
Porter Hall
Known for: Acting
Born: September 18, 1888
Died: October 6, 1953
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 app…
Known for

The Mark of the Whistler
1944

Blood on the Sun
1945

Return to Treasure Island
1954
Too Many Parents
1936

Tom Sawyer, Detective
1938

Let's Make a Million
1936

Double Indemnity
1944

Ace in the Hole
1951

Intruder in the Dust
1949

Vice Squad
1953

A Stranger in Town
1943

Arizona
1940

Scandal Street
1938

His Girl Friday
1940

Make Way for Tomorrow
1937

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944

Bulldog Drummond Escapes
1937

Butch Minds the Baby
1942

Murder, He Says
1945

The General Died at Dawn
1936

True Confession
1937

Stolen Heaven
1938

Murder in the Private Car
1934

Pony Express
1953

Prison Farm
1938

Grand Jury Secrets
1939

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
1949

The Parson of Panamint
1941

The Thin Man
1934

Miracle on 34th Street
1947

Dark Command
1940

Sullivan's Travels
1941

The Petrified Forest
1936

Bulldog Drummond's Peril
1938

Men with Wings
1938

Kiss and Tell
1945

Dangerous to Know
1938

The Plainsman
1936

Wild Money
1937

The Half-Breed
1952

The Princess Comes Across
1936

Satan Met a Lady
1936

Going My Way
1944

Singapore
1947

The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936

This Way Please
1937

Snowed Under
1936

Trail of the Vigilantes
1940

The Woman of the Town
1943

King of Gamblers
1937

And Sudden Death
1936

You Gotta Stay Happy
1948

The Great Moment
1944

They Shall Have Music
1939

The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935

The Arkansas Traveler
1938

Souls at Sea
1937

That Wonderful Urge
1948

The Desperadoes
1943

Holiday for Sinners
1952

Wells Fargo
1937

Standing Room Only
1944

Bring on the Girls
1945

Mr. and Mrs. North
1942

Chicken Every Sunday
1949

Carbine Williams
1952

Secrets of a Secretary
1931

The Cheat
1931

Unconquered
1947

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939

The Remarkable Andrew
1942

Henry Goes Arizona
1939

King of Alcatraz
1938

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
1939

Four Star Playhouse
1952