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)
The Chiselers
1931
as Bellboy / Landlord
Bacon Grabbers
1929
as Truck Driver
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
as Coach Driver
Fluttering Hearts
1927
as Man under car
Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
Laughing Gravy
1931
as Landlord (uncredited)
Playing at Politics
1931
as Elevator Operator
Two Tars
1928
as Shopkeeper
Limelight
1952
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Backs to Nature
1933
as Hunter (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
Unfriendly Enemies
1925
as First Soldier Over the Top
Captain Swagger
1928
as Messenger
Double Whoopee
1929
as Cabdriver
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
What Fur
1933
Police Bullets
1942
as Rabbit
Sugar Daddies
1927
as Hotel extra
The Skulls
1931
as The Landlord
Do Me a Favor
1922
as A Fireman
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
Angora Love
1929
as Neighbor
Movie Night
1929
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Sweepstakes
1931
as Little Cook
Top Hat
1935
as (uncredited)
Tit for Tat
1935
as Mr. Hall
Them Thar Hills
1934
as Mr. Hall
Radio Rampage
1944
as Jack - Radio Repairman
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
The Janitor
1921
Illegal
1955
as Bellhop (uncredited)
The Hoose-Gow
1929
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Eve's Love Letters
1927
as Cab driver (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Mama Loves Papa
1931
as Milkman (uncredited)
College
1927
as Coxswain (uncredited)
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
Skirt Shy
1929
as Postman (uncredited)
The Big Street
1942
as Waiter in New York (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
1937
as Bartender (uncredited)
Primrose Path
1940
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
In Society
1944
as Mugg (uncredited)
Madame Sans Jane
1925
as Steward
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
The Music Box
1932
as Postman (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Tire thief's partner
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
as Musician
The Lodger
1944
as Comedian
The Battle of the Century
1927
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Five Came Back
1939
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
Crooks Can't Win
1928
as 'Bull' Savage
Shivering and Shaking
1930
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Piano
1956
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Second Tramp
Thicker Than Water
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet
1926
as Stagehand (uncredited)
The Live Ghost
1934
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Intern (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Janitor (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Reporter (uncredited)
Next Week-End
1934
The Fighting Parson
1930
as The Waiter (uncredited)
Came the Dawn
1928
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
They Go Boom!
1929
as Landlord
Saps at Sea
1940
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Must We Marry?
1928
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Louie (Uncredited)
One of the Smiths
1931
as Dancer (uncredited)
Our Relations
1936
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
Keg o' My Heart
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Waiter
The Milkman
1950
as Ed (uncredited)
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Porter
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
as Steward Who Drops Plates
Duck Soup
1927
as Moving man (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
The Pajama Party
1931
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
Twice Two
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Blotto
1930
as Cabdriver
The Second 100 Years
1927
as Convict / Convict (uncredited)
Men O' War
1929
as Boater (uncredited)
Berth Marks
1929
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Come Clean
1931
as Ice Cream Attendant
Love on a Ladder
1934
as Pool Hall Patron
Father Steps Out
1941
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
San Antonio Rose
1941
as Waitress
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Leary's pal
With Love and Hisses
1927
as Soldier (uncredited)
Wrong Again
1929
as Neighbor
The Night Life
1930
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
I'll Fix It
1941
as The Laundry Man
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Painter (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
On the Loose
1931
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Busy Bodies
1933
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Elevator Operator
Big Business
1929
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Captain Fury
1939
as Gossiping Citizen
Boxing Gloves
1929
as Sidewalk diner attendant
Below Zero
1930
That's My Wife
1929
as Waiter (uncredited)
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Any Old Port!
1932
as Stan's Second (uncredited)
Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
as The Landlord
Thundering Fleas
1926
as Musician
Hold Your Temper
1933
Man From Headquarters
1942
as Newspaper Photographer
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
as Tillsbury's Butler
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)
- The Chiselers (1931) — as Bellboy / Landlord
- Bacon Grabbers (1929) — as Truck Driver
- Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934) — as Coach Driver
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