Porter Hall
Biography
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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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1888-09-18
Place of birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Cast
Double Indemnity
1944
8.11
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
7.84
His Girl Friday
1940
7.41
The Thin Man
1934
7.50
The Princess Comes Across
1936
6.10
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
7.36
Ace in the Hole
1951
7.86
Holiday for Sinners
1952
5.60
Satan Met a Lady
1936
5.70
Dark Command
1940
6.30
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
7.50
The Great Moment
1944
5.64
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
6.00
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
6.80
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
5.90
Sullivan's Travels
1941
7.42
The Petrified Forest
1936
7.10
Going My Way
1944
6.67
Intruder in the Dust
1949
7.32
Unconquered
1947
6.34
Singapore
1947
5.93
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
6.80
Blood on the Sun
1945
5.80
Vice Squad
1953
5.70
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.00
Secrets of a Secretary
1931
5.50
This Way Please
1937
5.50
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
0.00
Murder, He Says
1945
6.60
Wells Fargo
1937
5.20
The General Died at Dawn
1936
6.30
Return to Treasure Island
1954
4.80
True Confession
1937
5.80
They Shall Have Music
1939
6.20
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
5.70
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
5.64
Stolen Heaven
1938
0.00
A Stranger in Town
1943
6.10
Too Many Parents
1936
4.50
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
6.00
Snowed Under
1936
7.00
Standing Room Only
1944
5.00
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
6.00
Men with Wings
1938
5.00
Kiss and Tell
1945
5.60
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
5.20
Souls at Sea
1937
6.30
Murder in the Private Car
1934
5.27
Pony Express
1953
5.60
Dangerous to Know
1938
6.10
The Plainsman
1936
6.30
That Wonderful Urge
1948
6.50
Arizona
1940
6.30
Prison Farm
1938
5.70
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
6.00
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
0.00
The Desperadoes
1943
5.70
Wild Money
1937
0.00
The Parson of Panamint
1941
5.00
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
0.00
The Woman of the Town
1943
6.20
King of Gamblers
1937
7.00
And Sudden Death
1936
0.00
Bring on the Girls
1945
6.10
The Half-Breed
1952
5.00
The Cheat
1931
6.00
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
6.83
Scandal Street
1938
0.00
King of Alcatraz
1938
5.70
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
6.10
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
6.40
Let's Make a Million
1936
0.00
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942
4.00
Carbine Williams
1952
6.40