From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaClifford 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.

Κινηματογράφος μη διαθέσιμο από Porter Hall

His Girl Friday

Murphy

Ταινία 1940

The Thin Man

Herbert MacCaulay

Ταινία 1934

Miracle on 34th Street

Granville Sawyer

Ταινία 1947

Ace in the Hole

Jacob Q. Boot

Ταινία 1951

Holiday for Sinners

Louie

Ταινία 1952

Satan Met a Lady

Milton Ames

Ταινία 1936

Dark Command

Angus McCloud

Ταινία 1940

Make Way for Tomorrow

Harvey Chase

Ταινία 1937

The Great Moment

President Franklin Pierce

Ταινία 1944

The Mark of the Whistler

Joe Sorsby

Ταινία 1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace

Ταινία 1943

Sullivan's Travels

Mr. Hadrian

Ταινία 1941

The Petrified Forest

Jason Maple

Ταινία 1936

Going My Way

Mr. Belknap

Ταινία 1944

Intruder in the Dust

Nub Gowrie

Ταινία 1949

Blood on the Sun

Arthur Bickett

Ταινία 1945

Vice Squad

Jack Hartrampf

Ταινία 1953

Week-End at the Waldorf

Stevens

Ταινία 1945

Secrets of a Secretary

Drunk

Ταινία 1931

This Way Please

S.J. Crawford

Ταινία 1937

Butch Minds the Baby

Brandy Smith

Ταινία 1942

Murder, He Says

Mr. Johnson

Ταινία 1945

Wells Fargo

James Oliver

Ταινία 1937

Return to Treasure Island

Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris

Ταινία 1954

True Confession

Mr. Hartman

Ταινία 1937

They Shall Have Music

Mr. Flower

Ταινία 1939

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Dr. Botulian

Ταινία 1938

Stolen Heaven

'Von' Offer

Ταινία 1938

Too Many Parents

Mrs. Saunders

Ταινία 1936

Chicken Every Sunday

Sam Howell

Ταινία 1949

Snowed Under

Arthur Layton

Ταινία 1936

The Arkansas Traveler

Mayor Daniels

Ταινία 1938

Kiss and Tell

Bill Franklin

Ταινία 1945

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Uncle Silas Phelps

Ταινία 1938

Souls at Sea

Court Prosecutor

Ταινία 1937

Murder in the Private Car

Alden Murray

Ταινία 1934

Pony Express

Jim Bridger

Ταινία 1953

Dangerous to Know

Mayor Bradley

Ταινία 1938

The Plainsman

Jack McCall

Ταινία 1936

That Wonderful Urge

Attorney Ketchell

Ταινία 1948

Prison Farm

Chiston R. Bradby

Ταινία 1938

Henry Goes Arizona

Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)

Ταινία 1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Anthony Pelton

Ταινία 1939

Wild Money

Bill Court

Ταινία 1937

The Parson of Panamint

Jonathan Randall

Ταινία 1941

Trail of the Vigilantes

Sheriff Korley

Ταινία 1940

King of Gamblers

George Kramer

Ταινία 1937

And Sudden Death

District Attorney

Ταινία 1936

Bring on the Girls

Dr. Efrington

Ταινία 1945

The Cheat

Leslie (uncredited)

Ταινία 1931

The Remarkable Andrew

Chief Clerk Art Slocumb

Ταινία 1942

Scandal Street

James Wilson

Ταινία 1938

King of Alcatraz

Matthew Talbot

Ταινία 1938

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Man in Drummond's Dream

Ταινία 1939

Let's Make a Million

Spencer

Ταινία 1936

Mr. and Mrs. North

George Heyler

Ταινία 1942

Carbine Williams

Sam Markley

Ταινία 1952

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Four Star Playhouse

J. R. Martin

Tv 1952