Porter Hall
Age: N/A | From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Person Details
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Aliases: Clifford Porter Hall
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 42
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clifford Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 – October 6, 1953) was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Hall played movie villains or comedic incompetent characters. Hall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and began his career touring as a stage actor with roles in productions of The Great Gatsby and Naked in 1926. Hall made his film debut in the 1931 drama Secrets of a Secretary. He made his last onscreen appearance in the 1954 film Return to Treasure Island, which was released after his death. He was probably best remembered for four roles: a senator in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, an atheist in Going My Way, the nervous, ill-tempered Granville Sawyer, who administers a psychological test to Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street, and a train passenger who encounters a man (Fred MacMurray) who has just committed a murder in Double Indemnity. On October 6, 1953, Hall died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California at the age of 65. His interment was at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Hall had two children, David and Sarah Jane.
Most Famous Work
Double Indemnity
(1944) Mr. Jackson
Pony Express
(1953) Jim Bridger
Ace in the Hole
(1951) Jacob Q. Boot
Make Way for Tomorrow
(1937) Harvey Chase
Dark Command
(1940) Angus McCloud
Unconquered
(1947) Leach
The Petrified Forest
(1936) Jason Maple
Blood on the Sun
(1945) Arthur BickettActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris | |
| 1953 | Jack Hartrampf | |
| Jim Bridger | ||
| 1952 | J. R. Martin | |
| Louie | ||
| Kraemer | ||
| Sam Markley | ||
| 1951 | Jacob Q. Boot | |
| 1949 | Nub Gowrie | |
| Judge O'Toole | ||
| Sam Howell | ||
| 1948 | Attorney Ketchell | |
| Mr. Caslon | ||
| 1947 | Leach | |
| Mr. Bellows | ||
| Granville Sawyer | ||
| 1945 | Bill Franklin | |
| Stevens | ||
| Mr. Johnson | ||
| Arthur Bickett | ||
| Dr. Efrington | ||
| 1944 | Joe Sorsby | |
| Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace | ||
| President Franklin Pierce | ||
| Mr. Jackson | ||
| Mr. Belknap | ||
| Hugo Farenhall | ||
| 1943 | Mayor Dog Killey | |
| Banker Clanton | ||
| Judge Austin Harkley | ||
| 1942 | Brandy Smith | |
| Chief Clerk Art Slocumb | ||
| George Heyler | ||
| 1941 | Mr. Hadrian | |
| Jonathan Randall | ||
| 1940 | Lazarus Ward | |
| Sheriff Korley | ||
| Angus McCloud | ||
| Murphy | ||
| 1939 | Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited) | |
| Senator Monroe | ||
| Mr. Flower | ||
| Anthony Pelton | ||
| Man in Drummond's Dream | ||
| 1938 | Uncle Silas Phelps | |
| Mayor Daniels | ||
| Matthew Talbot | ||
| Hiram F. Jenkins | ||
| Chiston R. Bradby | ||
| 'Von' Offer | ||
| Dr. Botulian | ||
| Mayor Bradley | ||
| James Wilson | ||
| 1937 | James Oliver | |
| Mr. Hartman | ||
| S.J. Crawford | ||
| Court Prosecutor | ||
| Bill Court | ||
| Harvey Chase | ||
| George Kramer | ||
| Norman Merridew | ||
| 1936 | Peter Perrie | |
| Jack McCall | ||
| Spencer | ||
| Milton Ames | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| Darcy | ||
| Arthur Layton | ||
| Mrs. Saunders | ||
| Dr. Rossignol | ||
| Jason Maple | ||
| 1935 | Col. Bradbury | |
| 1934 | Alden Murray | |
| Herbert MacCaulay | ||
| 1931 | Leslie | |
| Drunk | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
