Porter Hall
Acting
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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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Porter Hall
Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
... 1954
Jack Hartrampf
... 1953
Jim Bridger
... 1953
Louie
... 1952
Kraemer
... 1952
Sam Markley
... 1952
Jacob Q. Boot
... 1951
Nub Gowrie
... 1949
Judge O'Toole
... 1949
Sam Howell
... 1949
Attorney Ketchell
... 1948
Mr. Caslon
... 1948
Leach
... 1947
Mr. Bellows
... 1947
Granville Sawyer
... 1947
Stevens
... 1945
Bill Franklin
... 1945
Mr. Johnson
... 1945
Arthur Bickett
... 1945
Dr. Efrington
... 1945
Joe Sorsby
... 1944
Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
... 1944
President Franklin Pierce
... 1944
Mr. Jackson
... 1944
Hugo Farenhall
... 1944
Mr. Belknap
... 1944
Mayor Dog Killey
... 1943
Banker Clanton
... 1943
Judge Austin Harkley
... 1943
Brandy Smith
... 1942
Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
... 1942
George Heyler
... 1942
Mr. Hadrian
... 1941
Jonathan Randall
... 1941
Lazarus Ward
... 1940
Sheriff Korley
... 1940
Angus McCloud
... 1940
Murphy
... 1940
Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
... 1939
Senator Monroe
... 1939
Mr. Flower
... 1939
Anthony Pelton
... 1939
Man in Drummond's Dream
... 1939
Uncle Silas Phelps
... 1938
Mayor Daniels
... 1938
Matthew Talbot
... 1938
Hiram F. Jenkins
... 1938
Chiston R. Bradby
... 1938
'Von' Offer
... 1938
Dr. Botulian
... 1938
Mayor Bradley
... 1938
James Wilson
... 1938
James Oliver
... 1937
Mr. Hartman
... 1937
S.J. Crawford
... 1937
Court Prosecutor
... 1937
Bill Court
... 1937
Harvey Chase
... 1937
George Kramer
... 1937
Norman Merridew
... 1937
Peter Perrie
... 1936
Jack McCall
... 1936
Spencer
... 1936
Milton Ames
... 1936
District Attorney
... 1936
... 1936
Arthur Layton
... 1936
Mrs. Saunders
... 1936
Dr. Rossignol
... 1936
Jason Maple
... 1936
Col. Bradbury
... 1935
Alden Murray
... 1934
Herbert MacCaulay
... 1934
Leslie (uncredited)
... 1931
Drunk
... 1931