Actor
Porter Hall
Biography

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 app ...

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