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person_profile-Porter Hall

Porter Hall Died at age: 65

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Porter Hall

Date of Birth:

Sep 18, 1888

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 06, 1953

Biography of

Porter Hall

    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 of

Porter Hall

Found 74 Movies in total

Return to Treasure Island

Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris ( Actor )

... 1954

Vice Squad

Jack Hartrampf ( Actor )

... 1953

Pony Express

Jim Bridger ( Actor )

... 1953

Holiday for Sinners

Louie ( Actor )

... 1952

The Half-Breed

Kraemer ( Actor )

... 1952

Carbine Williams

Sam Markley ( Actor )

... 1952

Ace in the Hole

Jacob Q. Boot ( Actor )

... 1951

Intruder in the Dust

Nub Gowrie ( Actor )

... 1949

... 1949

Chicken Every Sunday

Sam Howell ( Actor )

... 1949

That Wonderful Urge

Attorney Ketchell ( Actor )

... 1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

Mr. Caslon ( Actor )

... 1948

Unconquered

Leach ( Actor )

... 1947

Singapore

Mr. Bellows ( Actor )

... 1947

Miracle on 34th Street

Granville Sawyer ( Actor )

... 1947

Week-End at the Waldorf

Stevens ( Actor )

... 1945

Kiss and Tell

Bill Franklin ( Actor )

... 1945

Murder, He Says

Mr. Johnson ( Actor )

... 1945

Blood on the Sun

Arthur Bickett ( Actor )

... 1945

Bring on the Girls

Dr. Efrington ( Actor )

... 1945

The Mark of the Whistler

Joe Sorsby ( Actor )

... 1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace ( Actor )

... 1944

The Great Moment

President Franklin Pierce ( Actor )

... 1944

Double Indemnity

Mr. Jackson ( Actor )

... 1944

Standing Room Only

Hugo Farenhall ( Actor )

... 1944

Going My Way

Mr. Belknap ( Actor )

... 1944

The Woman of the Town

Mayor Dog Killey ( Actor )

... 1943

The Desperadoes

Banker Clanton ( Actor )

... 1943

A Stranger in Town

Judge Austin Harkley ( Actor )

... 1943

Butch Minds the Baby

Brandy Smith ( Actor )

... 1942

The Remarkable Andrew

Chief Clerk Art Slocumb ( Actor )

... 1942

Mr. and Mrs. North

George Heyler ( Actor )

... 1942

Sullivan's Travels

Mr. Hadrian ( Actor )

... 1941

The Parson of Panamint

Jonathan Randall ( Actor )

... 1941

Arizona

Lazarus Ward ( Actor )

... 1940

Trail of the Vigilantes

Sheriff Korley ( Actor )

... 1940

Dark Command

Angus McCloud ( Actor )

... 1940

His Girl Friday

Murphy ( Actor )

... 1940

Henry Goes Arizona

Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Senator Monroe ( Actor )

... 1939

They Shall Have Music

Mr. Flower ( Actor )

... 1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Anthony Pelton ( Actor )

... 1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Man in Drummond's Dream ( Actor )

... 1939

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Uncle Silas Phelps ( Actor )

... 1938

The Arkansas Traveler

Mayor Daniels ( Actor )

... 1938

King of Alcatraz

Matthew Talbot ( Actor )

... 1938

Men with Wings

Hiram F. Jenkins ( Actor )

... 1938

Prison Farm

Chiston R. Bradby ( Actor )

... 1938

Stolen Heaven

'Von' Offer ( Actor )

... 1938

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Dr. Botulian ( Actor )

... 1938

Dangerous to Know

Mayor Bradley ( Actor )

... 1938

Scandal Street

James Wilson ( Actor )

... 1938

Wells Fargo

James Oliver ( Actor )

... 1937

True Confession

Mr. Hartman ( Actor )

... 1937

This Way Please

S.J. Crawford ( Actor )

... 1937

Souls at Sea

Court Prosecutor ( Actor )

... 1937

Wild Money

Bill Court ( Actor )

... 1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

Harvey Chase ( Actor )

... 1937

King of Gamblers

George Kramer ( Actor )

... 1937

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Norman Merridew ( Actor )

... 1937

The General Died at Dawn

Peter Perrie ( Actor )

... 1936

The Plainsman

Jack McCall ( Actor )

... 1936

Let's Make a Million

Spencer ( Actor )

... 1936

Satan Met a Lady

Milton Ames ( Actor )

... 1936

And Sudden Death

District Attorney ( Actor )

... 1936

... 1936

Snowed Under

Arthur Layton ( Actor )

... 1936

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Dr. Rossignol ( Actor )

... 1936

The Petrified Forest

Jason Maple ( Actor )

... 1936

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Col. Bradbury ( Actor )

... 1935

Murder in the Private Car

Alden Murray ( Actor )

... 1934

The Thin Man

Herbert MacCaulay ( Actor )

... 1934

The Cheat

Leslie ( Actor )

... 1931

Secrets of a Secretary

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1931