Charlie Hall
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1899-08-18
Deathday 1959-12-07 (60 years old)
Place of Birth Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Also Known As Charles Hall , Charley Hall , Charles Hill
Charlie Hall
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.
Known For
Actor
as Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Bellhop (uncredited)
as Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
as Kevin
as Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Jake - Roofer
as Ed (uncredited)
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
as Painter (uncredited)
as Mugg (uncredited)
as Apartment House Waiter
as Jack - Radio Repairman
as Comedian
as Porter
as Waiter
as Hotel Handyman
as Barney
as Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)
as Louie (Uncredited)
as Silver Slipper Waiter
as Newspaper Photographer
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
as Edgar's Neighbor
as Nightclub Waiter
as Bellhop (uncredited)
as Budd Doolittle
as The Laundry Man
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
as Waitress
as Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
as Elevator Boy
as Homeless Thief in Washroom
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
as Second Waiter
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator
as Student
as Elevator Operator
as Mercury (uncredited)
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
as Gossiping Citizen
as Leary's pal
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Tenant (uncredited)
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Man Getting Shave
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
as Porter (uncredited)
as Moving Man (uncredited)
as Mr. Hall
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)
as Cigarette Stand Owner
as Intern (uncredited)
as Elevator Operator
as Sailor
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
as Mr. Hall
as Coach Driver
as Man Pushed into Fountain
as Cameraman (uncredited)
as Postman
as T.N.T. Room Busboy
as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
as Pool Hall Patron
as Window Washer
as Spectator (uncredited)
as Irate Movie Patron
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Pilot (uncredited)
as Hunter (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
as Actor (uncredited)
as Tire thief's partner
as Charlie Zeno
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
as Organ Grinder
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Delivery Boy
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Tipsy Ship Passenger
as Page
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
as Janitor (uncredited)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Second Tramp
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
as Reporter (uncredited)
as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
as Man on Street (uncredited)
as The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
as Servant
as Postman (uncredited)
as Stan's Second
as Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
as Doughboy (uncredited)
as Milkman (uncredited)
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
as Ice Cream Attendant
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
as Little Cook
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Dancer (uncredited)
as Man on Train
as Elevator Operator
as The Landlord
as Landlord (uncredited)
as Kay's Dancing Partner
as Bellboy
as Bellboy / Landlord
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Passenger
as Bellhop
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
as Mover (uncredited)
as Neighbor
as Charlie
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
as Cabdriver
as The Waiter (uncredited)
as Mountain Man (uncredited)
as Neighbor
as Postman (uncredited)
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
as Truck driver
as Landlord
as Sidewalk diner attendant
as Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
as Boater (uncredited)
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
as Taxi driver
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
as Cabdriver
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Waiter (uncredited)
as Neighbor
as Man in fender bender
as Shopkeeper
as Messenger
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
as Musician
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
as The Landlord
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
as Asylum Inmate
as Convict
as Convict (uncredited)
as Hotel extra
as Coxswain (uncredited)
as Soldier (uncredited)
as Man under car
as Tillsbury's Butler
as Cab driver (uncredited)
as Moving man (uncredited)
as English chauffeur
as Stagehand (uncredited)
as Musician
as Shoe Shine Man
as First Soldier Over the Top
as Steward Who Drops Plates
as First Bellhop (uncredited)
as Villager
as Customer
as Party guest
as Worker
as A Fireman