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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 18, 1888
Died
October 6, 1953
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- Clifford Porter Hall
- Porter Hall
- 波特·霍尔
Porter Hall
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
4.8
Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
Return to Treasure Island
1954
5.7
Jack Hartrampf
Vice Squad
1953
5.6
Jim Bridger
Pony Express
1953
🎬
6.7
J. R. Martin
Four Star Playhouse
1952
5.6
Louie
Holiday for Sinners
1952
5.0
Kraemer
The Half-Breed
1952
6.4
Sam Markley
Carbine Williams
1952
7.9
Jacob Q. Boot
Ace in the Hole
1951
7.3
Nub Gowrie
Intruder in the Dust
1949
5.8
Judge O'Toole
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949
Credits
Return to Treasure Island
as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
1954
4.8
Vice Squad
as Jack Hartrampf
1953
5.7
Pony Express
as Jim Bridger
1953
5.6
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as J. R. Martin
1952
6.7
Holiday for Sinners
as Louie
1952
5.6
The Half-Breed
as Kraemer
1952
5.0
Carbine Williams
as Sam Markley
1952
6.4
Ace in the Hole
as Jacob Q. Boot
1951
7.9
Intruder in the Dust
as Nub Gowrie
1949
7.3
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Judge O'Toole
1949
5.8
Chicken Every Sunday
as Sam Howell
1949
6.0
That Wonderful Urge
as Attorney Ketchell
1948
6.5
You Gotta Stay Happy
as Mr. Caslon
1948
6.4
Unconquered
as Leach
1947
6.3
Singapore
as Mr. Bellows
1947
5.9
Miracle on 34th Street
as Granville Sawyer
1947
7.4
Kiss and Tell
as Bill Franklin
1945
5.6
Week-End at the Waldorf
as Stevens
1945
6.0
Murder, He Says
as Mr. Johnson
1945
6.6
Blood on the Sun
as Arthur Bickett
1945
5.8
Bring on the Girls
as Dr. Efrington
1945
6.1
The Mark of the Whistler
as Joe Sorsby
1944
6.0
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
1944
6.8
The Great Moment
as President Franklin Pierce
1944
5.6
Double Indemnity
as Mr. Jackson
1944
8.1
Standing Room Only
as Hugo Farenhall
1944
5.0
Going My Way
as Mr. Belknap
1944
6.7
The Woman of the Town
as Mayor Dog Killey
1943
6.2
The Desperadoes
as Banker Clanton
1943
5.7
A Stranger in Town
as Judge Austin Harkley
1943
6.1
Butch Minds the Baby
as Brandy Smith
1942
0.0
The Remarkable Andrew
as Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
1942
6.8
Mr. and Mrs. North
as George Heyler
1942
4.0
Sullivan's Travels
as Mr. Hadrian
1941
7.4
The Parson of Panamint
as Jonathan Randall
1941
5.0
Arizona
as Lazarus Ward
1940
6.3
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Sheriff Korley
1940
0.0
Dark Command
as Angus McCloud
1940
6.3
His Girl Friday
as Murphy
1940
7.4
Henry Goes Arizona
as Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Monroe
1939
7.8
They Shall Have Music
as Mr. Flower
1939
6.2
Grand Jury Secrets
as Anthony Pelton
1939
0.0
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Man in Drummond's Dream
1939
6.1
Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Uncle Silas Phelps
1938
5.2
The Arkansas Traveler
as Mayor Daniels
1938
6.0
King of Alcatraz
as Matthew Talbot
1938
5.7
Men with Wings
as Hiram F. Jenkins
1938
5.0
Prison Farm
as Chiston R. Bradby
1938
5.7
Stolen Heaven
as 'Von' Offer
1938
0.0
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Dr. Botulian
1938
5.7
Dangerous to Know
as Mayor Bradley
1938
6.1
Scandal Street
as James Wilson
1938
0.0
Wells Fargo
as James Oliver
1937
5.2
True Confession
as Mr. Hartman
1937
5.8
This Way Please
as S.J. Crawford
1937
5.5
Souls at Sea
as Court Prosecutor
1937
6.3
Wild Money
as Bill Court
1937
0.0
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Harvey Chase
1937
7.5
King of Gamblers
as George Kramer
1937
7.0
Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Norman Merridew
1937
5.9
The General Died at Dawn
as Peter Perrie
1936
6.3
The Plainsman
as Jack McCall
1936
6.3
Let's Make a Million
as Spencer
1936
0.0
Satan Met a Lady
as Milton Ames
1936
5.7
And Sudden Death
as District Attorney
1936
0.0
The Princess Comes Across
as Darcy
1936
6.1
Snowed Under
as Arthur Layton
1936
7.0
Too Many Parents
as Mrs. Saunders
1936
4.5
The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Rossignol
1936
6.8
The Petrified Forest
as Jason Maple
1936
7.1
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Col. Bradbury
1935
5.6
Murder in the Private Car
as Alden Murray
1934
5.3
The Thin Man
as Herbert MacCaulay
1934
7.5
The Cheat
as Leslie (uncredited)
1931
6.0
Secrets of a Secretary
as Drunk
1931
5.5