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Porter Hall

Porter Hall, nato Clifford Porter Hall (Cincinnati, 19 settembre1888 – Los Angeles, 6 ottobre1953), è stato un attorestatunitense.

Biografia

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Nativo di Cincinnati, Porter Hall iniziò la carriera artistica come attore teatrale, approdando a Broadway nel 1926 e recitando in grandi produzioni come The Great Gatsby e Naked.

All'età di 43 anni fece il suo debutto cinematografico in un ruolo non accreditato nel film Secrets of a Secretary (1931). Durante gli anni trenta Porter Hall si guadagnò una solida fama di interprete caratterista, partecipando a numerose pellicole di successo come L'uomo ombra (1934), La foresta pietrificata (1936) e La vita del dottor Pasteur (1936).

Specializzatosi in ruoli di villain, Hall recitò inoltre in L'oro della Cina (1936), nel ruolo del disonesto padre di Madeleine Carroll, una ragazza che tradisce O'Hara (Gary Cooper), un onesto americano che contrabbanda oro per sostenere la causa dei contadini cinesi in lotta contro un brutale tiranno. Nello stesso anno interpretò Jack McCall,

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Porter Hall Biography

Date of Birth:
Sep 19, 1888Birth Place:
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Biography

Cincinnati native Porter Hall made a name for himself by almost exclusively portraying evil, low-life characters in the 1930s and 1940s. While he was a gentle-mannered, church-going man in real life, Hall did very well for himself with his bad-guy image, aided in no small part by his bug-eyes and cold exterior. He originally mastered his acting chops on the theater stage, but it wasn't long before Hall made his way to the bright lights of Hollywood, debuting on-screen with two uncredited 1931 roles in the George Abbott-directed dramas "Secrets of a Secretary" and "The Cheat." He eventually graduated to side roles in films like the 1936 Cecile B. DeMille western, "The Plainsman," but Hall truly broke out in the late '30s, particularly with a role as Senator Martin Monroe in the 1939 James Stewart-starring courtroom drama, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Though Hall always found work playing side characters, never fully moving to leading man status, he became a reliable charact

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Porter Hall

American actor

Porter Hall
Hall in 1930
Born	Clifford Porter Hall (1888-09-19)September 19, 1888 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	October 6, 1953(1953-10-06) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1926–1953
Spouse	Geraldine Brown (m. 1927)
Children	2

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 typically played villains or comedic incompetent characters.

Early years

Hall was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. His father, W.A. Hall, headed a cooperage business that ended because of prohibition in the United States. After graduating from the University of Cincinnati, Hall worked for the Fleischmann Company while also directing and acting in little theater productions in Cleveland.^[1]

Career

Hall's Broadway credits included The Great Gatsby (1926), Naked (1926), Loud Speaker (1927), Night Hostess