Porter Hall

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-09-18 (65 years old)

Deathday

1953-10-06

Place of Birth

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Porter Hall

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 ...

Acting

1944

Double Indemnity

as Mr. Jackson

1939

1940

1934

The Thin Man

as Herbert MacCaulay

1947

Miracle on 34th Street

as Granville Sawyer

1951

Ace in the Hole

as Jacob Q. Boot

1936

Satan Met a Lady

as Milton Ames

1940

Dark Command

as Angus McCloud

1937

Make Way for Tomorrow

as Harvey Chase

1944

The Great Moment

as President Franklin Pierce

1944

1944

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace

1937

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

as Norman Merridew

1941

Sullivan's Travels

as Mr. Hadrian

1936

The Petrified Forest

as Jason Maple

1944

Going My Way

as Mr. Belknap

1949

1947

Unconquered

as Leach

1947

Singapore

as Mr. Bellows

1936

1945

Blood on the Sun

as Arthur Bickett

1953

Vice Squad

as Jack Hartrampf

1937

This Way Please

as S.J. Crawford

1942

Butch Minds the Baby

as Brandy Smith

1945

Murder, He Says

as Mr. Johnson

1937

Wells Fargo

as James Oliver

1936

1954

Return to Treasure Island

as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris

1937

True Confession

as Mr. Hartman

1939

1938

1935

1938

Stolen Heaven

as 'Von' Offer

1943

A Stranger in Town

as Judge Austin Harkley

1936

Too Many Parents

as Mrs. Saunders

1949

1936

Snowed Under

as Arthur Layton

1944

Standing Room Only

as Hugo Farenhall

1938

The Arkansas Traveler

as Mayor Daniels

1938

Men with Wings

as Hiram F. Jenkins

1945

Kiss and Tell

as Bill Franklin

1938

Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Uncle Silas Phelps

1937

Souls at Sea

as Court Prosecutor

1934

1953

Pony Express

as Jim Bridger

1938

Dangerous to Know

as Mayor Bradley

1936

The Plainsman

as Jack McCall

1948

That Wonderful Urge

as Attorney Ketchell

1940

Arizona

as Lazarus Ward

1938

Prison Farm

as Chiston R. Bradby

1939

Henry Goes Arizona

as Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)

1939

Grand Jury Secrets

as Anthony Pelton

1943

The Desperadoes

as Banker Clanton

1937

Wild Money

as Bill Court

1941

The Parson of Panamint

as Jonathan Randall

1940

Trail of the Vigilantes

as Sheriff Korley

1943

The Woman of the Town

as Mayor Dog Killey

1937

King of Gamblers

as George Kramer

1936

And Sudden Death

as District Attorney

1945

Bring on the Girls

as Dr. Efrington

1952

The Half-Breed

as Kraemer

1931

The Cheat

as Leslie (uncredited)

1942

The Remarkable Andrew

as Chief Clerk Art Slocumb

1938

Scandal Street

as James Wilson

1938

King of Alcatraz

as Matthew Talbot

1939

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

as Man in Drummond's Dream

1948

1936

1942

Mr. and Mrs. North

as George Heyler

1952

Carbine Williams

as Sam Markley

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