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Will would go on to ask actress Herta Ware, who was his female co-star in Let Freedom Ring, if she would become his wife.
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Herta was fully aware of Will’s sexual orientation, and while in the presence of Will’s boyfriend (Harry), she agreed.
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They were married for twenty years and had three children together. However, the pair divorced in 1954.
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Unfortunately for Will Geer, his open social activism and membership in the Communist Party eventually hindered his career during the McCarthy Witch Trials.
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These trials took place in the 1950s which was an attempt to expel all Communist sympathizers from positions of influence in the USA.
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