Porter Hall
Acting
Born 1888-09-18
Died 1953-10-06
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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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.
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Four Star Playhouse
Miracle on 34th Street
Double Indemnity
His Girl Friday
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Unconquered
The Thin Man
Ace in the Hole
The Petrified Forest
Sullivan's Travels
Pony Express
Going My Way
Stolen Heaven
Dark Command
Make Way for Tomorrow
Wells Fargo
Vice Squad
Arizona
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Blood on the Sun
The Desperadoes
That Wonderful Urge
Satan Met a Lady
The Plainsman
The General Died at Dawn
Secrets of a Secretary
Carbine Williams
Dangerous to Know
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
They Shall Have Music
Intruder in the Dust
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
The Princess Comes Across
The Great Moment
The Half-Breed
Souls at Sea
Men with Wings
True Confession
Singapore
The Mark of the Whistler
You Gotta Stay Happy
Standing Room Only
Murder, He Says
Snowed Under
The Remarkable Andrew
A Stranger in Town
Butch Minds the Baby
Bring on the Girls
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Scandal Street
The Cheat
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Prison Farm
Wild Money
Kiss and Tell
King of Alcatraz
The Woman of the Town
Week-End at the Waldorf
Grand Jury Secrets
King of Gamblers
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