Actor info
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Name :
Porter Hall
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Born :
September 18, 1888 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA (65 years at death)
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Died :
October 6, 1953
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
75 films (1931–1954)
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Also known as :
Clifford Porter Hall, Porter Hall, 波特·霍尔
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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.
Notable films
- Miracle on 34th Street (1947) as Granville Sawyer
- Unconquered (1947) as Leach
- Double Indemnity (1944) as Mr. Jackson
- His Girl Friday (1940) as Murphy
- Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Senator Monroe
