Charlie Hall
Age: N/A | From: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Charles Hall , Charley Hall , Charles Hill
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 35
TV Involvements: 2
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Hall (19 August 1899 – 7 December 1959) was an English film actor. He is best known as the "Little Nemesis" of Laurel and Hardy and appeared in nearly 50 films with them, so that Hall was the most frequent supporting actor of their films. Hall was born in Ward End, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager, he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens, he visited his sister in New York and stayed there, finding employment as a stagehand. While working behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roach's comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe. As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many of their memorable tit-for-tat sequences. Unlike the usual villains in Laurel and Hardy films, who were big and burly, Charlie Hall (billed as "Charley" Hall in the Roach comedies) was of short stature, standing 5 ft 5 in tall. His height and slight English accent allowed him to be convincingly cast as a college student, despite being 40 years old, in Laurel and Hardy's A Chump at Oxford. Hall almost never played starring roles; the exception was in 1941, when he was teamed with character comedian Frank Faylen by Monogram Pictures. Hall continued to play bits and supporting roles in short subjects and features through the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally on TV, appearing very briefly in Charlie Chaplin's final American film, Limelight (1952). In 1956 he played a small but important part in the TV show Cheyenne, season 1, episode 11, "Quicksand", starring Clint Walker, with Dennis Hopper, John Alderson, Wright King and Peggy Webber. His last role was in a Joe McDoakes short film starring George O'Hanlon, So You Want to Play the Piano, in 1956. Hall died in North Hollywood, California, on 7 December 1959. A J D Wetherspoon's public house in Erdington, is named The Charlie Hall as a tribute to him.
Most Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
Cheyenne
(1955) Kevin
King Kong
(1933) Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
(1939) Mercury (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
(1945) Painter (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
(1946) Cab Driver (uncredited)
The Big Street
(1942) Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)
Limelight
(1952) Newsboy (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man | |
| 1968 | Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1967 | N/A | |
| 1959 | N/A | |
| 1956 | N/A | |
| 1955 | Bellhop (uncredited) | |
| Man with Pool Cue (uncredited) | ||
| Kevin | ||
| 1953 | Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Jake - Roofer | |
| Newsboy (uncredited) | ||
| 1950 | Ed (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall) | |
| Airport Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Cab Driver (uncredited) | ||
| Window-Washer (uncredited) | ||
| 1945 | Painter (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Mugg (uncredited) | |
| Apartment House Waiter | ||
| Jack - Radio Repairman | ||
| Comedian | ||
| 1943 | Porter | |
| Waiter | ||
| Hotel Handyman | ||
| Barney | ||
| 1942 | Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited) | |
| Louie (Uncredited) | ||
| Silver Slipper Waiter | ||
| Newspaper Photographer | ||
| 1941 | Taxi Driver (uncredited) | |
| Edgar's Neighbor | ||
| Nightclub Waiter | ||
| Bellhop (uncredited) | ||
| Budd Doolittle | ||
| The Laundry Man | ||
| Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon | ||
| Waitress | ||
| Dan - Edgar's Neighbor | ||
| 1940 | Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited) | |
| Elevator Boy | ||
| Homeless Thief in Washroom | ||
| Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited) | ||
| Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy | ||
| Desk Clerk (uncredited) | ||
| Second Waiter | ||
| Man in Diner (uncredited) | ||
| Courtroom Spectator | ||
| Student | ||
| Elevator Operator | ||
| 1939 | Mercury (uncredited) | |
| Dance Hall Official (uncredited) | ||
| Bob's Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| Airport Worker (uncredited) | ||
| Gossiping Citizen | ||
| 1938 | Leary's pal | |
| 1937 | Bartender (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | Man in Pawnshop (uncredited) | |
| (uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Tenant (uncredited) | |
| Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Man Getting Shave | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Native Henchman (uncredited) | ||
| Bank Teller (uncredited) | ||
| Porter (uncredited) | ||
| Moving Man (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Hall | ||
| 1934 | Townsman (uncredited) | |
| Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) | ||
| Cigarette Stand Owner | ||
| Intern (uncredited) | ||
| Sailor | ||
| Subway Passenger (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Hall | ||
| Coach Driver | ||
| Man Pushed into Fountain | ||
| Cameraman (uncredited) | ||
| Postman | ||
| T.N.T. Room Busboy | ||
| Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited) | ||
| Pool Hall Patron | ||
| Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| Irate Movie Patron | ||
| 1933 | Waiter (uncredited) | |
| Pilot (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Hunter (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Shop Worker (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Theatre Usher (uncredited) | ||
| Actor (uncredited) | ||
| Tire thief's partner | ||
| Charlie Zeno | ||
| Train Passenger (uncredited) | ||
| Shaffner the Valet (uncredited) | ||
| Delivery Boy (uncredited) | ||
| Organ Grinder | ||
| Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) | ||
| Party Guest (uncredited) | ||
| Delivery Boy | ||
| 1932 | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Tipsy Ship Passenger | ||
| Page | ||
| Elevator Operator (uncredited) | ||
| Janitor (uncredited) | ||
| Train Passenger (uncredited) | ||
| Second Tramp | ||
| Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) | ||
| Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall) | ||
| Man on Street (uncredited) | ||
| The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Postman (uncredited) | ||
| Stan's Second | ||
| Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited) | ||
| Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited) | ||
| 1931 | Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited) | |
| Man on the Street (uncredited) | ||
| Doughboy (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Milkman (uncredited) | ||
| Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited) | ||
| Ice Cream Attendant | ||
| Man on the Street (uncredited) | ||
| Little Cook | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Dancer (uncredited) | ||
| Man on Train | ||
| Elevator Operator | ||
| The Landlord | ||
| Landlord (uncredited) | ||
| Kay's Dancing Partner | ||
| Bellboy | ||
| Bellboy / Landlord | ||
| 1930 | Passenger | |
| Bellhop | ||
| Mover (uncredited) | ||
| Neighbor | ||
| Charlie | ||
| Street Cleaner (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cabdriver (uncredited) | ||
| Cabdriver | ||
| The Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Mountain Man (uncredited) | ||
| 1929 | Neighbor | |
| Postman (uncredited) | ||
| Treetop Lookout (uncredited) | ||
| Truck driver | ||
| Landlord | ||
| Sidewalk diner attendant | ||
| Streetcar passenger (uncredited) | ||
| Boater (uncredited) | ||
| Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) | ||
| Taxi driver | ||
| Train Passenger (uncredited) | ||
| Cabdriver | ||
| Audience Member (uncredited) | ||
| Waiter (uncredited) | ||
| Neighbor | ||
| Man in fender bender | ||
| 1928 | Shopkeeper | |
| Messenger | ||
| Soda Jerk (uncredited) | ||
| Musician | ||
| Little Moving Man (uncredited) | ||
| The Landlord | ||
| 1927 | Pie Delivery Man (uncredited) | |
| Asylum Inmate | ||
| Convict | ||
| Convict (uncredited) | ||
| Hotel extra | ||
| Coxswain (uncredited) | ||
| Soldier (uncredited) | ||
| Man under car | ||
| Tillsbury's Butler | ||
| Cab driver (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Moving man (uncredited) | ||
| English chauffeur | ||
| 1926 | Stagehand (uncredited) | |
| Musician | ||
| Shoe Shine Man | ||
| 1925 | First Soldier Over the Top | |
| N/A | ||
| Steward Who Drops Plates | ||
| 1924 | First Bellhop (uncredited) | |
| Villager | ||
| N/A | ||
| Customer | ||
| Party guest | ||
| Worker | ||
| 1923 | N/A | |
| 1922 | A Fireman | |
| 1921 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1933 | Writer | |
| Writer | ||
| 1931 | Writer | |
| 1930 | Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
