Porter Hall

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Known For:
Acting

Birthday:
September 18, 1888

Place of Birth:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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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.

Known For

Filmography

Year Movie Role
1954 Return to Treasure Island Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
1953 Vice Squad Jack Hartrampf
1953 Pony Express Jim Bridger
1952 Holiday for Sinners Louie
1952 The Half-Breed Kraemer
1952 Carbine Williams Sam Markley
1951 Ace in the Hole Jacob Q. Boot
1949 Intruder in the Dust Nub Gowrie
1949 Chicken Every Sunday Sam Howell
1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend Judge O'Toole
1948 That Wonderful Urge Attorney Ketchell
1948 You Gotta Stay Happy Mr. Caslon
1947 Miracle on 34th Street Granville Sawyer
1947 Unconquered Leach
1947 Singapore Mr. Bellows
1945 Blood on the Sun Arthur Bickett
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf Stevens
1945 Murder, He Says Mr. Johnson
1945 Kiss and Tell Bill Franklin
1945 Bring on the Girls Dr. Efrington
1944 Double Indemnity Mr. Jackson
1944 The Great Moment President Franklin Pierce
1944 The Mark of the Whistler Joe Sorsby
1944 The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
1944 Going My Way Mr. Belknap
1944 Standing Room Only Hugo Farenhall
1943 A Stranger in Town Judge Austin Harkley
1943 The Desperadoes Banker Clanton
1943 The Woman of the Town Mayor Dog Killey
1942 Butch Minds the Baby Brandy Smith
1942 The Remarkable Andrew Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
1942 Mr. and Mrs. North George Heyler
1941 Sullivan's Travels Mr. Hadrian
1941 The Parson of Panamint Jonathan Randall
1940 His Girl Friday Murphy
1940 Dark Command Angus McCloud
1940 Arizona Lazarus Ward
1940 Trail of the Vigilantes Sheriff Korley
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Senator Monroe
1939 They Shall Have Music Mr. Flower
1939 Henry Goes Arizona Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
1939 Grand Jury Secrets Anthony Pelton
1939 Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police Man in Drummond's Dream
1938 Bulldog Drummond's Peril Dr. Botulian
1938 Stolen Heaven 'Von' Offer
1938 The Arkansas Traveler Mayor Daniels
1938 Men with Wings Hiram F. Jenkins
1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective Uncle Silas Phelps
1938 Dangerous to Know Mayor Bradley
1938 Prison Farm Chiston R. Bradby
1938 Scandal Street James Wilson
1938 King of Alcatraz Matthew Talbot
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow Harvey Chase
1937 Bulldog Drummond Escapes Norman Merridew
1937 This Way Please S.J. Crawford
1937 Wells Fargo James Oliver
1937 True Confession Mr. Hartman
1937 Souls at Sea Court Prosecutor
1937 Wild Money Bill Court
1937 King of Gamblers George Kramer
1936 The Princess Comes Across Darcy
1936 Satan Met a Lady Milton Ames
1936 The Petrified Forest Jason Maple
1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur Dr. Rossignol
1936 The General Died at Dawn Peter Perrie
1936 Too Many Parents Mrs. Saunders
1936 Snowed Under Arthur Layton
1936 The Plainsman Jack McCall
1936 And Sudden Death District Attorney
1936 Let's Make a Million Spencer
1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs Col. Bradbury
1934 The Thin Man Herbert MacCaulay
1934 Murder in the Private Car Alden Murray
1931 Secrets of a Secretary Drunk
1931 The Cheat Leslie (uncredited)
Year TV Show Role
1952 Four Star Playhouse J. R. Martin
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