James Belton Bonsall was a native of the tiny island of Grand Chenier, LA.. During WWII, he was drafted at 17, and assigned to the 99th Infantry Division, which served in three European campaigns, suffering eighty-five percent casualties.
Bonsall served in forward roles (rifleman, scout, runner). After college, he was a reporter for a San Francisco paper, and had a few minor acting roles, such as a policeman smashing slot machines in the 1958 picture "Damn Citizen". He moved to New Orlea (showing 500 of 897 characters). |
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