Porter Hall
Acting
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.
Return to Treasure Island
Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
Vice Squad
Jack Hartrampf
Pony Express
Jim Bridger
Holiday for Sinners
Louie
The Half-Breed
Kraemer
Carbine Williams
Sam Markley
Ace in the Hole
Jacob Q. Boot
Intruder in the Dust
Nub Gowrie
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
Judge O'Toole
Chicken Every Sunday
Sam Howell
That Wonderful Urge
Attorney Ketchell
You Gotta Stay Happy
Mr. Caslon
Unconquered
Leach
Singapore
Mr. Bellows
Miracle on 34th Street
Granville Sawyer
Kiss and Tell
Bill Franklin
Week-End at the Waldorf
Stevens
Murder, He Says
Mr. Johnson
Blood on the Sun
Arthur Bickett
Bring on the Girls
Dr. Efrington
The Mark of the Whistler
Joe Sorsby
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
The Great Moment
President Franklin Pierce
Double Indemnity
Mr. Jackson
Standing Room Only
Hugo Farenhall
Going My Way
Mr. Belknap
The Woman of the Town
Mayor Dog Killey
The Desperadoes
Banker Clanton
A Stranger in Town
Judge Austin Harkley
Butch Minds the Baby
Brandy Smith
The Remarkable Andrew
Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
Mr. and Mrs. North
George Heyler
Sullivan's Travels
Mr. Hadrian
The Parson of Panamint
Jonathan Randall
Arizona
Lazarus Ward
Trail of the Vigilantes
Sheriff Korley
Dark Command
Angus McCloud
His Girl Friday
Murphy
Henry Goes Arizona
Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Senator Monroe
They Shall Have Music
Mr. Flower
Grand Jury Secrets
Anthony Pelton
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
Man in Drummond's Dream
Tom Sawyer, Detective
Uncle Silas Phelps
The Arkansas Traveler
Mayor Daniels
King of Alcatraz
Matthew Talbot
Men with Wings
Hiram F. Jenkins
Prison Farm
Chiston R. Bradby
Stolen Heaven
'Von' Offer
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Dr. Botulian
Dangerous to Know
Mayor Bradley
Scandal Street
James Wilson
Wells Fargo
James Oliver
True Confession
Mr. Hartman
This Way Please
S.J. Crawford
Souls at Sea
Court Prosecutor
Wild Money
Bill Court
Make Way for Tomorrow
Harvey Chase
King of Gamblers
George Kramer
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
Norman Merridew
The General Died at Dawn
Peter Perrie
The Plainsman
Jack McCall
Let's Make a Million
Spencer
Satan Met a Lady
Milton Ames
And Sudden Death
District Attorney
The Princess Comes Across
Darcy
Snowed Under
Arthur Layton
Too Many Parents
Mrs. Saunders
The Story of Louis Pasteur
Dr. Rossignol
The Petrified Forest
Jason Maple
The Case of the Lucky Legs
Col. Bradbury
Murder in the Private Car
Alden Murray
The Thin Man
Herbert MacCaulay
The Cheat
Leslie (uncredited)
Secrets of a Secretary
Drunk