Hubert Castle

From the list of elephant persons Family: Smith

☨ Hubert Castle
Profession	circus director
Personal details
Born	1912-04-08 Enid, Oklohama in United States

Dead	1989-01-28

Residence
Country	United States

Locations
Title	artist-1939
Location	at Cole Brothers-Clyde Beatty Circus in United States

Title	artist 1937-1938
Location	at Al G Barnes-Sells Floto Circus in United States

Title	owner -
Location	at Hubert Castle International Circus in United States

Title	artist 1939
Location	at Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in United States

Title	artist
Location	at Tom Mix Circus in United States

Biography details

James Albert Hal Smith , circus director in United States

Smith was born * 1912-04-08 in Enid, Oklohama United States dead 1989-01-28 .

Low Wire artist with start on J.E. Henry Bros Big Show in the mid 1920’s.

Records about Hubert Castle from William "Buckles" Woodcocks Blog

Mr. Castles true name was Hal Smith but with Seils-Sterling and Tom Mix circuses he was known as Hal Silvers.
John Ringling North didnt like either name and dubbed him Hubert Castle.

William "Buckles" Woodcock Buckles Blog

Hubert Castle, born Hal Silvers, was a tightrope walker for Ringling Brothers for 20 years and owned his own circus. Born and raised in Oklahoma until the age of 14, he married Mary "Bunny" Tanner, and had two children, Hal Junior and Jan.

After retirement he started his own circus.

Inducted into the Ring of Fame: 1994

Hubert Castle is mentioned on 1 location pagesHubert Castle International Circus,

Hubert Castle is mentioned on 7 elephant record pagesBunny I, Bunny II, Dorothy (Stacy), Jan, Marie, Peggy, Zetta,

Selected publications

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). director James Albert Hal Smith in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 April 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=2395. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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