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