<Tr> <Th> Cause of death </Th> <Td> Suicide by gunshot to the head </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Occupation </Th> <Td> Actor </Td> </Tr> <P> Benjamin Hendrickson (August 26, 1950--July 3, 2006) was an American actor known for playing Harold "Hal" Munson, Jr., the Chief of Detectives for the mythical town of Oakdale on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns . </P> <P> Hendrickson was born in Huntington, New York . He studied at the prestigious Juilliard School as part of the institution's first drama division class and was a founding member of John Houseman's The Acting Company . </P>

Actor who plays hal munson on as the world turns