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