Henry `` Huntz '' Hall ( August 15 1919 - January 30 1999 ) was a well-known American actor . Henry Richard `` Huntz '' Hall ( August 15 , 1919 ; -- January 30 , 1999 ) was an American radio , theatrical , and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the `` Dead End Kids '' movies , such as Angels with Dirty Faces ( 1938 ) , which gave way to the `` The Bowery Boys '' movie franchise , a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in the 1940s and 1950s .