Porter Hall
1888-09-18 ( 136 years old ) in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.

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Return to Treasure Island 1954-06-30
Vice Squad 1953-07-31
Pony Express 1953-06-15
Holiday for Sinners 1952-07-25
The Half-Breed 1952-05-03
Carbine Williams 1952-05-01
Ace in the Hole 1951-06-29
Intruder in the Dust 1949-11-22
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend 1949-05-27
Chicken Every Sunday 1949-01-18
That Wonderful Urge 1948-11-20
You Gotta Stay Happy 1948-10-28
Unconquered 1947-10-10
Singapore 1947-08-13
Miracle on 34th Street 1947-06-04
Week-End at the Waldorf 1945-10-04
Kiss and Tell 1945-10-04
Murder, He Says 1945-06-23
Blood on the Sun 1945-04-26
Bring on the Girls 1945-03-30
The Mark of the Whistler 1944-10-09
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek 1944-09-18
The Great Moment 1944-07-18
Double Indemnity 1944-07-06
Standing Room Only 1944-01-07
Going My Way 1944-01-01
The Woman of the Town 1943-12-31
The Desperadoes 1943-05-25
A Stranger in Town 1943-04-01
Butch Minds the Baby 1942-03-20
The Remarkable Andrew 1942-03-05
Mr. and Mrs. North 1942-01-23
Sullivan's Travels 1941-11-30
The Parson of Panamint 1941-07-25
Arizona 1940-12-25
Trail of the Vigilantes 1940-12-13
Dark Command 1940-04-15
His Girl Friday 1940-01-18
Henry Goes Arizona 1939-12-08
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939-10-19
They Shall Have Music 1939-08-18
Grand Jury Secrets 1939-06-23
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police 1939-03-29
Tom Sawyer, Detective 1938-12-24
The Arkansas Traveler 1938-10-14
King of Alcatraz 1938-09-30
Men with Wings 1938-07-16
Prison Farm 1938-06-17
Stolen Heaven 1938-05-11
Bulldog Drummond's Peril 1938-03-18
Dangerous to Know 1938-03-11
Scandal Street 1938-02-11
Wells Fargo 1937-12-31
True Confession 1937-12-24
This Way Please 1937-10-15
Souls at Sea 1937-09-03
Wild Money 1937-07-09
Make Way for Tomorrow 1937-05-09
King of Gamblers 1937-04-22
Bulldog Drummond Escapes 1937-01-22
The General Died at Dawn 1936-11-17
The Plainsman 1936-11-16
Let's Make a Million 1936-09-01
Satan Met a Lady 1936-07-22
And Sudden Death 1936-06-16
The Princess Comes Across 1936-05-22
Snowed Under 1936-03-29
Too Many Parents 1936-03-19
The Story of Louis Pasteur 1936-02-22
The Petrified Forest 1936-02-08
The Case of the Lucky Legs 1935-10-05
Murder in the Private Car 1934-06-29
The Thin Man 1934-05-25
The Cheat 1931-11-28
Secrets of a Secretary 1931-09-05

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