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