Porter Hall
Birthday: 1888-09-19 | Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio, USAFrom 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.
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Acting
Role
as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
as Jack Hartrampf
as Jim Bridger
as Kraemer
as Sam Markley
as Jacob Q. Boot
as Judge O'Toole
as Attorney Ketchell
as Mr. Caslon
as Granville Sawyer
as Mr. Bellows
as Arthur Bickett
as Mr. Johnson
as Hugo Farenhall
as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
as Joe Sorsby
as Mr. Belknap
as Mr. Jackson
as President Franklin Pierce
as Banker Clanton
as Judge Austin Harkley
as Mayor Dog Killey
as George Heyler
as Mr. Hadrian
