Porter Hall

Known for ActingBorn 1888-09-18Died 1953-10-06Cincinnati, 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.Read more

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Trail of the Vigilantes

Double Indemnity

Butch Minds the Baby

Scandal Street

Wild Money

And Sudden Death

Ace in the Hole

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Miracle on 34th Street

Make Way for Tomorrow

King of Gamblers

Let's Make a Million

The Thin Man

Intruder in the Dust

Sullivan's Travels

His Girl Friday

The Remarkable Andrew

Snowed Under

The Half-Breed

The Petrified Forest

Grand Jury Secrets

Stolen Heaven

This Way Please

Four Star Playhouse

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

You Gotta Stay Happy

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Murder, He Says

Going My Way

Prison Farm

Carbine Williams

The Arkansas Traveler

That Wonderful Urge

Unconquered

Dangerous to Know

Arizona

Souls at Sea

The General Died at Dawn

The Plainsman

Holiday for Sinners

Week-End at the Waldorf

They Shall Have Music

The Woman of the Town

Dark Command

Kiss and Tell

Henry Goes Arizona

Bring on the Girls

Chicken Every Sunday