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Porter Hall‌

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Birthday

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Porter Hall

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Porter Hall

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1888-09-18

Popularity

star2.1

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.

Movie Credits

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity‌
star8.1
calendar 1944

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington‌
star7.9
calendar 1939

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday‌
star7.4
calendar 1940

The Thin Man

The Thin Man‌
star7.5
calendar 1934

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across‌
star6.1
calendar 1936

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street‌
star7.4
calendar 1947

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole‌
star7.9
calendar 1951

Holiday for Sinners

Holiday for Sinners‌
star5.5
calendar 1952

Satan Met a Lady

Satan Met a Lady‌
star5.9
calendar 1936

Dark Command

Dark Command‌
star6.3
calendar 1940

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow‌
star7.5
calendar 1937

The Great Moment

The Great Moment‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler‌
star5.9
calendar 1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes‌
star5.9
calendar 1937

Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels‌
star7.4
calendar 1941

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest‌
star7.1
calendar 1936

Going My Way

Going My Way‌
star6.7
calendar 1944

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust‌
star7.4
calendar 1949

Unconquered

Unconquered‌
star6.2
calendar 1947

Singapore

Singapore‌
star5.7
calendar 1947

The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur‌
star6.9
calendar 1936

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun‌
star5.8
calendar 1945

Vice Squad

Vice Squad‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf‌
star6.0
calendar 1945

Secrets of a Secretary

Secrets of a Secretary‌
star5.5
calendar 1931

This Way Please

This Way Please‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Butch Minds the Baby

Butch Minds the Baby‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says‌
star6.6
calendar 1945

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo‌
star4.9
calendar 1937

The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Return to Treasure Island

Return to Treasure Island‌
star4.8
calendar 1954

True Confession

True Confession‌
star5.8
calendar 1937

They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music‌
star5.9
calendar 1939

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

The Case of the Lucky Legs

The Case of the Lucky Legs‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town‌
star6.5
calendar 1943

Too Many Parents

Too Many Parents‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Chicken Every Sunday

Chicken Every Sunday‌
star6.0
calendar 1949

Snowed Under

Snowed Under‌
star7.0
calendar 1936

Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

The Arkansas Traveler

The Arkansas Traveler‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Men with Wings

Men with Wings‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Kiss and Tell

Kiss and Tell‌
star5.6
calendar 1945

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective‌
star5.2
calendar 1938

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea‌
star5.7
calendar 1937

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car‌
star5.4
calendar 1934

Pony Express

Pony Express‌
star5.5
calendar 1953

Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

The Plainsman

The Plainsman‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge‌
star6.2
calendar 1948

Arizona

Arizona‌
star6.1
calendar 1940

Prison Farm

Prison Farm‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Henry Goes Arizona

Henry Goes Arizona‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Grand Jury Secrets‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend‌
star5.8
calendar 1949

Wild Money

Wild Money‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Parson of Panamint

The Parson of Panamint‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Trail of the Vigilantes

Trail of the Vigilantes‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

The Woman of the Town

The Woman of the Town‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers‌
star7.0
calendar 1937

And Sudden Death

And Sudden Death‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls‌
star6.1
calendar 1945

The Half-Breed

The Half-Breed‌
star5.0
calendar 1952

The Cheat

The Cheat‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew‌
star8.2
calendar 1942

Scandal Street

Scandal Street‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police‌
star6.1
calendar 1939

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy‌
star6.4
calendar 1948

Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Mr. and Mrs. North

Mr. and Mrs. North‌
star4.5
calendar 1942

Carbine Williams

Carbine Williams‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

Tv Credits

Four Star Playhouse

Four Star Playhouse‌
star5.7
calendar 1952