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Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

Born on August 18th, 1899

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK

Died on December 7th, 1959

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Hall (19 August 1899 – 7 December 1959) was an English film actor. He is best known as the "Little Nemesis" of Laurel and Hardy and appeared in nearly 50 films with them, so that Hall was the most frequent supporting actor of their films. Hall was born in Ward End, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager, he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens, he visited his sister in New York and stayed there, finding employment as a stagehand. While working behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roach's comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe. As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many of their memorable tit-for-tat sequences. Unlike the usual villains in Laurel and Hardy films, who were big and burly, Charlie Hall (billed as "Charley" Hall in the Roach comedies) was of short stature, standing 5 ft 5 in tall. His height and slight English accent allowed him to be convincingly cast as a college student, despite being 40 years old, in Laurel and Hardy's A Chump at Oxford. Hall almost never played starring roles; the exception was in 1941, when he was teamed with character comedian Frank Faylen by Monogram Pictures. Hall continued to play bits and supporting roles in short subjects and features through the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally on TV, appearing very briefly in Charlie Chaplin's final American film, Limelight (1952). In 1956 he played a small but important part in the TV show Cheyenne, season 1, episode 11, "Quicksand", starring Clint Walker, with Dennis Hopper, John Alderson, Wright King and Peggy Webber. His last role was in a Joe McDoakes short film starring George O'Hanlon, So You Want to Play the Piano, in 1956. Hall died in North Hollywood, California, on 7 December 1959. A J D Wetherspoon's public house in Erdington, is named The Charlie Hall as a tribute to him.

Filmography

Dance of the Cookoos

1982

Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967

Character TBA

So You Want to Play the Piano

1956

Character TBA

Illegal

1955

Bellhop (uncredited)

Limelight

1952

Newsboy (uncredited)

The Milkman

1950

Ed (uncredited)

Abie's Irish Rose

1946

Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)

Sister Kenny

1946

Airport Attendant (uncredited)

Dressed to Kill

1946

Cab Driver (uncredited)

Without Reservations

1946

Window-Washer (uncredited)

On Stage Everybody

1945

Painter (uncredited)

In Society

1944

Mugg (uncredited)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1944

Apartment House Waiter

Radio Rampage

1944

Jack - Radio Repairman

The Lodger

1944

Comedian

His Butler's Sister

1943

Porter

So's Your Uncle

1943

Waiter

Honeymoon Lodge

1943

Hotel Handyman

The Ape Man

1943

Barney

The Big Street

1942

Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)

The Falcon Takes Over

1942

Louie (Uncredited)

Framing Father

1942

Silver Slipper Waiter

Man From Headquarters

1942

Newspaper Photographer

Hellzapoppin'

1941

Taxi Driver (uncredited)

A Quiet Fourth

1941

Edgar's Neighbor

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941

Nightclub Waiter

Niagara Falls

1941

Bellhop (uncredited)

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

Budd Doolittle

I'll Fix It

1941

The Laundry Man

Father Steps Out

1941

Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon

San Antonio Rose

1941

Waitress

An Apple in His Eye

1941

Dan - Edgar's Neighbor

One Night in the Tropics

1940

Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

Elevator Boy

A Trailer Tragedy

1940

Homeless Thief in Washroom

Millionaires in Prison

1940

Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy

Saps at Sea

1940

Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Curtain Call

1940

Second Waiter

Primrose Path

1940

Man in Diner (uncredited)

Vigil in the Night

1940

Courtroom Spectator

A Chump at Oxford

1940

Student

Mexican Spitfire

1940

Elevator Operator

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

Mercury (uncredited)

Bachelor Mother

1939

Dance Hall Official (uncredited)

Man About Town

1939

Bob's Assistant (uncredited)

Five Came Back

1939

Airport Worker (uncredited)

Captain Fury

1939

Gossiping Citizen

Hey! Hey! USA

1938

Leary's pal

Shall We Dance

1937

Bartender (uncredited)

Our Relations

1936

Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)

An All American Toothache

1936

(uncredited)

Hot Money

1935

Tenant (uncredited)

Twin Triplets

1935

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Top Hat

1935

(uncredited)

In Love at 40

1935

Man Getting Shave

Bonnie Scotland

1935

Native Henchman (uncredited)

Thicker Than Water

1935

Bank Teller (uncredited)

Sing Sister Sing

1935

Porter (uncredited)

Treasure Blues

1935

Moving Man (uncredited)

Tit for Tat

1935

Mr. Hall

Babes in Toyland

1934

Townsman

The Live Ghost

1934

Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)

Kentucky Kernels

1934

Cigarette Stand Owner

Opened by Mistake

1934

Intern (uncredited)

Mike Fright

1934

Elevator Operator

Ocean Swells

1934

Sailor

One-Horse Farmers

1934

Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Them Thar Hills

1934

Mr. Hall

Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934

Coach Driver

Another Wild Idea

1934

Man Pushed into Fountain

Maid in Hollywood

1934

Cameraman (uncredited)

Rough Necking

1934

Postman

The Undie-World

1934

T.N.T. Room Busboy

Soup and Fish

1934

Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)

Love on a Ladder

1934

Pool Hall Patron

Hi'–Neighbor!

1934

Window Washer

Babes in the Goods

1934

Spectator (uncredited)

Bridal Bail

1934

Irate Movie Patron

Sons of the Desert

1933

Waiter (uncredited)

Air Fright

1933

Pilot (uncredited)

Hold Your Temper

1933

Character TBA

Backs to Nature

1933

Hunter (uncredited)

Keg o' My Heart

1933

Waiter (uncredited)

What Fur

1933

Character TBA

Busy Bodies

1933

Shop Worker (uncredited)

Rhapsody in Brew

1933

Waiter (uncredited)

Beauty and the Bus

1933

Theatre Usher (uncredited)

Morning Glory

1933

Actor (uncredited)

The Midnight Patrol

1933

Tire thief's partner

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933

Charlie Zeno

One Track Minds

1933

Train Passenger

Diplomaniacs

1933

Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)

Me and My Pal

1933

Delivery Boy (uncredited)

Nature in the Wrong

1933

Organ Grinder

King Kong

1933

Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

Maids a la Mode

1933

Party Guest (uncredited)

Twice Two

1933

Delivery Boy

Cynara

1932

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Mr. Bride

1932

Tipsy Ship Passenger

Sneak Easily

1932

Page

The Soilers

1932

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

Janitor (uncredited)

Show Business

1932

Train Passenger (uncredited)

A Slip at the Switch

1932

Second Tramp

Million Dollar Legs

1932

Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)

What Price Hollywood?

1932

Reporter (uncredited)

Wild Babies!

1932

Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)

Too Many Women

1932

Man on Street (uncredited)

Strictly Unreliable

1932

The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)

Just a Pain in the Parlor

1932

Servant

The Music Box

1932

Postman (uncredited)

Any Old Port!

1932

Stan's Second

Love Pains

1932

Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)

Sealskins

1932

Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)

On the Loose

1931

Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)

The Kick-Off!

1931

Man on the Street (uncredited)

War Mamas

1931

Doughboy (uncredited)

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

1931

Character TBA

Mama Loves Papa

1931

Milkman (uncredited)

The Pajama Party

1931

Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)

Come Clean

1931

Ice Cream Attendant

The Panic Is On

1931

Man on the Street (uncredited)

Sweepstakes

1931

Little Cook

Let's Do Things

1931

Waiter (uncredited)

One of the Smiths

1931

Dancer (uncredited)

Haunted at Midnight

1931

Man on Train

Playing at Politics

1931

Elevator Operator

The Skulls

1931

The Landlord

Laughing Gravy

1931

Landlord (uncredited)

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931

Kay's Dancing Partner

Be Big!

1931

Bellboy

The Chiselers

1931

Bellboy / Landlord

Only Saps Work

1930

Waiter (uncredited)

Night of Goblins

1930

Passenger

Dollar Dizzy

1930

Bellhop

Men of the North

1930

Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)

Let's Go Native

1930

Mover (uncredited)

Fifty Million Husbands

1930

Neighbor

Bear Shooters

1930

Charlie

Shivering and Shaking

1930

Street Cleaner (uncredited)

Below Zero

1930

Character TBA

The Night Life

1930

Cabdriver (uncredited)

Blotto

1930

Cabdriver

The Fighting Parson

1930

The Waiter (uncredited)

The Real McCoy

1930

Mountain Man (uncredited)

Angora Love

1929

Neighbor

Skirt Shy

1929

Postman (uncredited)

The Hoose-Gow

1929

Treetop Lookout (uncredited)

Bacon Grabbers

1929

Truck driver

They Go Boom!

1929

Landlord

Boxing Gloves

1929

Sidewalk diner attendant

Snappy Sneezer

1929

Streetcar passenger (uncredited)

Men O' War

1929

Boater (uncredited)

Leaping Love

1929

Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Little Mother

1929

Taxi driver

Berth Marks

1929

Train Passenger (uncredited)

Double Whoopee

1929

Cabdriver

Movie Night

1929

Audience Member (uncredited)

That's My Wife

1929

Waiter (uncredited)

Wrong Again

1929

Neighbor

A Pair of Tights

1929

Man in fender bender

Two Tars

1928

Shopkeeper

Captain Swagger

1928

Messenger

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

Soda Jerk (uncredited)

You're Darn Tootin'

1928

Musician

Came the Dawn

1928

Little Moving Man (uncredited)

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928

The Landlord

The Battle of the Century

1927

Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Asylum Inmate

The Second 100 Years

1927

Convict

The Second 100 Years

1927

Convict (uncredited)

Sugar Daddies

1927

Hotel extra

College

1927

Coxswain (uncredited)

With Love and Hisses

1927

Soldier (uncredited)

Fluttering Hearts

1927

Man under car

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

Tillsbury's Butler

Eve's Love Letters

1927

Cab driver (uncredited)

Forgotten Sweeties

1927

Character TBA

Duck Soup

1927

Moving man (uncredited)

Seeing the World

1927

English chauffeur

Bromo and Juliet

1926

Stagehand (uncredited)

Thundering Fleas

1926

Musician

Mighty Like a Moose

1926

Shoe Shine Man

Unfriendly Enemies

1925

First Soldier Over the Top

Madame Sans Jane

1925

Character TBA

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

Steward Who Drops Plates

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924

First Bellhop (uncredited)

Near Dublin

1924

Villager

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Character TBA

Postage Due

1924

Customer

The Cowboy Sheik

1924

Party guest

Smithy

1924

Worker

Mother's Joy

1923

Character TBA

Do Me a Favor

1922

A Fireman

The Janitor

1921

Character TBA