A graduate of the University of Toronto, Douglas Hall was appointed senior press officer for IBM Canada Inc. After seven-and-a-half years of extensive media relations, he began a 32-year career as a Canadian radio and television personality. He hosted a number of nationally syndicated Canadian shows on both radio and television including: The Doug Hall Show, Daybeat, The Anatomy of Living, Taking Sides, Your Opinion, Bestsellers and What is Truth as a panel member along with Paul Hellyer, former Canadian minister of national defense; CBC personality, Lorraine Thomson; and Bob Hesketh, CFRB radio newscaster. Author, broadcaster, newspaper executive, Charles Templeton was moderator. Hall's TV shows were also telecast on cable and independent U.S. stations. Hall was the only multiple screenwriter for the 20th Century/NBC/CTV science-fiction series, The Starlost. He was also the executive/producer for a number of television musical biographies including: Englebert Humperdinck, Paul Anka, Chet Atkins and Gordon Lightfoot. Hall's 26 published books include: thirteen mysteries, five novels, from which three are children's, and three biographies including: The Real Patsy Cline and The Mamas & The Papas. Hall's books have been published in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany and the Soviet Union. During Hall's career, he travelled extensively on TV assignments to the United States, Europe, Scandinavia, the Soviet Union, Lebanon, Syria, Jordon, Israel, Haiti and Iraq. Hall is a life member of the Writers Guild of Canada, a member of ACTRA and for a number of years, he was a member of the Toronto Men's Press Club.
