Porter Hall
Acting
1888-09-18 · Cincinnati, 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.
Filmography
Return to Treasure Island
1954 · Movie
Vice Squad
1953 · Movie
Pony Express
1953 · Movie
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Series
Holiday for Sinners
1952 · Movie
The Half-Breed
1952 · Movie
Carbine Williams
1952 · Movie
Ace in the Hole
1951 · Movie
Intruder in the Dust
1949 · Movie
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949 · Movie
Chicken Every Sunday
1949 · Movie
That Wonderful Urge
1948 · Movie
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Movie
Unconquered
1947 · Movie
Singapore
1947 · Movie
Miracle on 34th Street
1947 · Movie
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Movie
Kiss and Tell
1945 · Movie
Murder, He Says
1945 · Movie
Blood on the Sun
1945 · Movie
Bring on the Girls
1945 · Movie
The Mark of the Whistler
1944 · Movie
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Movie
The Great Moment
1944 · Movie
Double Indemnity
1944 · Movie
Standing Room Only
1944 · Movie
Going My Way
1944 · Movie
The Woman of the Town
1943 · Movie
The Desperadoes
1943 · Movie
A Stranger in Town
1943 · Movie
Butch Minds the Baby
1942 · Movie
The Remarkable Andrew
1942 · Movie
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942 · Movie
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Movie
The Parson of Panamint
1941 · Movie
Arizona
1940 · Movie
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940 · Movie
Dark Command
1940 · Movie
His Girl Friday
1940 · Movie
Henry Goes Arizona
1939 · Movie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
They Shall Have Music
1939 · Movie
Grand Jury Secrets
1939 · Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939 · Movie
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938 · Movie
The Arkansas Traveler
1938 · Movie
King of Alcatraz
1938 · Movie
Men with Wings
1938 · Movie
Prison Farm
1938 · Movie
Stolen Heaven
1938 · Movie
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938 · Movie
Dangerous to Know
1938 · Movie
Scandal Street
1938 · Movie
Wells Fargo
1937 · Movie
True Confession
1937 · Movie
This Way Please
1937 · Movie
Souls at Sea
1937 · Movie
Wild Money
1937 · Movie
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 · Movie
King of Gamblers
1937 · Movie
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937 · Movie
The General Died at Dawn
1936 · Movie
The Plainsman
1936 · Movie
Let's Make a Million
1936 · Movie
Satan Met a Lady
1936 · Movie
And Sudden Death
1936 · Movie
The Princess Comes Across
1936 · Movie
Snowed Under
1936 · Movie
Too Many Parents
1936 · Movie
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936 · Movie
The Petrified Forest
1936 · Movie
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935 · Movie
Murder in the Private Car
1934 · Movie
The Thin Man
1934 · Movie
The Cheat
1931 · Movie
Secrets of a Secretary
1931 · Movie