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.
76 acting credits
Acting · 76
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Double Indemnity
1944
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Miracle on 34th Street
1947
His Girl Friday
1940
The Thin Man
1934
The Desperadoes
1943
Ace in the Hole
1951
Unconquered
1947
Sullivan's Travels
1941
Pony Express
1953
Going My Way
1944
Arizona
1940
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937
Vice Squad
1953
Souls at Sea
1937
Blood on the Sun
1945
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937
Wells Fargo
1937
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
The General Died at Dawn
1936
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
The Plainsman
1936
The Great Moment
1944
Singapore
1947
Satan Met a Lady
1936
Carbine Williams
1952
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
The Princess Comes Across
1936
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
The Petrified Forest
1936
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
Dark Command
1940
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
Men with Wings
1938
They Shall Have Music
1939
The Cheat
1931
That Wonderful Urge
1948
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
Stolen Heaven
1938
Murder, He Says
1945
Murder in the Private Car
1934
And Sudden Death
1936
Too Many Parents
1936
Wild Money
1937
The Parson of Panamint
1941
Kiss and Tell
1945
King of Alcatraz
1938
Snowed Under
1936
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
Dangerous to Know
1938
True Confession
1937
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
Henry Goes Arizona
1939
Bring on the Girls
1945
Scandal Street
1938
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
The Woman of the Town
1943
Intruder in the Dust
1949
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939
The Mark of the Whistler
1944
Prison Farm
1938
Grand Jury Secrets
1939
This Way Please
1937
The Half-Breed
1952
Holiday for Sinners
1952
King of Gamblers
1937
A Stranger in Town
1943
Standing Room Only
1944
Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938
Secrets of a Secretary
1931
The Remarkable Andrew
1942
Return to Treasure Island
1954
Let's Make a Million
1936
Mr. and Mrs. North
1942