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Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 8, 1882
Died
February 20, 1958
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Ernest Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall
0.4 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in 250 films between 1915 and 1957 and is probably best remembered for his portrayal, during the later stages of his career, of often pompous or blustering authority figures. Hall's best-known television role was as Mr. Schuyler, the boss of Cosmo Topper (played by Leo G. Carroll), in the 1950s television series, Topper (1953–1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Thurston Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.9
Judge
Maverick
1957
4.3
J.B. Del Monte
Affair in Reno
1957
6.5
Harrison Prentice
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
0.0
Mr. Higgins
The Go-Getter
1956
6.9
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.1
Lassie
1954
0.0
James M. Townsend
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954
0.0
Judge
The Girl on the Park Bench
1953
5.8
Topper
1953
5.8
Mr. Schuyler
Topper
1953
Credits
Maverick
as Judge
1957
6.9
Affair in Reno
as J.B. Del Monte
1957
4.3
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
as Harrison Prentice
1956
6.5
The Go-Getter
as Mr. Higgins
1956
0.0
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
6.9
Lassie
1954
6.1
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
as James M. Townsend
1954
0.0
The Girl on the Park Bench
as Judge
1953
0.0
Topper
1953
5.8
Topper
as Mr. Schuyler
1953
5.8
Letter to Loretta
as Judge
1953
6.5
The Band Wagon
as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
1953
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as Mr. Smith
1952
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
as J. Peter Stuyvesant
1952
7.2
The WAC from Walla Walla
as Col. Mayfield
1952
0.0
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Judge
1952
6.7
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
5.1
It Grows on Trees
as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
1952
7.7
My Little Margie
1952
3.0
Carson City
as Charles Crocker
1952
6.1
Skirts Ahoy!
as Thatcher Kinston
1952
5.0
Night Stage to Galveston
as Colonel James Bellamy
1952
5.0
One Big Affair
as Mr. G
1952
6.0
Dangerous Assignment
1952
3.5
Texas Carnival
as Mr. Gaytes
1951
4.7
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Whirlwind
as Big Jim Lassiter
1951
5.0
Knights of the Bath
as Master of the House (archive footage)
1951
0.0
Belle Le Grand
as Parkington
1951
3.0
The Bandit Queen
as Governor
1950
4.0
One Too Many
as Kenneth Simes
1950
0.0
Chain Gang
as John McKelvey, news publisher
1950
6.7
Bright Leaf
as Phillips
1950
5.7
Federal Agent at Large
as 'Big Bill' Dixon
1950
4.8
Belle of Old Mexico
as Horatio Huntington
1950
0.0
Tell It to the Judge
as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
1949
6.3
Bride for Sale
as Trisby (uncredited)
1949
6.0
Square Dance Jubilee
as G.K.
1949
4.0
Rim of the Canyon
as Big Tim Hanlon
1949
4.4
The Fountainhead
as Businessman at Party (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Stagecoach Kid
as Peter Arnold
1949
6.0
Manhattan Angel
as Everett H. Burton
1949
0.0
Rusty Saves a Life
as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
1949
7.0
Blondie's Secret
as George Whiteside
1948
6.5
Miraculous Journey
as Kendricks
1948
4.7
Up in Central Park
as Governor Motley
1948
6.3
Three Daring Daughters
as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
1948
5.7
It Had to Be You
as Ned Harrington
1947
6.5
Mourning Becomes Electra
as Dr. Blake
1947
6.0
The Unfinished Dance
as Mr. Ronsell
1947
6.0
Black Gold
as Colonel Caldwell
1947
6.0
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
as Bruce Pierce
1947
6.8
🎬
The Son of Rusty
as Franklyn B. Gibson
1947
0.0
Swing the Western Way
as Jasper Jim Bandy
1947
0.0
Welcome Stranger
as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
1947
6.6
The Farmer's Daughter
as Wilbur Johnson
1947
6.9
Three Little Girls in Blue
as Col. Clay
1946
6.5
Dangerous Business
as B.J. Calhoun
1946
0.0
Two Sisters from Boston
as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
1946
6.0
She Wrote the Book
as Horace Van Cleve
1946
6.0
One More Tomorrow
as Thomas Rufus Collier II
1946
5.5
Without Reservations
as Henry Baldwin
1946
6.2
Colonel Effingham's Raid
as Ed - the Mayor
1946
5.7
Saratoga Trunk
as Mr. Pound (uncredited)
1945
5.7
Song of the Prairie
as Jerome Wingate
1945
0.0
West of the Pecos
as Col. Lambeth
1945
3.8
The Gay Senorita
as J.J. Frentiss
1945
4.0
Lady on a Train
as Josiah Waring
1945
6.6
Blonde from Brooklyn
as "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth
1945
5.0
Don Juan Quilligan
as First Judge
1945
6.0
Thrill of a Romance
as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
1945
6.2
Brewster's Millions
as Colonel Drew
1945
6.8
Bring on the Girls
as Rutledge
1945
6.1
Something for the Boys
as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
1944
6.2
Ever Since Venus
as Edgar Pomeroy
1944
0.0
In Society
as Mr. Van Cleve
1944
5.8
Song of Nevada
as John Barrabee
1944
6.0
Wilson
as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
1944
5.5
The Great Moment
as Senator Borland
1944
5.6
Goodnight, Sweetheart
as Judge James Rutherford
1944
0.0
Follow the Boys
as Man (uncredited)
1944
5.3
Cover Girl
as Tony Pastor (uncredited)
1944
6.3
Here Comes Elmer
as P. J. Ellis
1943
0.0
Footlight Glamour
as Randolph Wheeler
1943
7.7
🎬
Hoosier Holiday
as Henry P. Fairchild
1943
0.0
I Dood It
as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
1943
3.5
This Land Is Mine
as Mayor Henry Manville
1943
7.2
Crash Dive
as Senator from Texas
1943
6.3
He Hired the Boss
as Mr. Bates
1943
3.7
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
as Sen. Henry Babcock
1943
6.7
The Youngest Profession
as Mr. Drew
1943
4.7
One Dangerous Night
as Inspector Crane
1943
4.4
The Hard Way
as Harry (Uncredited)
1943
6.3
The Great Gildersleeve
as Governor Jonathan Stafford
1942
6.1
Counter-Espionage
as Insp. Crane
1942
6.2
Call of the Canyon
as Grantley B. Johnson
1942
7.0
Her Cardboard Lover
as Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
1942
4.4
Twin Beds
as Horace Touchstone
1942
2.8
Hello, Annapolis
as Capt. Wendall
1942
10.0
Shepherd of the Ozarks
as James Maloney
1942
0.0
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
6.5
The Night Before the Divorce
as Bert Harriman
1942
4.5
Sleepytime Gal
as Mr. Adams
1942
0.0
Pacific Blackout
as Williams
1941
6.3
Remember the Day
as Gov. Teller
1941
6.6
Design for Scandal
as Northcott
1941
4.9
Tuxedo Junction
as Doug Gordon
1941
0.0
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Inspector Crane
1941
6.3
Swing It Soldier
as Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor
1941
5.0
The Great Man's Lady
as Mr. Sempler
1941
6.3
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
as Huntley (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Hold That Ghost
as Alderman Birch (uncredited)
1941
6.8
Accent on Love
as T. J. Triton
1941
6.0
In the Navy
as Lead Senator (uncredited)
1941
6.4
She Knew All the Answers
as J. D. Sutton
1941
6.3
Washington Melodrama
as Sen. Morton
1941
5.0
The Great Lie
as Oscar Worthington James
1941
6.9
Repent at Leisure
as Jay Buckingham
1941
5.7
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Inspector Crane
1941
6.0
Flight from Destiny
as Dean Somers
1941
4.7
Life with Henry
as Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
1941
5.0
Four Mothers
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1941
6.2
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
1941
5.0
The Invisible Woman
as Hudson
1940
5.7
🎬
Kiddie Kure
as Bill "Old Man" Morton
1940
6.0
Friendly Neighbors
as The Governor
1940
0.0
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Inspector Crane
1940
5.9
City for Conquest
as Max Leonard
1940
6.8
The Golden Fleecing
as Charles Engel
1940
5.3
The Great McGinty
as Mr. Maxwell
1940
6.9
Millionaires in Prison
as Harold Kellogg
1940
6.0
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Inspector Crane
1940
6.3
Alias the Deacon
as Jim Cunningham
1940
0.0
In Old Missouri
as John Pittman Sr.
1940
5.5
Virginia City
as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
1940
6.1
Blondie on a Budget
as Brice
1940
6.0
The Blue Bird
as Father Time
1940
5.7
Money To Burn
as Ellis
1939
0.0
Our Neighbors - The Carters
as Mr. Guilfoyle
1939
0.0
First Love
as Anthony Drake
1939
7.5
Jeepers Creepers
as M.K. Durant
1939
3.8
Sued for Libel
as David Hastings
1939
5.4
Dancing Co-Ed
as Henry W. Workman
1939
6.2
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Col. March
1939
5.0
Hawaiian Nights
as T.C. Hartley
1939
0.0
The Star Maker
as Mr. Proctor
1939
0.0
Each Dawn I Die
as Hanley
1939
6.8
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Sam Bailey
1939
0.0
Million Dollar Legs
as Gregory Melton Sr.
1939
5.0
Ex-Champ
as Mr. Courtney
1939
6.0
Dodge City
as Twitchell (uncredited)
1939
6.9
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Senator
1939
7.1
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
1939
6.8
Going Places
as Col. Withering
1938
6.3
Out West with the Hardys
as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
1938
6.4
Spring Madness
as Charles Platt
1938
3.9
Hard to Get
as John Atwater
1938
6.0
Campus Confessions
as William Atterbury, Sr.
1938
4.2
The Affairs of Annabel
as Major
1938
4.0
Professor Beware
as J.J. Van Buren
1938
6.1
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Grant
1938
7.1
Fast Company
as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
1938
5.0
Squadron of Honor
as Bob Metcalf
1938
0.0
The Main Event
as Captain Phillips
1938
0.0
Extortion
as Prof. Tisdelle
1938
5.0
Women Are Like That
as Claudius King
1938
5.7
There's Always a Woman
as District Attorney
1938
5.8
No Time to Marry
as Pettensall
1938
6.0
Murder in Greenwich Village
as Charles Cabot
1937
5.6
Counsel for Crime
as Sen. Maddox
1937
5.8
It Can't Last Forever
as Fulton
1937
5.3
🎬
Venus Makes Trouble
as Harlan Darrow
1937
3.5
I Promise to Pay
as Police Captain Hall
1937
5.5
Oh, Doctor
as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
1937
0.0
We Have Our Moments
as Frank Rutherford
1937
5.8
Parole Racket
as Editor Jamison
1937
0.0
Women of Glamour
as Mr. Stark
1937
5.0
Don't Tell the Wife
as Major Manning
1937
5.0
Lady from Nowhere
as James Gordon Barnes
1936
0.0
Theodora Goes Wild
as Arthur Stevenson
1936
6.5
Killer at Large
as Inspector O'Hara
1936
6.0
The Man Who Lived Twice
as Dr. Schuyler
1936
6.7
Two-Fisted Gentleman
as Pop
1936
0.0
Shakedown
as T. Gregory Stuart
1936
0.0
Trapped by Television
as John Curtis
1936
6.4
The King Steps Out
as Major
1936
5.9
The Three Wise Guys
as Hatcher
1936
0.0
Roaming Lady
as E. J. Reid
1936
5.0
Devil's Squadron
as Major Metcalf
1936
6.0
Pride of the Marines
as Col. Gage
1936
6.0
Don't Gamble with Love
as Martin Gage
1936
0.0
The Lone Wolf Returns
as Inspector Crane
1935
5.9
Too Tough to Kill
as Jim Whitney
1935
0.0
One Way Ticket
as Mr. Ritchie
1935
5.0
Crime and Punishment
as Editor
1935
6.3
Guard That Girl
as Dr. Silas Hudson
1935
4.0
A Feather in Her Hat
as Sir Elroyd Joyce
1935
6.8
Case of the Missing Man
as Boyle
1935
0.0
Metropolitan
as T. Simon Hunter
1935
0.0
She Couldn't Take It
as Party Guest
1935
4.5
The Public Menace
as Captain of Ocean Liner
1935
5.0
The Girl Friend
as George S. Harmon
1935
0.0
Atlantic Adventure
as City Editor Rutherford
1935
5.5
The Black Room
as Col. Paul Hassel
1935
6.5
Love Me Forever
as Maurizio
1935
4.9
After the Dance
as District Attorney
1935
6.0
Hooray for Love
as Jason Thatcher
1935
4.7
A Burglar to the Rescue
as The Banker, Steve Corley
1931
8.0
The Valley of Doubt
as Jules
1924
0.0
The Great Well
as Peter Starling
1924
0.0
🎬
The Royal Oak
as Colonel Ancketell
1923
0.0
Wildness of Youth
as Edward Grayton
1922
0.0
Fair Lady
as Italian banker
1922
0.0
The Iron Trail
as Curtis Gordon
1921
0.0
Idle Hands
as Henry Livingston
1921
0.0
Mother Eternal
as Edward Stevens Sr
1921
0.0
🎬
A Citrate Special
as The Director
1921
0.0
The Spitfire of Seville
1919
0.0
The Weaker Vessel
as J. Booth Hunter
1919
0.0
The Exquisite Thief
as Algernon P. Smythe
1919
6.0
Who Will Marry Me?
as Jerome Van Tyne
1919
0.0
The Squaw Man
as Henry, Jim's Cousin
1918
5.8
🎬
The Midnight Patrol
as Officer Terrence Shannon
1918
0.0
The One Woman
as Governor Morrison
1918
0.0
The Brazen Beauty
as Kenneth Hyde
1918
0.0
We Can't Have Everything
as Peter Cheever
1918
0.0
The Kaiser's Shadow
as Hugo Wagner
1918
0.0
An Alien Enemy
as David J. Hale
1918
0.0
Love Letters
as John Harland
1917
0.0
The Price Mark
as Dr. Daniel Melfi
1917
0.0
Cleopatra
as Antony
1917
4.2
The Show Down
1917
0.0
🎬
Sweeter Than Revenge
as Joe Best
1915
0.0