Porter Hall
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Born: 1888-09-18Died: 1953-10-06
Clifford 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 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.
Credits
Double Indemnity | Mr. Jackson | 1944-07-06 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Senator Monroe | 1939-10-19 |
His Girl Friday | Murphy | 1940-01-18 |
The Thin Man | Herbert MacCaulay | 1934-05-25 |
The Princess Comes Across | Darcy | 1936-05-22 |
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