Porter Hall
Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1888
Died: October 6, 1953
Place of birth: 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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Filmography
75 movies · 1 TV show, newest first
5.6
Return to Treasure Island
1954
6.1
Vice Squad
1953
5.8
Pony Express
1953
6.8
Four Star Playhouse
1952
6.3
Holiday for Sinners
1952
7.0
The Half-Breed
1952
6.6
Carbine Williams
1952
7.8
Ace in the Hole
1951
7.3
Intruder in the Dust
1949
5.9
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
6.2
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
6.5
That Wonderful Urge
1948
6.8
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
6.5
Unconquered
1947
6.1
Singapore
1947
7.4
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
6.4
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
6.3
Kiss and Tell
1945
6.8
Murder, He Says
1945
5.9
Blood on the Sun
1945
6.3
Bring on the Girls
1945
6.2
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
6.8
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
5.9
The Great Moment
1944
8.1
Double Indemnity
1944
5.7
Standing Room Only
1944
6.7
Going My Way
1944
6.4
The Woman of the Town
1943
5.9
The Desperadoes
1943
6.3
A Stranger in Town
1943
8.0
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
7.4
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
4.4
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942
7.4
Sullivan's Travels
1941
5.8
The Parson of Panamint
1941
6.5
Arizona
1940
10.0
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
6.4
Dark Command
1940
7.4
His Girl Friday
1940
6.2
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
7.8
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
6.5
They Shall Have Music
1939
7.0
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
6.2
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
5.6
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
6.7
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
6.0
King of Alcatraz
1938
5.4
Men with Wings
1938
6.8
Prison Farm
1938
7.0
Stolen Heaven
1938
5.9
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
6.6
Dangerous to Know
1938
8.0
Scandal Street
1938
5.5
Wells Fargo
1937
6.1
True Confession
1937
7.0
This Way Please
1937
6.5
Souls at Sea
1937
8.0
Wild Money
1937
7.5
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
7.5
King of Gamblers
1937
6.1
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
6.5
The General Died at Dawn
1936
6.5
The Plainsman
1936
7.5
Let's Make a Million
1936
5.8
Satan Met a Lady
1936
8.0
And Sudden Death
1936
6.2
The Princess Comes Across
1936
7.4
Snowed Under
19365.2
Too Many Parents
1936
6.9
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
7.1
The Petrified Forest
1936
6.0
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
5.6
Murder in the Private Car
1934
7.5
The Thin Man
1934
6.3
The Cheat
1931
6.0
Secrets of a Secretary
1931