Birthday
1888/09/18
Day of death
1953/10/06 (65 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Also know as
Clifford Porter Hall
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...Read more
(1944) Double Indemnity
as Mr. Jackson
(1939) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Monroe
(1940) His Girl Friday
as Murphy
(1934) The Thin Man
as Herbert MacCaulay
(1936) The Princess Comes Across
as Darcy
(1947) Miracle on 34th Street
as Granville Sawyer
(1951) Ace in the Hole
as Jacob Q. Boot
(1952) Holiday for Sinners
as Louie
(1936) Satan Met a Lady
as Milton Ames
(1940) Dark Command
as Angus McCloud
(1937) Make Way for Tomorrow
as Harvey Chase
(1944) The Great Moment
as President Franklin Pierce
(1944) The Mark of the Whistler
as Joe Sorsby
(1944) The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
(1937) Bulldog Drummond Escapes
as Norman Merridew
(1941) Sullivan's Travels
as Mr. Hadrian
(1936) The Petrified Forest
as Jason Maple
(1944) Going My Way
as Mr. Belknap
(1949) Intruder in the Dust
as Nub Gowrie
(1947) Unconquered
as Leach
(1947) Singapore
as Mr. Bellows
(1936) The Story of Louis Pasteur
as Dr. Rossignol
(1945) Blood on the Sun
as Arthur Bickett
(1953) Vice Squad
as Jack Hartrampf
(1945) Week-End at the Waldorf
as Stevens
(1931) Secrets of a Secretary
as Drunk
(1937) This Way Please
as S.J. Crawford
(1942) Butch Minds the Baby
as Brandy Smith
(1945) Murder, He Says
as Mr. Johnson
(1937) Wells Fargo
as James Oliver
(1936) The General Died at Dawn
as Peter Perrie
(1954) Return to Treasure Island
as Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
(1937) True Confession
as Mr. Hartman
(1939) They Shall Have Music
as Mr. Flower
(1938) Bulldog Drummond's Peril
as Dr. Botulian
(1935) The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Col. Bradbury
(1938) Stolen Heaven
as 'Von' Offer
(1943) A Stranger in Town
as Judge Austin Harkley
(1936) Too Many Parents
as Mrs. Saunders
(1949) Chicken Every Sunday
as Sam Howell
(1936) Snowed Under
as Arthur Layton
(1944) Standing Room Only
as Hugo Farenhall
(1938) The Arkansas Traveler
as Mayor Daniels
(1938) Men with Wings
as Hiram F. Jenkins
(1945) Kiss and Tell
as Bill Franklin
(1938) Tom Sawyer, Detective
as Uncle Silas Phelps
(1937) Souls at Sea
as Court Prosecutor
(1934) Murder in the Private Car
as Alden Murray
(1953) Pony Express
as Jim Bridger
(1938) Dangerous to Know
as Mayor Bradley
(1936) The Plainsman
as Jack McCall
(1948) That Wonderful Urge
as Attorney Ketchell
(1940) Arizona
as Lazarus Ward
(1938) Prison Farm
as Chiston R. Bradby
(1939) Henry Goes Arizona
as Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
(1939) Grand Jury Secrets
as Anthony Pelton
(1943) The Desperadoes
as Banker Clanton
(1949) The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
as Judge O'Toole
(1937) Wild Money
as Bill Court
(1941) The Parson of Panamint
as Jonathan Randall
(1940) Trail of the Vigilantes
as Sheriff Korley
(1943) The Woman of the Town
as Mayor Dog Killey
(1937) King of Gamblers
as George Kramer
(1936) And Sudden Death
as District Attorney
(1945) Bring on the Girls
as Dr. Efrington
(1952) The Half-Breed
as Kraemer
(1931) The Cheat
as Leslie (uncredited)
(1942) The Remarkable Andrew
as Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
(1938) Scandal Street
as James Wilson
(1938) King of Alcatraz
as Matthew Talbot
(1939) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police
as Man in Drummond's Dream
(1948) You Gotta Stay Happy
as Mr. Caslon
(1936) Let's Make a Million
as Spencer
(1942) Mr. and Mrs. North
as George Heyler
(1952) Carbine Williams
as Sam Markley
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as J. R. Martin