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Porter Hall
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…
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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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1954
Return to Treasure Island
Movie Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
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1953
Vice Squad
Movie Jack Hartrampf
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1953
Pony Express
Movie Jim Bridger
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1952
Four Star Playhouse
TV show J. R. Martin
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1952
Holiday for Sinners
Movie Louie
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1952
The Half-Breed
Movie Kraemer
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1952
Carbine Williams
Movie Sam Markley
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1951
Ace in the Hole
Movie Jacob Q. Boot
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1949
Intruder in the Dust
Movie Nub Gowrie
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1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Movie Judge O'Toole
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1949
Chicken Every Sunday
Movie Sam Howell
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1948
That Wonderful Urge
Movie Attorney Ketchell
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1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
Movie Mr. Caslon
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1947
Unconquered
Movie Leach
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1947
Singapore
Movie Mr. Bellows
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1947
Miracle on 34th Street
Movie Granville Sawyer
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1945
Week-End at the Waldorf
Movie Stevens
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1945
Kiss and Tell
Movie Bill Franklin
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1945
Murder, He Says
Movie Mr. Johnson
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1945
Blood on the Sun
Movie Arthur Bickett
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1945
Bring on the Girls
Movie Dr. Efrington
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1944
The Mark of the Whistler
Movie Joe Sorsby
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1944
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
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1944
The Great Moment
Movie President Franklin Pierce
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1944
Double Indemnity
Movie Mr. Jackson
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1944
Standing Room Only
Movie Hugo Farenhall
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1944
Going My Way
Movie Mr. Belknap
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1943
The Woman of the Town
Movie Mayor Dog Killey
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1943
The Desperadoes
Movie Banker Clanton
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1943
A Stranger in Town
Movie Judge Austin Harkley
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1942
Butch Minds the Baby
Movie Brandy Smith
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1942
The Remarkable Andrew
Movie Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
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1942
Mr. and Mrs. North
Movie George Heyler
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1941
Sullivan's Travels
Movie Mr. Hadrian
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1941
The Parson of Panamint
Movie Jonathan Randall
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1940
Arizona
Movie Lazarus Ward
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1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie Sheriff Korley
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1940
Dark Command
Movie Angus McCloud
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1940
His Girl Friday
Movie Murphy
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1939
Henry Goes Arizona
Movie Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
