Editing Hal March (section)

==Early career==
March entered show business as a straight man in the vaudeville act the Hollywood Rioteers, before serving in the U.S. Army beginning in 1941.<ref name=NYT /> He began his career in broadcasting as an announcer at Station KYA in San Francisco.<ref name=Broadcasting>{{cite news| last=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| first =<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->| date =January 26, 1970| title =Deaths| newspaper=Broadcasting| page=94| url=<!--None.-->| access-date=<!--None.-->}}</ref> From 1944 through 1948 he teamed with comedy partner [[Bob Sweeney (actor and director)|Bob Sweeney]] in ''The Bob Sweeney-Hal March Show'' on [[CBS Radio]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Nancy |title=Funnyman Sweeney now producer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49316209/bob-sweeney/ |accessdate=April 22, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]] |agency=Copley News Service |date=August 28, 1977 |page=11 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> He also appeared in ''[[The Adventures of Sam Spade]]'', which ran on CBS 1946–1949.<ref name=Broadcasting/>

March co-starred as Harry Morton on ''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' on the [[NBC]] and [[CBS]] radio networks from the mid-1940s until 1950. When the show switched to television that year, he continued in the role until the middle of the season, in 1951. During the next few seasons, he appeared occasionally in various guest roles on the show.

March and [[Mary Jane Croft]] co-starred in ''Too Many Cooks'', a summer replacement program on CBS radio in 1950. The comedy centered on Douglas and Carrie Cook and their 10 children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Crosby |first1=John |title=Radio in Review |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2060440/mj_croft_too_many_cooks/ |newspaper=The Evening Review |location=East Liverpool, Ohio |date=August 14, 1950 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=March 24, 2015}}</ref>

He went on to appear on such shows as ''[[Imogene Coca|The Imogene Coca Show]]'', ''[[I Love Lucy]]'', and ''[[Willy (TV series)|Willy]]''. In the summer of 1955, March joined [[John Dehner]] and Tom D'Andrea in the 11-episode NBC summer series, ''[[The Soldiers (American TV series)|The Soldiers]]'', a military comedy produced and directed by [[Bud Yorkin]].{{Citation needed |date=October 2020}} D'Andrea temporarily left the [[William Bendix]] sitcom ''[[The Life of Riley]]'' for this chance at his own series.{{Citation needed |date=October 2020}}

He was the Mystery Guest on the October 9, 1955 episode of ''[[What's My Line?]]'' He was guessed by [[Bennett Cerf]].<ref>{{cite web |title=What's My Line (Oct 9, 1955) |website=[[YouTube]] |year=1955 |access-date=2019-07-22 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MyGrtnFHK4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/5MyGrtnFHK4 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>