of blame for the crash, returning a verdict of accidental death. In February 1936, Earl and Golda Gose sued him, seeking $86,400 in damages. Golda, who was taken into court on a hospital stretcher, which was placed before the jury box, testified that LeSueur was driving on the wrong side of Cahuenga Boulevard when his car collided with theirs. LeSueur not only denied responsibility for the accident, but in his cross-complaint for $10,000 charged that the crash came about through Gose's negligent driving. The suit was then abruptly dropped, however, when a settlement was reached. LeSueur agreed to pay them $8,500, one tenth of what they had originally sought. Later years Tired of being an uncredited actor in the films on which he worked, he decided to try his hand at make-up work at MGM for a while. When he left that job, he worked as a sporting goods salesman. LeSueur made one final movie appearance, playing a reporter in Jeanne Eagels (1957). He made one TV appearance in an episode of the series State Trooper, titled No Fancy Cowboys, which aired on March 13, 1957. When he left the sporting goods business, LeSueur began working as a desk clerk at a Los Angeles hotel, and supplemented his income working as a switchboard operator at the motel where he lived. Death Hal LeSueur died of a ruptured appendix at the Los Angeles General Hospital. He was interred in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California. His sister reportedly sent him telegrams from New York to the hospital before he died, but did not attend his funeral. Filmography References External links 1900s births 1963 deaths People from Lawton, Oklahoma American male film actors American male television actors Male actors from Kansas City, Missouri Male actors from Oklahoma Male actors from San Antonio Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale) 20th-century American male actors Age controversies American people of Swedish descent American people of French descent Switchboard operators United States Army personnel of World War II