Hal De Forrest

Portuguese-born American actor (1862-1938)
Person human Q5640736
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Summary

Hal De Forrest was born on July 14, 1862[1], in Porto[2]. He died on February 16, 1938[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as an actor[5] and stage actor[6]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57 views/month, #7,296 of 1,000,298).[7]

Key Facts

  • Child: Buddy DeSylva[8]
  • Country of citizenship: United States[9], Portugal[10], Kingdom of Portugal[11]
  • Native language: Portuguese[12], English[13]
  • Sex or gender: male[14]
  • Cause of death: disease[15]
  • Family name: Forrest[16]
  • Given name: Aloysius[17], J.[18], Hal[19]
  • Pseudonym: Hal De Forrest[20]
  • Manner of death: natural causes[21]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: Portuguese[22], English[23]
  • Name in native language: Aloysius J. De Sylva[24]
  • Writing language: English[25]
  • P14750: 1346-2603-4D3C-DA7A-3AE5[26]

Why It Matters

Hal De Forrest is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

FAQs

Where was Hal De Forrest born?

Hal De Forrest's place of birth was Porto[2].

Where did Hal De Forrest die?

Hal De Forrest passed away in New York City[4].

What did Hal De Forrest do for work?

Hal De Forrest worked as an actor[5] and stage actor[6].

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Place of death → New York City
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'ur']
    Sitelink count → 6
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56926|batch #56926]]: Import places of birth, death from dewiki"
  2. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → United States, Portugal, Kingdom of Portugal
    P14750 → 1346-2603-4D3C-DA7A-3AE5
    Instance of → —
    Sex or gender → male
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46460|batch #46460]]: HAND ID (6)"
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