Porter Hall
75 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Sep 18, 1888
- Died
- Oct 6, 1953 (age 65)
- Place of birth
- Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Clifford Porter Hall · Porter Hall · 波特·霍尔
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.
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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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Known for
Porter Hall: movies and TV shows
Acting (76)
- 1954 Return to Treasure Island
as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
- 1953 Vice Squad
as Jack Hartrampf
- 1953 Pony Express
as Jim Bridger
- 1952
- 1952 Holiday for Sinners
as Louie
- 1952 The Half-Breed
as Kraemer
- 1952 Carbine Williams
as Sam Markley
- 1951 Ace in the Hole
as Jacob Q. Boot
- 1949 Intruder in the Dust
as Nub Gowrie
- 1949 The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Judge O'Toole
- 1949 Chicken Every Sunday
as Sam Howell
- 1948 That Wonderful Urge
as Attorney Ketchell
- 1948 You Gotta Stay Happy
as Mr. Caslon
- 1947 Unconquered
as Leach
- 1947 Singapore
as Mr. Bellows
- 1947 Miracle on 34th Street
as Granville Sawyer
- 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
as Stevens
- 1945 Kiss and Tell
as Bill Franklin
- 1945 Murder, He Says
as Mr. Johnson
- 1945 Blood on the Sun
as Arthur Bickett
- 1945 Bring on the Girls
as Dr. Efrington
- 1944 The Mark of the Whistler
as Joe Sorsby
- 1944 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
- 1944 The Great Moment
as President Franklin Pierce
- 1944 Double Indemnity
as Mr. Jackson
- 1944 Standing Room Only
as Hugo Farenhall
- 1944 Going My Way
as Mr. Belknap
- 1943 The Woman of the Town
as Mayor Dog Killey
- 1943 The Desperadoes
as Banker Clanton
- 1943 A Stranger in Town
as Judge Austin Harkley
- 1942 Butch Minds the Baby
as Brandy Smith
- 1942 The Remarkable Andrew
as Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
- 1942 Mr. and Mrs. North
as George Heyler
- 1941 Sullivan's Travels
as Mr. Hadrian
- 1941 The Parson of Panamint
as Jonathan Randall
- 1940 Arizona
as Lazarus Ward
- 1940 Trail of the Vigilantes
as Sheriff Korley
- 1940 Dark Command
as Angus McCloud
- 1940 His Girl Friday
as Murphy
- 1939 Henry Goes Arizona
as Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
- 1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Monroe
- 1939 They Shall Have Music
as Mr. Flower
- 1939 Grand Jury Secrets
as Anthony Pelton
- 1939 Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Man in Drummond's Dream
- 1938 Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Uncle Silas Phelps
- 1938 The Arkansas Traveler
as Mayor Daniels
- 1938 King of Alcatraz
as Matthew Talbot
- 1938 Men with Wings
as Hiram F. Jenkins
- 1938 Prison Farm
as Chiston R. Bradby
- 1938 Stolen Heaven
as 'Von' Offer
- 1938 Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Dr. Botulian
- 1938 Dangerous to Know
as Mayor Bradley
- 1938 Scandal Street
as James Wilson
- 1937 Wells Fargo
as James Oliver
- 1937 True Confession
as Mr. Hartman
- 1937 This Way Please
as S.J. Crawford
- 1937 Souls at Sea
as Court Prosecutor
- 1937 Wild Money
as Bill Court
- 1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
as Harvey Chase
- 1937 King of Gamblers
as George Kramer
- 1937 Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Norman Merridew
- 1936 The General Died at Dawn
as Peter Perrie
- 1936 The Plainsman
as Jack McCall
- 1936 Let's Make a Million
as Spencer
- 1936 Satan Met a Lady
as Milton Ames
- 1936 And Sudden Death
as District Attorney
- 1936 The Princess Comes Across
as Darcy
- 1936 Snowed Under
as Arthur Layton
- 1936 Too Many Parents
as Mrs. Saunders
- 1936 The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Rossignol
- 1936 The Petrified Forest
as Jason Maple
- 1935 The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Col. Bradbury
- 1934 Murder in the Private Car
as Alden Murray
- 1934 The Thin Man
as Herbert MacCaulay
- 1931 The Cheat
as Leslie (uncredited)
- 1931 Secrets of a Secretary
as Drunk