Hal Hays LeSueur (September 3, 1901 or 1903 – May 3, 1963) was an American actor and the brother of Oscar-winning film star Joan Crawford.
Hal LeSueur was born at 326 Rivas Street, San Antonio, Texas, the first child of Thomas E. LeSueur (died 1938) and Anna Bell Johnson (died 1958). His older half-sister was Daisy McConnell and his younger sister was Lucille Fay LeSueur, later the film star Joan Crawford. After Thomas LeSueur had abandoned the family, Anna wed businessman Henry J. Cassin (1868–1922). The family lived in Lawton, Oklahoma, then moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1917. Hal LeSueur moved from Kansas City around 1928 to Los Angeles. He found work in the stock department at MGM in bit parts or as an extra.
He was married twice. His first wife was Jessie Burress (1904–1977). They wed on October 21, 1922, in Kansas City, Missouri (his age given as 21) and divorced in 1929. His second wife was Kasha Haroldi (1907–1992). Hal and Kasha married in Santa Ana, California, on September 16, 1931, with Hal's age given as 30. They had one child, a daughter, named Joan Crawford LeSueur (1933–1999), who was named after Hal's sister and became a dancer on Broadway, known professionally as Joan Lowe. Kasha and Hal LeSueur divorced in 1935. She won custody of their daughter. She remarried and became Mrs. Kasha Lowe; her daughter became Joan Lowe, the name by which she was known professionally, later Mrs. Joan Fowler.[citation needed]

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