Porter Hall

Porter Hall

Birthday: 1888-09-18

Deathday: 1953-10-06

Place of birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Also known as: Clifford Porter Hall, Porter Hall, 波特·霍尔

imdb_id: nm0356004

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.

Played in movies:

The Remarkable Andrew

Score: 8.2

Double Indemnity

Score: 8.1

Ace in the Hole

Score: 7.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Score: 7.9

Make Way for Tomorrow

Score: 7.5

The Thin Man

Score: 7.5

Sullivan's Travels

Score: 7.4

His Girl Friday

Score: 7.4

Miracle on 34th Street

Score: 7.4

Intruder in the Dust

Score: 7.4

The Petrified Forest

Score: 7.1

King of Gamblers

Score: 7.0

Snowed Under

Score: 7.0

The Story of Louis Pasteur

Score: 6.8

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Score: 6.8

Going My Way

Score: 6.7

Murder, He Says

Score: 6.6

You Gotta Stay Happy

Score: 6.5

That Wonderful Urge

Score: 6.5

A Stranger in Town

Score: 6.5

Carbine Williams

Score: 6.4

Dark Command

Score: 6.3

The Plainsman

Score: 6.3

The Woman of the Town

Score: 6.3

Dangerous to Know

Score: 6.2

The General Died at Dawn

Score: 6.2

Unconquered

Score: 6.2

Arizona

Score: 6.2

They Shall Have Music

Score: 6.1

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Score: 6.1

Bring on the Girls

Score: 6.1

Vice Squad

Score: 6.1

The Princess Comes Across

Score: 6.1

Souls at Sea

Score: 6.0

The Cheat

Score: 6.0

Henry Goes Arizona

Score: 6.0

Men with Wings

Score: 6.0

The Arkansas Traveler

Score: 6.0

Chicken Every Sunday

Score: 6.0

The Case of the Lucky Legs

Score: 6.0

Week-End at the Waldorf

Score: 6.0

Blood on the Sun

Score: 5.9

Singapore

Score: 5.9

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Score: 5.9

The Mark of the Whistler

Score: 5.9

Satan Met a Lady

Score: 5.9

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

Score: 5.8

True Confession

Score: 5.8

The Great Moment

Score: 5.8

King of Alcatraz

Score: 5.7

The Desperadoes

Score: 5.7

Prison Farm

Score: 5.7

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Score: 5.7

Pony Express

Score: 5.6

Kiss and Tell

Score: 5.6

This Way Please

Score: 5.5

Secrets of a Secretary

Score: 5.5

Holiday for Sinners

Score: 5.5

Murder in the Private Car

Score: 5.4

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Score: 5.2

Wells Fargo

Score: 5.2

The Half-Breed

Score: 5.0

The Parson of Panamint

Score: 5.0

Standing Room Only

Score: 5.0

Too Many Parents

Score: 5.0

Return to Treasure Island

Score: 4.8

Mr. and Mrs. North

Score: 4.5

Let's Make a Million

Score: 0.0

Scandal Street

Score: 0.0

And Sudden Death

Score: 0.0

Trail of the Vigilantes

Score: 0.0

Wild Money

Score: 0.0

Grand Jury Secrets

Score: 0.0

Stolen Heaven

Score: 0.0

Butch Minds the Baby

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Four Star Playhouse

Score: 6.3