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Clifford Porter Hall
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1888-09-18
- event Death Date 1953-10-06
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 4.8
- info Birth Place Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Porter Hall
8.1
Double Indemnity
1944-07-06
7.9
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
7.5
His Girl Friday
1940-01-18
7.5
The Thin Man
1934-05-25
6.2
The Princess Comes Across
1936-05-22
7.4
Miracle on 34th Street
1947-06-04
7.9
Ace in the Hole
1951-06-29
5.5
Holiday for Sinners
1952-07-25
5.9
Satan Met a Lady
1936-07-22
6.3
Dark Command
1940-04-15
7.6
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937-05-09
5.8
The Great Moment
1944-07-18
5.9
The Mark of the Whistler
1944-10-09
6.8
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1943-12-12
5.9
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937-01-22
7.4
Sullivan's Travels
1941-11-30
7.1
The Petrified Forest
1936-02-08
6.7
Going My Way
1944-01-01
7.4
Intruder in the Dust
1949-11-22
6.2
Unconquered
1947-10-10
5.7
Singapore
1947-08-13
6.9
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936-02-22
5.8
Blood on the Sun
1945-04-26
5.9
Vice Squad
1953-07-31
6
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945-10-04
5.5
Secrets of a Secretary
1931-09-05
5.5
This Way Please
1937-10-15
0
Butch Minds the Baby
1942-03-20
6.6
Murder, He Says
1945-06-23
4.9
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
6
The General Died at Dawn
1936-11-17
4.8
Return to Treasure Island
1954-06-30
5.8
True Confession
1937-12-24
5.9
They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18
5.7
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938-03-18
6
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935-10-05
0
Stolen Heaven
1938-05-11
6.5
A Stranger in Town
1943-04-01
5
Too Many Parents
1936-03-19
6
Chicken Every Sunday
1949-01-18
7
Snowed Under
1936-03-29
5
Standing Room Only
1944-01-07
6
The Arkansas Traveler
1938-10-14
5
Men with Wings
1938-07-16
5.6
Kiss and Tell
1945-10-04
5.2
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938-12-24
5.7
Souls at Sea
1937-09-03
5.5
Murder in the Private Car
1934-06-29
5.5
Pony Express
1953-06-15
6.5
Dangerous to Know
1938-03-11
6.2
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
6.2
That Wonderful Urge
1948-11-20
6.1
Arizona
1940-12-25
5.7
Prison Farm
1938-06-17
6
Henry Goes Arizona
1939-12-08
0
Grand Jury Secrets
1939-06-23
5.7
The Desperadoes
1943-05-25
5.8
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949-05-27
0
Wild Money
1937-07-09
5
The Parson of Panamint
1941-07-25
0
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940-12-13
6
The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31
7
King of Gamblers
1937-04-22
0
And Sudden Death
1936-06-16
6.1
Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30
5
The Half-Breed
1952-05-03
6
The Cheat
1931-11-28
8.2
The Remarkable Andrew
1942-03-05
0
Scandal Street
1938-02-11
5.7
King of Alcatraz
1938-09-30
6.1
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939-03-29
6.4
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948-10-28
0
Let's Make a Million
1936-09-01
4.5
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942-01-23
6.3
Carbine Williams
1952-05-01
5.7
Four Star Playhouse
1952-09-25