1930 Census, line 58) https://familysearch.org/ark:/ 61903/1:1:QKS9-SYVB (CA Death Index, #58920) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi- bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=796000 1 (Find a Grave) https://archive.org/stream/var iety124-1936-10#page/n133/mode /1up/search/hazleton (Variety, 14 Oct 1936) http://allanellenberger.com/ joseph-hazelton-at-hollywood- forever/ (Hollywoodland) https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=pRrZuTrbZWk#t=4m15s (Hazleton's 1933 account of Lincoln's assassination) http://www.historyforsale.com/productimages/jpeg/84446.jpg (Hazelton's written account) https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturestu00johnrich#page/178/mode/1up/search/hazklton (1921 Motion Picture Studio Directory) The Harold Lloyd Encyclopedia, by Annette D'Agostino Lloyd Jesse Brisson (research and help) Jim Jarvis (information and death certificate) This page was last updated on: 03 September 2018