From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCharlie Hall (19 August 1899 – 7 December 1959) was an English film actor. He is best known as the Little Nemesis of Laurel and Hardy and appeared in nearly 50 films with them, so that Hall was the most frequent supporting actor of their films.Hall was born in Ward End, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager, he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens, he visited his sister in New York and stayed there, finding employment as a stagehand. While working behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roachs comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe.As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many of their memorable tit-for-tat sequences. Unlike the usual villains in Laurel and Hardy films, who were big and burly, Charlie Hall (billed as Charley Hall in the Roach comedies) was of short stature, standing 5 ft 5 in tall. His height and slight English accent allowed him to be convincingly cast as a college student, despite being 40 years old, in Laurel and Hardys A Chump at Oxford.Hall almost never played starring roles; the exception was in 1941, when he was teamed with character comedian Frank Faylen by Monogram Pictures. Hall continued to play bits and supporting roles in short subjects and features through the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally on TV, appearing very briefly in Charlie Chaplins final American film, Limelight (1952).In 1956 he played a small but important part in the TV show Cheyenne, season 1, episode 11, Quicksand, starring Clint Walker, with Dennis Hopper, John Alderson, Wright King and Peggy Webber. His last role was in a Joe McDoakes short film starring George OHanlon, So You Want to Play the Piano, in 1956.Hall died in North Hollywood, California, on 7 December 1959. A J D Wetherspoons public house in Erdington, is named The Charlie Hall as a tribute to him.
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Film 1929
Film 1933
Silver Slipper Waiter
Film 1942
Window-Washer (uncredited)
Film 1946
Film 1925
First Soldier Over the Top
Film 1925
Film 1927
Tire thief's partner
Film 1933
Hotel extra
Film 1927
Dancer (uncredited)
Film 1931
Bellboy
Film 1931
Cabdriver
Film 1929
Man under car
Film 1927
The Landlord
Film 1928
Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)
Film 1934
Convict
Film 1927
Mr. Hall
Film 1934
Landlord
Film 1929
Musician
Film 1926
Mr. Hall
Film 1935
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Film 1946
Newsboy (uncredited)
Film 1952
Ed (uncredited)
Film 1950
Actor (uncredited)
Film 1933
Film 1956
Waitress
Film 1941
Shoe Shine Man
Film 1926
Sidewalk diner attendant
Film 1929
Steward Who Drops Plates
Film 1925
Organ Grinder
Film 1933
Film 1967
Servant
Film 1932
Second Tramp
Film 1932
English chauffeur
Film 1927
Taxi driver
Film 1929
Bellhop (uncredited)
Film 1955
(uncredited)
Film 1935
Newspaper Photographer
Film 1942
Comedian
Film 1944
Leary's pal
Film 1938
Barney
Film 1943
Charlie
Film 1930
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Film 1932
Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
Film 1932
Man in fender bender
Film 1929
Audience Member (uncredited)
Film 1929
Film 1923
Porter (uncredited)
Film 1935
Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
Film 1934
Mountain Man (uncredited)
Film 1930
Little Moving Man (uncredited)
Film 1928
Villager
Film 1924
Bellhop
Film 1930
Tenant (uncredited)
Film 1935
Party Guest (uncredited)
Film 1933
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Film 1934
Intern (uncredited)
Film 1934
Worker
Film 1924
Customer
Film 1924
Film 1930
Hunter (uncredited)
Film 1933
The Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1930
Postman (uncredited)
Film 1932
Postman (uncredited)
Film 1929
Asylum Inmate
Film 1927
Doughboy (uncredited)
Film 1931
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Film 1935
Moving Man (uncredited)
Film 1935
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Film 1932
Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
Film 1931
The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
Film 1932
Page
Film 1932
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Film 1933
Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Film 1931
Cameraman (uncredited)
Film 1934
Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1931
Theatre Usher (uncredited)
Film 1933
Spectator (uncredited)
Film 1934
(uncredited)
Film 1936
Pilot (uncredited)
Film 1933
Little Cook
Film 1931
Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
Film 1946
Shop Worker (uncredited)
Film 1933
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Film 1929
Cigarette Stand Owner
Film 1934
Boater (uncredited)
Film 1929
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Film 1933
The Landlord
Film 1931
Bellboy / Landlord
Film 1931
Landlord (uncredited)
Film 1931
Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1933
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Film 1940
Elevator Operator
Film 1931
Janitor (uncredited)
Film 1932
Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
Film 1936
Delivery Boy
Film 1933
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Film 1930
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Film 1935
Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
Film 1929
Film 1931
Airport Worker (uncredited)
Film 1939
Sailor
Film 1934
Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
Film 1939
Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
Film 1939
Kay's Dancing Partner
Film 1931
Mercury (uncredited)
Film 1939
Party guest
Film 1924
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Film 1946
Neighbor
Film 1929
Bellhop (uncredited)
Film 1941
Townsman (uncredited)
Film 1934
Truck driver
Film 1929
Moving man (uncredited)
Film 1927
Cabdriver (uncredited)
Film 1930
Tillsbury's Butler
Film 1927
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Film 1928
Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1929
Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Film 1927
Convict (uncredited)
Film 1927
Soldier (uncredited)
Film 1927
Neighbor
Film 1929
Musician
Film 1928
Native Henchman (uncredited)
Film 1935
Courtroom Spectator
Film 1940
Elevator Operator
Film 1940
Cab driver (uncredited)
Film 1927
Coxswain (uncredited)
Film 1927
Cabdriver
Film 1930
First Bellhop (uncredited)
Film 1924
Ice Cream Attendant
Film 1931
Man on the Street (uncredited)
Film 1931
Mover (uncredited)
Film 1930
Budd Doolittle
Film 1941
Postman
Film 1934
Coach Driver
Film 1934
Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1933
Man on the Street (uncredited)
Film 1931
Man on Street (uncredited)
Film 1932
Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
Film 1932
Stan's Second
Film 1932
Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1933
Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
Film 1932
Milkman (uncredited)
Film 1931
Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
Film 1940
Neighbor
Film 1930
Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1968
Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
Film 1941
Man in Diner (uncredited)
Film 1940
Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
Film 1940
Messenger
Film 1928
Charlie Zeno
Film 1933
Man Getting Shave
Film 1935
Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
Film 1933
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Film 1932
Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
Film 1929
Bartender (uncredited)
Film 1937
Gossiping Citizen
Film 1939
Man Pushed into Fountain
Film 1934
Tipsy Ship Passenger
Film 1932
The Laundry Man
Film 1941
Stagehand (uncredited)
Film 1926
Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
Film 1940
Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
Film 1941
Elevator Boy
Film 1940
Nightclub Waiter
Film 1941
Irate Movie Patron
Film 1934
T.N.T. Room Busboy
Film 1934
Pool Hall Patron
Film 1934
Edgar's Neighbor
Film 1941
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Film 1932
Homeless Thief in Washroom
Film 1940
Passenger
Film 1930
Man on Train
Film 1931
Waiter
Film 1943
Porter
Film 1943
Hotel Handyman
Film 1943
Apartment House Waiter
Film 1944
Jack - Radio Repairman
Film 1944
Shopkeeper
Film 1928
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Film 1941
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Film 1933
Mugg (uncredited)
Film 1944
Painter (uncredited)
Film 1945
A Fireman
Film 1922
Louie (Uncredited)
Film 1942
Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
Film 1982
Film 1924
Film 1921
Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)
Film 1942
Film 1933
Window Washer
Film 1934
Elevator Operator
Film 1934
Reporter (uncredited)
Film 1932
Waiter (uncredited)
Film 1930
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Film 1930
Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
Tv 1955
Tv 1959
Jake - Roofer
Tv 1952
Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
Tv 1953