Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1888-09-18
Day of Death
1953-10-06
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Porter Hall
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.
Filmography (75)
Return to Treasure Island
1954
Vice Squad
1953
Pony Express
1953
Holiday for Sinners
1952
The Half-Breed
1952
Carbine Williams
1952
Ace in the Hole
1951
Intruder in the Dust
1949
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Chicken Every Sunday
1949
That Wonderful Urge
1948
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948
Unconquered
1947
Singapore
1947
