Porter Hall
Acting
Born September 18, 1888 · 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.
Films (75)
Return to Treasure Island
1954
Vice Squad
1953
Pony Express
1953
Holiday for Sinners
1952
The Half-Breed
1952
Carbine Williams
1952
Ace in the Hole
1951
Intruder in the Dust
1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
That Wonderful Urge
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Unconquered
1947
Singapore
1947
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
Kiss and Tell
1945
Murder, He Says
1945
Blood on the Sun
1945
Bring on the Girls
1945
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
The Great Moment
1944
Double Indemnity
1944
Standing Room Only
1944
Going My Way
1944
The Woman of the Town
1943
The Desperadoes
1943
A Stranger in Town
1943
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942
Sullivan's Travels
1941
The Parson of Panamint
1941
Arizona
1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
Dark Command
1940
His Girl Friday
1940
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
They Shall Have Music
1939
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
King of Alcatraz
1938
Men with Wings
1938
Prison Farm
1938
Stolen Heaven
1938
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
Dangerous to Know
1938
Scandal Street
1938
Wells Fargo
1937
True Confession
1937
This Way Please
1937
Souls at Sea
1937
Wild Money
1937
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
King of Gamblers
1937
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
The General Died at Dawn
1936
The Plainsman
1936
Let's Make a Million
1936
Satan Met a Lady
1936
And Sudden Death
1936
The Princess Comes Across
1936
Snowed Under
1936
Too Many Parents
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
The Petrified Forest
1936
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
Murder in the Private Car
1934
The Thin Man
1934
The Cheat
1931
Secrets of a Secretary
1931