Porter Hall [14975] Gender: Male Popularity: 2.3764 Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Birthday: 1888-09-18 Deathday: 1953-10-06 Age: 65 years Movies: 75 Links: Homepage, IMDB 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. Return to Treasure Isla1954-06-30 Vice Squad1953-07-31 Pony Express1953-06-15 Holiday for Sinners1952-07-25 The Half-Breed1952-05-03 Carbine Williams1952-05-01 Ace in the Hole1951-06-29 Intruder in the Dust1949-11-22 The Beautiful Blonde fr1949-05-27 Chicken Every Sunday1949-01-18 That Wonderful Urge1948-11-20 You Gotta Stay Happy1948-10-28 Unconquered1947-10-10 Singapore1947-08-13 Miracle on 34th Street1947-06-04 Kiss and Tell1945-10-04 Week-End at the Waldorf1945-10-04 Murder, He Says1945-06-23 Blood on the Sun1945-04-26 Bring on the Girls1945-03-30 The Mark of the Whistle1944-10-09 The Great Moment1944-07-18 Double Indemnity1944-07-06 The Miracle of Morganâ€1944-09-18 Standing Room Only1944-01-07 Going My Way1944-01-01 The Woman of the Town1943-12-31 The Desperadoes1943-05-25 A Stranger in Town1943-04-01 Butch Minds the Baby1942-03-20 The Remarkable Andrew1942-03-05 Mr. and Mrs. North1942-01-23 Sullivan's Travels1941-11-30 The Parson of Panamint1941-07-25 Arizona1940-12-25 Trail of the Vigilantes1940-12-13 Dark Command1940-04-15 His Girl Friday1940-01-18 Henry Goes Arizona1939-12-08 Mr. Smith Goes to Washi1939-10-19 They Shall Have Music1939-08-18 Grand Jury Secrets1939-06-23 Bulldog Drummond's Secr1939-03-29 Tom Sawyer, Detective1938-12-24 The Arkansas Traveler1938-10-14 King of Alcatraz1938-09-30 Men with Wings1938-07-16 Prison Farm1938-06-17 Stolen Heaven1938-05-11 Bulldog Drummond's Peri1938-03-18 Dangerous to Know1938-03-11 Scandal Street1938-02-11 Wells Fargo1937-12-31 True Confession1937-12-24 This Way Please1937-10-15 Souls at Sea1937-09-03 Wild Money1937-07-09 Make Way for Tomorrow1937-05-09 King of Gamblers1937-04-22 Bulldog Drummond Escape1937-01-22 The Plainsman1936-11-16 The General Died at Daw1936-11-17 Let's Make a Million1936-09-01 Satan Met a Lady1936-07-22 And Sudden Death1936-06-16 The Princess Comes Acro1936-05-22 Snowed Under1936-03-29 Too Many Parents1936-03-19 The Story of Louis Past1936-02-22 The Petrified Forest1936-02-08 The Case of the Lucky L1935-10-05 Murder in the Private C1934-06-29 The Thin Man1934-05-25 The Cheat1931-11-28 Secrets of a Secretary1931-09-05