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| Hubert Diltz |
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born:
17 August 1897 Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States of America |
died:
27 July 1957 Los Angeles, California, United States of America (bilateral pulmonary tuberculosis, age 59) |
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American actor who worked as an extra for Mack Sennett in the 1920's. He also worked as Ben Turpin's stuntman in several comedies. Diltz's brother, Charles Diltz (who married a Sennett bathing girl), was a writer and director. He was a World War I veteran, and also sometimes went by the first name "Herbert" (as in his WWI records, alternate name on death certificate). He enlisted on 15 December 1917 at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City, Utah (Army serial #1,185,243). The Salt Lake Tribune on 25 January 1918 listed "Herbert Osborne Diltz" among 41 drafted soldiers being sought because they failed to answer their registration questionnaires. Nonetheless, Diltz served in the following organizations: the 52nd Provisional Recruit Squadron, Waco, Texas (to 18 February 1918), the 28th Balloon Company (to 6 June 1918), and the 155th Depot Brigade (to his discharge). He was honorably discharged on 19 August 1918 with a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability (he was viewed as 25% disabled on date of discharge). His given or suggested birth year varies from document to document, with a stated or suggested range of any year from 1892 to 1899. Though 1895 is given on his death certificate (informant was his brother Charles, who himself was born in June 1895 - thus his brother could not have been born a mere two months later), and as thus, is commonly reported by many sources, a look at the available or found documents pertaining to him shows that 1897 is the one supported by the majority, including most of the earliest records located for him (1900, 1910 and 1920 Censuses), and is thus the birth year I would go with. |
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Real name: Hubert Osborn Diltz Height: 5'8½" |
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography. |
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