Charlie Hall

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
August 18, 1899

Place of Birth:
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK

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Charlie Hall

Biography

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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.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
2024 Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2023 Laurel & Hardy: Year One
1982 Dance of the Cookoos Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
1968 The Best of Laurel and Hardy Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967 The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1956 So You Want to Play the Piano
1955 Illegal Bellhop (uncredited)
1952 Limelight Newsboy (uncredited)
1950 The Milkman Ed (uncredited)
1946 Without Reservations Window-Washer (uncredited)
1946 Dressed to Kill Cab Driver (uncredited)
1946 Abie's Irish Rose Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
1946 Sister Kenny Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1945 On Stage Everybody Painter (uncredited)
1944 The Lodger Comedian
1944 Girls! Girls! Girls! Apartment House Waiter
1944 Radio Rampage Jack - Radio Repairman
1944 In Society Mugg (uncredited)
1944 Hi, Beautiful Milkman (uncredited)
1943 The Ape Man Barney
1943 So's Your Uncle Waiter
1943 His Butler's Sister Porter
1943 Honeymoon Lodge Hotel Handyman
1942 Framing Father Silver Slipper Waiter
1942 Man From Headquarters Newspaper Photographer
1942 The Falcon Takes Over Louie (Uncredited)
1942 The Big Street Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)
1941 San Antonio Rose Waitress
1941 Niagara Falls Bellhop (uncredited)
1941 Top Sergeant Mulligan Budd Doolittle
1941 An Apple in His Eye Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
1941 I'll Fix It The Laundry Man
1941 Father Steps Out Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
1941 The Mexican Spitfire's Baby Nightclub Waiter
1941 A Quiet Fourth Edgar's Neighbor
1941 Hellzapoppin' Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1940 Saps at Sea Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1940 Vigil in the Night Courtroom Spectator
1940 Mexican Spitfire Elevator Operator
1940 A Chump at Oxford Student
1940 One Night in the Tropics Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
1940 Primrose Path Man in Diner (uncredited)
1940 Millionaires in Prison Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
1940 You Can't Fool Your Wife Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
1940 Curtain Call Second Waiter
1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West Elevator Boy
1940 A Trailer Tragedy Homeless Thief in Washroom
1939 Five Came Back Airport Worker (uncredited)
1939 Man About Town Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
1939 Bachelor Mother Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame Mercury (uncredited)
1939 Captain Fury Gossiping Citizen
1938 Hey! Hey! USA Leary's pal
1937 Shall We Dance Bartender (uncredited)
1936 An All American Toothache (uncredited)
1936 Our Relations Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
1935 Tit for Tat Mr. Hall
1935 Top Hat (uncredited)
1935 Sing Sister Sing Porter (uncredited)
1935 Hot Money Tenant (uncredited)
1935 Twin Triplets Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1935 Treasure Blues Moving Man (uncredited)
1935 Thicker Than Water Bank Teller (uncredited)
1935 Bonnie Scotland Native Henchman (uncredited)
1935 In Love at 40 Man Getting Shave
1934 The Live Ghost Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)
1934 Them Thar Hills Mr. Hall
1934 Soup and Fish Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
1934 One-Horse Farmers Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934 Opened by Mistake Intern (uncredited)
1934 Maid in Hollywood Cameraman (uncredited)
1934 Babes in the Goods Spectator (uncredited)
1934 Kentucky Kernels Cigarette Stand Owner
1934 Ocean Swells Sailor
1934 Babes in Toyland Townsman (uncredited)
1934 Rough Necking Postman
1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers Coach Driver
1934 Another Wild Idea Man Pushed into Fountain
1934 Bridal Bail Irate Movie Patron
1934 The Undie-World T.N.T. Room Busboy
1934 Love on a Ladder Pool Hall Patron
1934 Hi'–Neighbor! Window Washer
1934 Mike Fright Elevator Operator
1933 Hold Your Temper
1933 The Midnight Patrol Tire thief's partner
1933 Morning Glory Actor (uncredited)
1933 Nature in the Wrong Organ Grinder
1933 Maids a la Mode Party Guest (uncredited)
1933 Backs to Nature Hunter (uncredited)
1933 One Track Minds Train Passenger (uncredited)
1933 Beauty and the Bus Theatre Usher (uncredited)
1933 Air Fright Pilot (uncredited)
1933 Busy Bodies Shop Worker (uncredited)
1933 Me and My Pal Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1933 Sons of the Desert Waiter (uncredited)
1933 Twice Two Delivery Boy
1933 Rhapsody in Brew Waiter (uncredited)
1933 Keg o' My Heart Waiter (uncredited)
1933 The Druggist's Dilemma Charlie Zeno
1933 Diplomaniacs Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
1933 King Kong Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
1933 What Fur
1932 Just a Pain in the Parlor Servant
1932 A Slip at the Switch Second Tramp
1932 Show Business Train Passenger (uncredited)
1932 Sealskins Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
1932 The Music Box Postman (uncredited)
1932 The Soilers Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1932 Strictly Unreliable The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
1932 Sneak Easily Page
1932 Pack Up Your Troubles Janitor (uncredited)
1932 Too Many Women Man on Street (uncredited)
1932 Wild Babies! Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
1932 Any Old Port! Stan's Second
1932 Love Pains Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
1932 Cynara Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1932 Mr. Bride Tipsy Ship Passenger
1932 Million Dollar Legs Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932 What Price Hollywood? Reporter (uncredited)
1931 One of the Smiths Dancer (uncredited)
1931 Be Big! Bellboy
1931 War Mamas Doughboy (uncredited)
1931 The Pajama Party Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
1931 On the Loose Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
1931 Let's Do Things Waiter (uncredited)
1931 Sweepstakes Little Cook
1931 The Skulls The Landlord
1931 The Chiselers Bellboy / Landlord
1931 Laughing Gravy Landlord (uncredited)
1931 Playing at Politics Elevator Operator
1931 Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931 The Pip from Pittsburg Kay's Dancing Partner
1931 Come Clean Ice Cream Attendant
1931 The Panic Is On Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931 The Kick-Off! Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931 Mama Loves Papa Milkman (uncredited)
1931 Haunted at Midnight Man on Train
1930 Bear Shooters Charlie
1930 The Real McCoy Mountain Man (uncredited)
1930 Dollar Dizzy Bellhop
1930 Below Zero
1930 The Fighting Parson The Waiter (uncredited)
1930 Shivering and Shaking Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1930 The Night Life Cabdriver (uncredited)
1930 Blotto Cabdriver
1930 Let's Go Native Mover (uncredited)
1930 Fifty Million Husbands Neighbor
1930 Night of Goblins Passenger
1930 Only Saps Work Waiter (uncredited)
1930 Men of the North Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
1929 Leaping Love Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1929 Double Whoopee Cabdriver
1929 They Go Boom! Landlord
1929 Boxing Gloves Sidewalk diner attendant
1929 Little Mother Taxi driver
1929 A Pair of Tights Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
1929 Movie Night Audience Member (uncredited)
1929 Skirt Shy Postman (uncredited)
1929 Berth Marks Train Passenger (uncredited)
1929 Men O' War Boater (uncredited)
1929 The Hoose-Gow Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
1929 Angora Love Neighbor
1929 Bacon Grabbers Truck driver
1929 That's My Wife Waiter (uncredited)
1929 Wrong Again Neighbor
1929 Snappy Sneezer Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
1928 Leave 'Em Laughing The Landlord
1928 Came the Dawn Little Moving Man (uncredited)
1928 Should Married Men Go Home? Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1928 You're Darn Tootin' Musician
1928 Captain Swagger Messenger
1928 Two Tars Shopkeeper
1928 Must We Marry?
1927 Forgotten Sweeties
1927 Sugar Daddies Hotel extra
1927 Fluttering Hearts Man under car
1927 The Second 100 Years Convict
1927 Seeing the World English chauffeur
1927 Call of the Cuckoo Asylum Inmate
1927 Duck Soup Moving man (uncredited)
1927 Love 'Em and Weep Tillsbury's Butler
1927 The Battle of the Century Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
1927 The Second 100 Years Convict (uncredited)
1927 With Love and Hisses Soldier (uncredited)
1927 Eve's Love Letters Cab driver (uncredited)
1927 College Coxswain (uncredited)
1926 Thundering Fleas Musician
1926 Mighty Like a Moose Shoe Shine Man
1926 Bromo and Juliet Stagehand (uncredited)
1925 Madame Sans Jane Steward
1925 Unfriendly Enemies First Soldier Over the Top
1925 Isn't Life Terrible? Steward Who Drops Plates
1924 Near Dublin Villager
1924 Smithy Worker
1924 Postage Due Customer
1924 The Cowboy Sheik Party guest
1924 A Ten-Minute Egg First Bellhop (uncredited)
1924 Zeb vs. Paprika
1923 Mother's Joy
1922 Do Me a Favor A Fireman
1921 The Janitor
Year TV Show Role
1959 No Hiding Place
1955 Cheyenne Kevin
1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
1953 Topper Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
1952 The Abbott and Costello Show Jake - Roofer
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