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

1982
Dance of the Cookoos

as Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man

1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)

1955
Illegal

as Bellhop (uncredited)

1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)

1955
Cheyenne

as Kevin

1953
Topper

as Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)

1952
Limelight

as Newsboy (uncredited)

1952
1950
The Milkman

as Ed (uncredited)

1946
Abie's Irish Rose

as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)

1946
Sister Kenny

as Airport Attendant (uncredited)

1946
Dressed to Kill

as Cab Driver (uncredited)

1946
Without Reservations

as Window-Washer (uncredited)

1945
On Stage Everybody

as Painter (uncredited)

1944
In Society

as Mugg (uncredited)

1944
Girls! Girls! Girls!

as Apartment House Waiter

1944
Radio Rampage

as Jack - Radio Repairman

1944
The Lodger

as Comedian

1943
1943
So's Your Uncle

as Waiter

1943
Honeymoon Lodge

as Hotel Handyman

1943
The Ape Man

as Barney

1942
The Big Street

as Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)

1942
The Falcon Takes Over

as Louie (Uncredited)

1942
Framing Father

as Silver Slipper Waiter

1942
Man From Headquarters

as Newspaper Photographer

1941
Hellzapoppin'

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

1941
A Quiet Fourth

as Edgar's Neighbor

1941
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

as Nightclub Waiter

1941
Niagara Falls

as Bellhop (uncredited)

1941
Top Sergeant Mulligan

as Budd Doolittle

1941
I'll Fix It

as The Laundry Man

1941
Father Steps Out

as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon

1941
San Antonio Rose

as Waitress

1941
An Apple in His Eye

as Dan - Edgar's Neighbor

1940
One Night in the Tropics

as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)

1940
1940
A Trailer Tragedy

as Homeless Thief in Washroom

1940
Millionaires in Prison

as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)

1940
You Can't Fool Your Wife

as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy

1940
Saps at Sea

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1940
Curtain Call

as Second Waiter

1940
Primrose Path

as Man in Diner (uncredited)

1940
Vigil in the Night

as Courtroom Spectator

1940
1940
Mexican Spitfire

as Elevator Operator

1939
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Mercury (uncredited)

1939
Bachelor Mother

as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)

1939
Man About Town

as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)

1939
Five Came Back

as Airport Worker (uncredited)

1939
Captain Fury

as Gossiping Citizen

1938
Hey! Hey! USA

as Leary's pal

1937
Shall We Dance

as Bartender (uncredited)

1936
Our Relations

as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)

1936
1935
Hot Money

as Tenant (uncredited)

1935
Twin Triplets

as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

1935
Top Hat

as (uncredited)

1935
In Love at 40

as Man Getting Shave

1935
Bonnie Scotland

as Native Henchman (uncredited)

1935
Thicker Than Water

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1935
Sing Sister Sing

as Porter (uncredited)

1935
Treasure Blues

as Moving Man (uncredited)

1935
Tit for Tat

as Mr. Hall

1934
Babes in Toyland

as Townsman (uncredited)

1934
The Live Ghost

as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)

1934
Kentucky Kernels

as Cigarette Stand Owner

1934
Opened by Mistake

as Intern (uncredited)

1934
Mike Fright

as Elevator Operator

1934
Ocean Swells

as Sailor

1934
One-Horse Farmers

as Subway Passenger (uncredited)

1934
Them Thar Hills

as Mr. Hall

1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Coach Driver

1934
Another Wild Idea

as Man Pushed into Fountain

1934
Maid in Hollywood

as Cameraman (uncredited)

1934
Rough Necking

as Postman

1934
The Undie-World

as T.N.T. Room Busboy

1934
Soup and Fish

as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)

1934
Love on a Ladder

as Pool Hall Patron

1934
Hi'–Neighbor!

as Window Washer

1934
Babes in the Goods

as Spectator (uncredited)

1934
Bridal Bail

as Irate Movie Patron

1933
Sons of the Desert

as Waiter (uncredited)

1933
Air Fright

as Pilot (uncredited)

1933
Backs to Nature

as Hunter (uncredited)

1933
Keg o' My Heart

as Waiter (uncredited)

1933
Busy Bodies

as Shop Worker (uncredited)

1933
Rhapsody in Brew

as Waiter (uncredited)

1933
Beauty and the Bus

as Theatre Usher (uncredited)

1933
Morning Glory

as Actor (uncredited)

1933
The Midnight Patrol

as Tire thief's partner

1933
The Druggist's Dilemma

as Charlie Zeno

1933
One Track Minds

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1933
Diplomaniacs

as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)

1933
Me and My Pal

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

1933
Nature in the Wrong

as Organ Grinder

1933
King Kong

as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)

1933
Maids a la Mode

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1933
Twice Two

as Delivery Boy

1932
Cynara

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1932
Mr. Bride

as Tipsy Ship Passenger

1932
Sneak Easily

as Page

1932
The Soilers

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1932
Pack Up Your Troubles

as Janitor (uncredited)

1932
Show Business

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1932
A Slip at the Switch

as Second Tramp

1932
Million Dollar Legs

as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)

1932
Wild Babies!

as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)

1932
Too Many Women

as Man on Street (uncredited)

1932
Strictly Unreliable

as The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)

1932
The Music Box

as Postman (uncredited)

1932
Any Old Port!

as Stan's Second

1932
Love Pains

as Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)

1932
Sealskins

as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)

1931
On the Loose

as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)

1931
The Kick-Off!

as Man on the Street (uncredited)

1931
War Mamas

as Doughboy (uncredited)

1931
Mama Loves Papa

as Milkman (uncredited)

1931
The Pajama Party

as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)

1931
Come Clean

as Ice Cream Attendant

1931
The Panic Is On

as Man on the Street (uncredited)

1931
Sweepstakes

as Little Cook

1931
Let's Do Things

as Waiter (uncredited)

1931
One of the Smiths

as Dancer (uncredited)

1931
Haunted at Midnight

as Man on Train

1931
Playing at Politics

as Elevator Operator

1931
The Skulls

as The Landlord

1931
Laughing Gravy

as Landlord (uncredited)

1931
The Pip from Pittsburg

as Kay's Dancing Partner

1931
Be Big!

as Bellboy

1931
The Chiselers

as Bellboy / Landlord

1930
Night of Goblins

as Passenger

1930
Dollar Dizzy

as Bellhop

1930
Let's Go Native

as Mover (uncredited)

1930
1930
Bear Shooters

as Charlie

1930
Shivering and Shaking

as Street Cleaner (uncredited)

1930
The Night Life

as Cabdriver (uncredited)

1930
Blotto

as Cabdriver

1930
The Fighting Parson

as The Waiter (uncredited)

1930
The Real McCoy

as Mountain Man (uncredited)

1929
Angora Love

as Neighbor

1929
Skirt Shy

as Postman (uncredited)

1929
The Hoose-Gow

as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)

1929
Bacon Grabbers

as Truck driver

1929
They Go Boom!

as Landlord

1929
Boxing Gloves

as Sidewalk diner attendant

1929
Snappy Sneezer

as Streetcar passenger (uncredited)

1929
Men O'War

as Boater (uncredited)

1929
Leaping Love

as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

1929
Little Mother

as Taxi driver

1929
Berth Marks

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

1929
Double Whoopee

as Cabdriver

1929
Movie Night

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1929
That's My Wife

as Waiter (uncredited)

1929
Wrong Again

as Neighbor

1929
A Pair of Tights

as Man in fender bender

1928
Two Tars

as Shopkeeper

1928
Captain Swagger

as Messenger

1928
Should Married Men Go Home?

as Soda Jerk (uncredited)

1928
1928
Came the Dawn

as Little Moving Man (uncredited)

1928
Leave 'Em Laughing

as The Landlord

1927
The Battle of the Century

as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)

1927
Call of the Cuckoo

as Asylum Inmate

1927
The Second Hundred Years

as Convict (uncredited)

1927
Sugar Daddies

as Hotel extra

1927
College

as Coxswain (uncredited)

1927
With Love and Hisses

as Soldier (uncredited)

1927
Fluttering Hearts

as Man under car

1927
Love 'Em and Weep

as Tillsbury's Butler

1927
Eve's Love Letters

as Cab driver (uncredited)

1927
Duck Soup

as Moving man (uncredited)

1927
Seeing the World

as English chauffeur

1926
Bromo and Juliet

as Stagehand (uncredited)

1926
Thundering Fleas

as Musician

1926
Mighty Like a Moose

as Shoe Shine Man

1925
Unfriendly Enemies

as First Soldier Over the Top

1925
Isn't Life Terrible?

as Steward Who Drops Plates

1924
A Ten-Minute Egg

as First Bellhop (uncredited)

1924
Near Dublin

as Villager

1924
Postage Due

as Customer

1924
The Cowboy Sheik

as Party guest

1924
Smithy

as Worker

1922
Do Me a Favor

as A Fireman

Writer

1933
Twice Two

as Writer

1933
Busy Bodies

as Writer

1931
Come Clean

as Writer

1930
Hog Wild

as Story