Porter Hall
Porter Hall
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.
Acted Movies
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder,
Cast: Frances Dominguez, Frank Cady, Jan Sterling, John Berkes, Kirk Douglas, Lewis Martin, Porter Hall, Ray Teal, Richard Benedict, Robert Arthur,
Director: George Seaton
Writers: George Seaton,
Cast: Alvin Greenman, Edmund Gwenn, Harry Antrim, James Seay, Jerome Cowan, John Payne, Maureen O'Hara, Natalie Wood, Philip Tonge, Porter Hall,
Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: Preston Sturges,
Cast: Al Bridge, Betty Hutton, Brian Donlevy, Diana Lynn, Eddie Bracken, Emory Parnell, Julius Tannen, Porter Hall, Victor Potel, William Demarest,
Director: Billy Wilder
Writers: Raymond Chandler,
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Byron Barr, Edward G. Robinson, Fortunio Bonanova, Fred MacMurray, Jean Heather, John Philliber, Porter Hall, Richard Gaines, Tom Powers,
Director: Leo McCarey
Writers: Frank Cavett,
Cast: Barry Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Eily Malyon, Fortunio Bonanova, Frank McHugh, Gene Lockhart, James Brown, Jean Heather, Porter Hall, Risë Stevens,
Director: Preston Sturges
Writers: Preston Sturges,
Cast: Byron Foulger, Eric Blore, Franklin Pangborn, Joel McCrea, Margaret Hayes, Porter Hall, Robert Greig, Robert Warwick, Veronica Lake, William Demarest,
Director: Raoul Walsh
Writers: F. Hugh Herbert,
Cast: Claire Trevor, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Helen MacKellar, Joe Sawyer, John Wayne, Marjorie Main, Porter Hall, Raymond Walburn, Roy Rogers, Walter Pidgeon,
Director: Howard Hawks
Writers: Ben Hecht,
Cast: Cary Grant, Clarence Kolb, Cliff Edwards, Ernest Truex, Gene Lockhart, Helen Mack, Porter Hall, Ralph Bellamy, Rosalind Russell, Roscoe Karns,
Director: Leo McCarey
Writers: Viña Delmar,
Cast: Barbara Read, Beulah Bondi, Elisabeth Risdon, Fay Bainter, Louise Beavers, Maurice Moscovitch, Minna Gombell, Porter Hall, Thomas Mitchell, Victor Moore,
Director: Archie Mayo
Writers: Delmer Daves,
Cast: Bette Davis, Charley Grapewin, Dick Foran, Eddie Acuff, Genevieve Tobin, Humphrey Bogart, Joe Sawyer, Leslie Howard, Paul Harvey, Porter Hall,
Director: W.S. Van Dyke
Writers: Frances Goodrich,
Cast: Cesar Romero, Harold Huber, Henry Wadsworth, Maureen O'Sullivan, Minna Gombell, Myrna Loy, Nat Pendleton, Porter Hall, William Henry, William Powell,