Cast
Charlie Hall
Acting
Cast
Charlie Hall
Known for
Acting
Born
1899-08-18
From
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died
1959-12-07
Also known as Charles Hall , Charley Hall , Charles Hill
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.
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Mercury (uncredited)
Top Hat
as (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
College
as Coxswain (uncredited)
Illegal
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Captain Fury
as Gossiping Citizen
The Falcon Takes Over
as Louie (Uncredited)
Captain Swagger
as Messenger
Sister Kenny
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Without Reservations
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
Limelight
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Primrose Path
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
Blotto
as Cabdriver
Hellzapoppin'
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
Bacon Grabbers
as Truck Driver
Boxing Gloves
as Sidewalk diner attendant
The Lodger
as Comedian
In Society
as Mugg (uncredited)
Busy Bodies
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
The Big Street
as Waiter in New York (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
as Waiter (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
as Townsman (uncredited)
Leaping Love
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Thundering Fleas
as Musician
Honeymoon Lodge
as Hotel Handyman
Be Big!
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
as Bartender (uncredited)
Five Came Back
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
Show Business
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Hey! Hey! USA
as Leary's pal
Ocean Swells
as Sailor
Mama Loves Papa
as Milkman (uncredited)
Laughing Gravy
as Landlord (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
as Tire thief's partner
The Soilers
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Our Relations
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
as Intern (uncredited)
The Music Box
as Postman (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Them Thar Hills
as Mr. Hall
Only Saps Work
as Waiter (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
as Reporter (uncredited)
Fluttering Hearts
as Man under car
Curtain Call
as Second Waiter
They Go Boom!
as Landlord
A Chump at Oxford
as Student
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Janitor (uncredited)
Saps at Sea
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Postage Due
as Customer
One Night in the Tropics
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
The Skulls
as The Landlord
Duck Soup
as Moving man (uncredited)
Double Whoopee
as Cabdriver
Abie's Irish Rose
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
Come Clean
as Ice Cream Attendant
Morning Glory
as Actor (uncredited)
The Battle of the Century
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Below Zero
Man About Town
as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
Sugar Daddies
as Hotel extra
Big Business
as Neighbor (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Piano
Sneak Easily
as Page
Men O' War
as Boater (uncredited)
The Hoose-Gow
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
Wrong Again
as Neighbor
Niagara Falls
as Bellhop (uncredited)
With Love and Hisses
as Soldier (uncredited)
Men of the North
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Let's Do Things
as Waiter (uncredited)
Cynara
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Any Old Port!
as Stan's Second (uncredited)
Thicker Than Water
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Tit for Tat
as Mr. Hall
Movie Night
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Elevator Boy
The Milkman
as Ed (uncredited)
Vigil in the Night
as Courtroom Spectator
Mexican Spitfire
as Elevator Operator
Hi, Beautiful
as Milkman (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
as Waiter
On Stage Everybody
as Painter (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
Two Tars
as Shopkeeper
Wild Babies!
as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
Father Steps Out
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
The Ape Man
as Barney
Let's Go Native
as Mover (uncredited)
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Bear Shooters
as Charlie
Love 'Em and Weep
as Tillsbury's Butler
Seeing the World
as English chauffeur
One of the Smiths
as Dancer (uncredited)
Twice Two
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Rough Necking
as Postman
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Bromo and Juliet
as Stagehand (uncredited)
His Butler's Sister
as Porter
The Live Ghost
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
Sweepstakes
as Little Cook
Millionaires in Prison
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
Radio Rampage
as Jack - Radio Repairman
Came the Dawn
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
Forgotten Sweeties
War Mamas
as Doughboy (uncredited)
Bridal Bail
as Irate Movie Patron
Little Mother
as Taxi driver
Berth Marks
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Dollar Dizzy
as Bellhop
The Second 100 Years
as Convict
The Second 100 Years
as Convict (uncredited)
Isn't Life Terrible?
as Steward Who Drops Plates
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
Eve's Love Letters
as Cab driver (uncredited)
Shivering and Shaking
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Coach Driver
Police Bullets
as Rabbit
Nature in the Wrong
as Organ Grinder
Unfriendly Enemies
as First Soldier Over the Top
Framing Father
as Silver Slipper Waiter
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
That's My Wife
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Fighting Parson
as The Waiter (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
On the Loose
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Sealskins
as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as The Landlord
Mr. Bride
as Tipsy Ship Passenger
Soup and Fish
as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Maids a la Mode
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mighty Like a Moose
as Shoe Shine Man
Love Pains
as Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
A Pair of Tights
as Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
Playing at Politics
as Elevator Operator
Top Sergeant Mulligan
as Budd Doolittle
Man From Headquarters
as Newspaper Photographer
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Nightclub Waiter
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Busboy
Smithy
as Worker
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Kay's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
Snappy Sneezer
as Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
Another Wild Idea
as Man Pushed into Fountain
Skirt Shy
as Postman (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
The Chiselers
as Bellboy / Landlord
Beauty and the Bus
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
Keg o' My Heart
as Waiter (uncredited)
Love on a Ladder
as Pool Hall Patron
The Panic Is On
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
You're Darn Tootin'
as Musician
Hi'–Neighbor!
as Window Washer
Angora Love
as Neighbor
Madame Sans Jane
as Steward
Hot Money
as Tenant (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
as The Laundry Man
San Antonio Rose
as Waitress
Night of Goblins
as Passenger
Zeb vs. Paprika
A Ten-Minute Egg
as First Bellhop (uncredited)
The Cowboy Sheik
as Party guest
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Near Dublin
as Villager
Dance of the Cookoos
as Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
In Love at 40
as Man Getting Shave
Air Fright
as Pilot (uncredited)
The Kick-Off!
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
Strictly Unreliable
as The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
The Druggist's Dilemma
as Charlie Zeno
Babes in the Goods
as Spectator (uncredited)
The Night Life
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
Next Week-End
Must We Marry?
Treasure Blues
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Do Me a Favor
as A Fireman
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Apartment House Waiter
Mike Fright
as Elevator Operator
Los cazadores de osos
as Bootlegger
Are Brunettes Safe?
as Villager at Train Station (uncredited)
The Real McCoy
as Mountain Man (uncredited)
What Fur
Sing Sister Sing
as Porter (uncredited)
The Pajama Party
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
A Trailer Tragedy
as Homeless Thief in Washroom
Backs to Nature
as Hunter (uncredited)
Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Servant
Hold Your Temper
A Quiet Fourth
as Edgar's Neighbor
Twin Triplets
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Too Many Women
as Man on Street (uncredited)
One Track Minds
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Mother's Joy
Fifty Million Husbands
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Haunted at Midnight
as Man on Train
An Apple in His Eye
as Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
Crooks Can't Win
as 'Bull' Savage
Rhapsody in Brew
as Waiter (uncredited)
A Slip at the Switch
as Second Tramp