Charlie Hall
Known for Acting · 210 credits
- Born
- 1899-08-18
- Died
- 1959-12-07
- Place of birth
- Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- 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).
Known For
TV Shows (5)
Movies (205)
King Kong
1933
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Mercury (uncredited)
Top Hat
1935
as (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
Limelight
1952
as Newsboy (uncredited)
College
1927
as Coxswain (uncredited)
Captain Fury
1939
as Gossiping Citizen
Illegal
1955
as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Louie (Uncredited)
Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
Bacon Grabbers
1929
as Truck Driver
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
1928
as Messenger
The Big Street
1942
as Waiter in New York (uncredited)
In Society
1944
as Mugg (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Boxing Gloves
1929
as Sidewalk diner attendant
The Lodger
1944
as Comedian
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Primrose Path
1940
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
Busy Bodies
1933
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
Blotto
1930
as Cabdriver
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
Be Big!
1931
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
1937
as Bartender (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
as Hotel Handyman
Five Came Back
1939
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
Show Business
1932
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Thundering Fleas
1926
as Musician
Leaping Love
1929
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Our Relations
1936
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Music Box
1932
as Postman (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
1930
as Waiter (uncredited)
Saps at Sea
1940
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Tire thief's partner
Them Thar Hills
1934
as Mr. Hall
Ocean Swells
1934
as Sailor
Fluttering Hearts
1927
as Man under car
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Janitor (uncredited)
Double Whoopee
1929
as Cabdriver
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Leary's pal
Curtain Call
1940
as Second Waiter
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
Sugar Daddies
1927
as Hotel extra
Come Clean
1931
as Ice Cream Attendant
Duck Soup
1927
as Moving man (uncredited)
They Go Boom!
1929
as Landlord
Below Zero
1930
The Milkman
1950
as Ed (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Elevator Boy
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
Mama Loves Papa
1931
as Milkman (uncredited)
Cynara
1932
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Big Business
1929
as Neighbor (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Student
Man About Town
1939
as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
Any Old Port!
1932
as Stan's Second (uncredited)
Movie Night
1929
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Two Tars
1928
as Shopkeeper
Wrong Again
1929
as Neighbor
The Skulls
1931
as The Landlord
With Love and Hisses
1927
as Soldier (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Intern (uncredited)
Men O' War
1929
as Boater (uncredited)
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
as Tillsbury's Butler
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Elevator Operator
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Waiter
Niagara Falls
1941
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Laughing Gravy
1931
as Landlord (uncredited)
That's My Wife
1929
as Waiter (uncredited)
Seeing the World
1927
as English chauffeur
The Soilers
1932
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Painter (uncredited)
Let's Do Things
1931
as Waiter (uncredited)
Men of the North
1930
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Tit for Tat
1935
as Mr. Hall
Hi, Beautiful
1944
as Milkman (uncredited)
Postage Due
1924
as Customer
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
Twice Two
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Piano
1956
Vigil in the Night
1940
as Courtroom Spectator
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
The Battle of the Century
1927
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
as Shoe Shine Man
Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
Radio Rampage
1944
as Jack - Radio Repairman
The Ape Man
1943
as Barney
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
as Coach Driver
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
Father Steps Out
1941
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Porter
The Second 100 Years
1927
as Convict / Convict (uncredited)
Rough Necking
1934
as Postman
Let's Go Native
1930
as Mover (uncredited)
Mr. Bride
1932
as Tipsy Ship Passenger
Bridal Bail
1934
as Irate Movie Patron
Bear Shooters
1930
as Charlie
Sneak Easily
1932
as Page
Sealskins
1932
as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
The Hoose-Gow
1929
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
Dollar Dizzy
1930
as Bellhop
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
Wild Babies!
1932
as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
Framing Father
1942
as Silver Slipper Waiter
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
Little Mother
1929
as Taxi driver
Berth Marks
1929
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
as Steward Who Drops Plates
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Organ Grinder
Thicker Than Water
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
About Charlie Hall
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… With 210 credits spanning from 1921 to 2024, Charlie Hall has appeared in 205 films and 5 TV shows.
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- King Kong (1933) — as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Mercury (uncredited)
- Top Hat (1935) — as (uncredited)
- Bachelor Mother (1939) — as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
- Limelight (1952) — as Newsboy (uncredited)
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