Porter Hall

Porter Hall

1888-09-18 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA 75 Credits

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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...

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Return to Treasure Island

Return to Treasure Island

1954

as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris

4.8
Acting

There's something to be said for finishing what you've started. That's why the gentile Captain Long John Silver is heading back to Treasure Island to ...

Vice Squad

Vice Squad

1953

as Jack Hartrampf

5.9
Acting

A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.

Pony Express

Pony Express

1953

as Jim Bridger

5.6
Acting

Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route that can get mail from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, in ten...

Holiday for Sinners

Holiday for Sinners

1952

as Louie

5.5
Acting

Three old friends reunite during Mardi Gras and try to forget their problems.

The Half-Breed

The Half-Breed

1952

as Kraemer

5.0
Acting

An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites.

Carbine Williams

Carbine Williams

1952

as Sam Markley

6.4
Acting

David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine autom...

Ace in the Hole

Ace in the Hole

1951

as Jacob Q. Boot

7.9
Acting

An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.

Intruder in the Dust

Intruder in the Dust

1949

as Nub Gowrie

7.4
Acting

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a ...

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend

1949

as Judge O'Toole

5.8
Acting

Saloon-bar singer Freddie gets very angry whenever boyfriend Blackie seems to be playing around. She always packs a six-shooter, so this is bad news f...

Chicken Every Sunday

Chicken Every Sunday

1949

as Sam Howell

6.0
Acting

A woman takes in boarders to support her husband's harebrained financial schemes.

That Wonderful Urge

That Wonderful Urge

1948

as Attorney Ketchell

6.5
Acting

When an heiress finds out that the friendly young man she's met at Sun Valley is really an investigative reporter, she ruins his career by falsely cla...

You Gotta Stay Happy

You Gotta Stay Happy

1948

as Mr. Caslon

6.5
Acting

Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel...

Unconquered

Unconquered

1947

as Leach

6.2
Acting

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slav...

Singapore

Singapore

1947

as Mr. Bellows

6.1
Acting

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls. Arrived, he reminisces in flashback about his prewar fiancée...

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

as Granville Sawyer

7.4
Acting

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgivin...

Week-End at the Waldorf

Week-End at the Waldorf

1945

as Stevens

6.0
Acting

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for ...

Kiss and Tell

Kiss and Tell

1945

as Bill Franklin

5.6
Acting

Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly s...

Murder, He Says

Murder, He Says

1945

as Mr. Johnson

6.6
Acting

Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visitin...

Blood on the Sun

Blood on the Sun

1945

as Arthur Bickett

5.8
Acting

Nick Condon, an American journalist in 20s Tokyo, publishes the Japanese master plan for world domination. Reaction from the understandably upset Japa...

Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945

as Dr. Efrington

6.1
Acting

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hote...

The Mark of the Whistler

The Mark of the Whistler

1944

as Joe Sorsby

6.0
Acting

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, w...

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1944

as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace

6.8
Acting

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married some...

The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944

as President Franklin Pierce

5.8
Acting

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and...

Double Indemnity

Double Indemnity

1944

as Mr. Jackson

8.1
Acting

A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on her husband's life insurance.

Standing Room Only

Standing Room Only

1944

as Hugo Farenhall

5.0
Acting

During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms....

Going My Way

Going My Way

1944

as Mr. Belknap

6.7
Acting

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a r...

The Woman of the Town

The Woman of the Town

1943

as Mayor Dog Killey

6.2
Acting

Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Master...

The Desperadoes

The Desperadoes

1943

as Banker Clanton

5.7
Acting

Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and wh...

A Stranger in Town

A Stranger in Town

1943

as Judge Austin Harkley

6.1
Acting

In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seem...

Butch Minds the Baby

Butch Minds the Baby

1942

as Brandy Smith

Acting

Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her child. He's on lookout for a gang of safe cracker...

The Remarkable Andrew

The Remarkable Andrew

1942

as Chief Clerk Art Slocumb

8.2
Acting

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he i...

Mr. and Mrs. North

Mr. and Mrs. North

1942

as George Heyler

4.5
Acting

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.

Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels

1941

as Mr. Hadrian

7.4
Acting

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise a...

The Parson of Panamint

The Parson of Panamint

1941

as Jonathan Randall

5.0
Acting

As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled old prospector Chuckawalla Bill Redfield recalls the tow...

Arizona

Arizona

1940

as Lazarus Ward

6.2
Acting

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But P...

Trail of the Vigilantes

Trail of the Vigilantes

1940

as Sheriff Korley

Acting

A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.

Dark Command

Dark Command

1940

as Angus McCloud

6.3
Acting

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local ba...

His Girl Friday

His Girl Friday

1940

as Murphy

7.4
Acting

Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wi...

Henry Goes Arizona

Henry Goes Arizona

1939

as Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Senator Monroe

7.9
Acting

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

They Shall Have Music

They Shall Have Music

1939

as Mr. Flower

6.1
Acting

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the...

Grand Jury Secrets

Grand Jury Secrets

1939

as Anthony Pelton

Acting

A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police

1939

as Man in Drummond's Dream

6.1
Acting

Captain Drummond and his girlfriend want to marry but a hidden treasure in the house in which they want to celebrate their marriage is complicating th...

Tom Sawyer, Detective

Tom Sawyer, Detective

1938

as Uncle Silas Phelps

5.2
Acting

The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his friend, Huckleberry Finn.

The Arkansas Traveler

The Arkansas Traveler

1938

as Mayor Daniels

6.0
Acting

The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend wh...

King of Alcatraz

King of Alcatraz

1938

as Matthew Talbot

5.7
Acting

A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the s...

Men with Wings

Men with Wings

1938

as Hiram F. Jenkins

5.0
Acting

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. ...

Prison Farm

Prison Farm

1938

as Chiston R. Bradby

5.7
Acting

Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her boy friend (Lloyd Nolan). The male crook is sentence to...

Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven

1938

as 'Von' Offer

Acting

Two attractive jewel thieves, one female (Olympe Bradna), one male (Gene Raymond) escape together after their latest escapade and hide out in the home...

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

Bulldog Drummond's Peril

1938

as Dr. Botulian

5.7
Acting

Drummond's wedding with Phyllis is interrupted when the inspector guarding their gifts is killed. He tries to trace the killers and uncovers the myste...

Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know

1938

as Mayor Bradley

6.1
Acting

Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), wit...

Scandal Street

Scandal Street

1938

as James Wilson

Acting

Joe McKnight temporarily leaves his fiancée, Nora Langdon, for an expedition in a South American jungle. Nora gets a position as librarian in the smal...

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

1937

as James Oliver

5.2
Acting

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fres...

True Confession

True Confession

1937

as Mr. Hartman

5.8
Acting

A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she ...

This Way Please

This Way Please

1937

as S.J. Crawford

5.5
Acting

A famous singer and matinée idol helps a pretty young theater usher in her dreams of becoming a singer, but when her career begins to take off and she...

Souls at Sea

Souls at Sea

1937

as Court Prosecutor

6.0
Acting

Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.

Wild Money

Wild Money

1937

as Bill Court

Acting

A tightwad accountant for a newspaper becomes friends with a reporter. The bookkeeper goes on vacation, and while there he learns of a kidnapping cons...

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

as Harvey Chase

7.5
Acting

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with d...

King of Gamblers

King of Gamblers

1937

as George Kramer

7.0
Acting

Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for a crusading crime reporter, unaware that her empl...

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

Bulldog Drummond Escapes

1937

as Norman Merridew

5.9
Acting

Drummond manages to save a woman from jumping in front of his car but she runs away with his car. He traces her and she asks him to help her out of a ...

The General Died at Dawn

The General Died at Dawn

1936

as Peter Perrie

6.2
Acting

China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum o...

The Plainsman

The Plainsman

1936

as Jack McCall

6.3
Acting

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million

1936

as Spencer

Acting

A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.

Satan Met a Lady

Satan Met a Lady

1936

as Milton Ames

5.8
Acting

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.

And Sudden Death

And Sudden Death

1936

as District Attorney

Acting

An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between the two, but it's soon complicated when he believes she ...

The Princess Comes Across

The Princess Comes Across

1936

as Darcy

6.1
Acting

A Swedish princess boards an ocean liner in Europe en route to an acting career in America and finds herself getting inconveniently attached to a band...

Snowed Under

Snowed Under

1936

as Arthur Layton

7.0
Acting

Alan Tanner's new play opens in a week, but Tanner just can't finish the third act. He's retreated to a snowbound cottage to work, but blonde neighbor...

Too Many Parents

Too Many Parents

1936

as Mrs. Saunders

5.0
Acting

Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother parents or guardians. Lonely young Philip Stewart wri...

The Story of Louis Pasteur

The Story of Louis Pasteur

1936

as Dr. Rossignol

6.8
Acting

A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and tha...

The Petrified Forest

The Petrified Forest

1936

as Jason Maple

7.1
Acting

Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and th...

The Case of the Lucky Legs

The Case of the Lucky Legs

1935

as Col. Bradbury

6.0
Acting

A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.

Murder in the Private Car

Murder in the Private Car

1934

as Alden Murray

5.6
Acting

Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daug...

The Thin Man

The Thin Man

1934

as Herbert MacCaulay

7.5
Acting

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

The Cheat

The Cheat

1931

as Leslie (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

Elsa Carlyle is impulsive and a gambler. Though loved by her husband Jeff, she's spoiled and selfish, concerned with social standing. Meanwhile, Jeff ...

Secrets of a Secretary

Secrets of a Secretary

1931

as Drunk

5.5
Acting

Society girl becomes a social secretary when her father dies penniless. From a story by Charles Brackett.