Allison Samuel Hall (March 11, 1921 â€" September 26, 2014), known as
Sam Hall, was a screenwriter known for his work in daytime soap
operas, particularly Dark Shadows (from 1967 to 1971) and One Life to
Live (from 1978 to 1984).Hall was born in Carrollton, Ohio in 1921 to
Samuel and Beatrice Hall. He was married to actress Grayson Hall, an
Academy Award nominee who appeared on both shows, as Dr. Julia Hoffman
on Dark Shadows, and as Euphemia Ralston on One Life to Live.Hall was
born in Carrollton, Ohio in 1921 to Samuel and Beatrice Hall. He was
married to actress Grayson Hall, an Academy Award nominee who appeared
on both shows, as Dr. Julia Hoffman on Dark Shadows, and as Euphemia
Ralston on One Life to Live.Hall later in his life took an active part
in the production of a play he wrote, performed at the Rhinebeck
Theatre's barn in the early 2000s. The play, about a group of American
soldiers, not all as morally upright as we might wish, serving in
France during WWII, was called "War Games", and it starred David
Anderson, an excellent actor who headed up Walking the Dog, a theatre
group in Hudson, New York. Wally Carbone directed. David Forman was
the producer. Hall gave a wonderful cast party at his home in
Rhinebeck, and his living room side table that night revealed that he
was reading Alan Bennett's "Untold Stories."The first serial for which
Hall wrote was The Brighter Day. After his wife was hired to appear on
Dark Shadows, he was invited to become one of the writers. Hall and
his writing partner, Gordon Russell, were best known for their work on
Dark Shadows and One Life to Live. (Their son, Matthew Hall, was a
later writer for the NBC revival of Dark Shadows.) Sam Hall (writer) Top Movies & Young Movies