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Return to Treasure Island

as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris

1954
Pony Express

as Jim Bridger

1953
Vice Squad

as Jack Hartrampf

1953
The Half-Breed

as Kraemer

1952
You Gotta Stay Happy

as Mr. Caslon

1948
That Wonderful Urge

as Attorney Ketchell

1948
Miracle on 34th Street

as Granville Sawyer

1947
Singapore

as Mr. Bellows

1947
Blood on the Sun

as Arthur Bickett

1945
Murder, He Says

as Mr. Johnson

1945
Double Indemnity

as Mr. Jackson

1944
Going My Way

as Mr. Belknap

1944
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace

1943
The Desperadoes

as Banker Clanton

1943
A Stranger in Town

as Judge Austin Harkley

1943
The Woman of the Town

as Mayor Dog Killey

1943
Mr. and Mrs. North

as George Heyler

1942
Sullivan's Travels

as Mr. Hadrian

1941
His Girl Friday

as Murphy

1940
Arizona

as Lazarus Ward

1940
Dark Command

as Angus McCloud

1940
Trail of the Vigilantes

as Sheriff Korley

1940
They Shall Have Music

as Mr. Flower

1939
Bulldog Drummond's Peril

as Dr. Botulian

1938
Dangerous to Know

as Mayor Bradley

1938
Prison Farm

as Chiston R. Bradby

1938
Bulldog Drummond Escapes

as Norman Merridew

1937
Make Way for Tomorrow

as Harvey Chase

1937
Souls at Sea

as Court Prosecutor

1937
Porter Hall Porter Hall

Birthday

1888-09-19

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

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.
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