Miracle on 34th Street1947
As Granville Sawyer
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Porter Hall
Born
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.
Filmography (75)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington1939
As Senator Monroe
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Double Indemnity1944
As Mr. Jackson
TMDb 8.1 / 10
His Girl Friday1940
As Murphy
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Ace in the Hole1951
As Jacob Q. Boot
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Thin Man1934
As Herbert MacCaulay
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Make Way for Tomorrow1937
As Harvey Chase
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Unconquered1947
As Leach
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Sullivan's Travels1941
As Mr. Hadrian
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Plainsman1936
As Jack McCall
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek1944
As Jacob Woodson, Justice of the Peace
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Dark Command1940
As Angus McCloud
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Pony Express1953
As Jim Bridger
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Desperadoes1943
As Banker Clanton
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Going My Way1944
As Mr. Belknap
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Blood on the Sun1945
As Arthur Bickett
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Satan Met a Lady1936
As Milton Ames
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Stolen Heaven1938
As 'Von' Offer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend1949
As Judge O'Toole
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The General Died at Dawn1936
As Peter Perrie
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Intruder in the Dust1949
As Nub Gowrie
TMDb 7.3 / 10
They Shall Have Music1939
As Mr. Flower
TMDb 6.5 / 10
You Gotta Stay Happy1948
As Mr. Caslon
TMDb 6.8 / 10
That Wonderful Urge1948
As Attorney Ketchell
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Carbine Williams1952
As Sam Markley
TMDb 6.6 / 10
The Mark of the Whistler1944
As Joe Sorsby
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Princess Comes Across1936
As Darcy
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Murder in the Private Car1934
As Alden Murray
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Petrified Forest1936
As Jason Maple
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Story of Louis Pasteur1936
As Dr. Rossignol
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Butch Minds the Baby1942
As Brandy Smith
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Week-End at the Waldorf1945
As Stevens
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Arizona1940
As Lazarus Ward
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Stranger in Town1943
As Judge Austin Harkley
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bring on the Girls1945
As Dr. Efrington
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Half-Breed1952
As Kraemer
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Woman of the Town1943
As Mayor Dog Killey
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Wells Fargo1937
As James Oliver
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Vice Squad1953
As Jack Hartrampf
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Men with Wings1938
As Hiram F. Jenkins
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Trail of the Vigilantes1940
As Sheriff Korley
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Souls at Sea1937
As Court Prosecutor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police1939
As Man in Drummond's Dream
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Return to Treasure Island1954
As Maximillian 'Maxie' Harris
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Singapore1947
As Mr. Bellows
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Dangerous to Know1938
As Mayor Bradley
TMDb 6.6 / 10
True Confession1937
As Mr. Hartman
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Mr. and Mrs. North1942
As George Heyler
TMDb 4.4 / 10
Secrets of a Secretary1931
As Drunk
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Murder, He Says1945
As Mr. Johnson
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Case of the Lucky Legs1935
As Col. Bradbury
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Great Moment1944
As President Franklin Pierce
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Bulldog Drummond's Peril1938
As Dr. Botulian
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Parson of Panamint1941
As Jonathan Randall
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Prison Farm1938
As Chiston R. Bradby
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Let's Make a Million1936
As Spencer
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Kiss and Tell1945
As Bill Franklin
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Bulldog Drummond Escapes1937
As Norman Merridew
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Scandal Street1938
As James Wilson
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The Remarkable Andrew1942
As Chief Clerk Art Slocumb
TMDb 7.4 / 10
King of Alcatraz1938
As Matthew Talbot
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Chicken Every Sunday1949
As Sam Howell
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Tom Sawyer, Detective1938
As Uncle Silas Phelps
TMDb 5.6 / 10
King of Gamblers1937
As George Kramer
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Holiday for Sinners1952
As Louie
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Cheat1931
As Leslie (uncredited)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
And Sudden Death1936
As District Attorney
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Grand Jury Secrets1939
As Anthony Pelton
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Standing Room Only1944
As Hugo Farenhall
TMDb 5.7 / 10
This Way Please1937
As S.J. Crawford
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Snowed Under1936
As Arthur Layton
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Henry Goes Arizona1939
As Banker Edward G. Walsh (uncredited)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Arkansas Traveler1938
As Mayor Daniels
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Wild Money1937
As Bill Court
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Too Many Parents
Too Many Parents1936
As Mrs. Saunders
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb