Porter Hall

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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1888-09-18

Died: 1953-10-06

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1931	Secrets of a Secretary	Drunk	55
2	1931	The Cheat	Leslie (uncredited)	60
3	1934	The Thin Man	Herbert MacCaulay	75
4	1934	Murder in the Private Car	Alden Murray	56
5	1935	The Case of the Lucky Legs	Col. Bradbury	60
6	1936	The Petrified Forest	Jason Maple	71
7	1936	The Story of Louis Pasteur	Dr. Rossignol	68
8	1936	Too Many Parents	Mrs. Saunders	50
9	1936	Snowed Under	Arthur Layton	70
10	1936	The Princess Comes Across	Darcy	61
11	1936	And Sudden Death	District Attorney	0
12	1936	Satan Met a Lady	Milton Ames	58
13	1936	Let's Make a Million	Spencer	0
14	1936	The Plainsman	Jack McCall	63
15	1936	The General Died at Dawn	Peter Perrie	62
16	1937	Bulldog Drummond Escapes	Norman Merridew	59
17	1937	King of Gamblers	George Kramer	70
18	1937	Make Way for Tomorrow	Harvey Chase	75
19	1937	Wild Money	Bill Court	0
20	1937	Souls at Sea	Court Prosecutor	60
21	1937	This Way Please	S.J. Crawford	55
22	1937	True Confession	Mr. Hartman	58
23	1937	Wells Fargo	James Oliver	52
24	1938	Scandal Street	James Wilson	0
25	1938	Dangerous to Know	Mayor Bradley	61
26	1938	Bulldog Drummond's Peril	Dr. Botulian	57
27	1938	Stolen Heaven	'Von' Offer	0
28	1938	Prison Farm	Chiston R. Bradby	57
29	1938	Men with Wings	Hiram F. Jenkins	50
30	1938	King of Alcatraz	Matthew Talbot	57
31	1938	The Arkansas Traveler	Mayor Daniels	60
32	1938	Tom Sawyer, Detective	Uncle Silas Phelps	52
33	1939	Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police	Man in Drummond's Dream	61
34	1939	Grand Jury Secrets	Anthony Pelton	0
35	1939	They Shall Have Music	Mr. Flower	61
36	1939	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington	Senator Monroe	79
37	1939	Henry Goes Arizona	Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)	60
38	1940	His Girl Friday	Murphy	74
39	1940	Dark Command	Angus McCloud	63
40	1940	Trail of the Vigilantes	Sheriff Korley	0
41	1940	Arizona	Lazarus Ward	62
42	1941	The Parson of Panamint	Jonathan Randall	50
43	1941	Sullivan's Travels	Mr. Hadrian	74
44	1942	Mr. and Mrs. North	George Heyler	45
45	1942	The Remarkable Andrew	Chief Clerk Art Slocumb	82
46	1942	Butch Minds the Baby	Brandy Smith	0
47	1943	A Stranger in Town	Judge Austin Harkley	61
48	1943	The Desperadoes	Banker Clanton	57
49	1943	The Woman of the Town	Mayor Dog Killey	63
50	1944	Going My Way	Mr. Belknap	67
51	1944	Standing Room Only	Hugo Farenhall	50
52	1944	Double Indemnity	Mr. Jackson	81
53	1944	The Great Moment	President Franklin Pierce	58
54	1944	The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek	Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace	68
55	1944	The Mark of the Whistler	Joe Sorsby	60
56	1945	Bring on the Girls	Dr. Efrington	61
57	1945	Blood on the Sun	Arthur Bickett	58
58	1945	Murder, He Says	Mr. Johnson	66
59	1945	Week-End at the Waldorf	Stevens	60
60	1945	Kiss and Tell	Bill Franklin	56
61	1947	Miracle on 34th Street	Granville Sawyer	74
62	1947	Singapore	Mr. Bellows	61
63	1947	Unconquered	Leach	62
64	1948	You Gotta Stay Happy	Mr. Caslon	65
65	1948	That Wonderful Urge	Attorney Ketchell	65
66	1949	Chicken Every Sunday	Sam Howell	60
67	1949	The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend	Judge O'Toole	58
68	1949	Intruder in the Dust	Nub Gowrie	74
69	1951	Ace in the Hole	Jacob Q. Boot	79
70	1952	Carbine Williams	Sam Markley	64
71	1952	The Half-Breed	Kraemer	50
72	1952	Holiday for Sinners	Louie	55
73	1953	Pony Express	Jim Bridger	56
74	1953	Vice Squad	Jack Hartrampf	59
75	1954	Return to Treasure Island	Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris	48

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