HOLLYWOOD – Radio, film and television personality, Tom Hatten, known as the long-time host of The Popeye Show on KTLA Channel 5 in the 1960s through the '80s has died.

Hatten also appeared in dozens of musicals, movies and television shows. His acting credits include portraying a corrupt US Army General in the film Spies Like Us, with Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase. He appeared as Captain Murdock in several episodes of the television show Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., and had a minor role as an officer in three episodes of Hogan's Heroes. Hatten provided the voice of the character Farmer Fitzgibbons in the animated movie The Secret of NIMH.

For nearly 20 years, Hatten worked as an award-winning entertainment reporter for KNX 1070 Newsradio in Los Angeles, filing regular reports on the movie industry, new films, and celebrity news.

Story Date: March 24, 2019