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)
Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Mercury (uncredited)
Bacon Grabbers
1929
as Truck Driver
The Chiselers
1931
as Bellboy / Landlord
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
as Coach Driver
Two Tars
1928
as Shopkeeper
Playing at Politics
1931
as Elevator Operator
Captain Swagger
1928
as Messenger
Do Me a Favor
1922
as A Fireman
What Fur
1933
Laughing Gravy
1931
as Landlord (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
1933
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
Double Whoopee
1929
as Cabdriver
Sweepstakes
1931
as Little Cook
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
Limelight
1952
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Them Thar Hills
1934
as Mr. Hall
Fluttering Hearts
1927
as Man under car
Police Bullets
1942
as Rabbit
Unfriendly Enemies
1925
as First Soldier Over the Top
Movie Night
1929
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Radio Rampage
1944
as Jack - Radio Repairman
Angora Love
1929
as Neighbor
The Skulls
1931
as The Landlord
Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
The Janitor
1921
Top Hat
1935
as (uncredited)
Sugar Daddies
1927
as Hotel extra
Mama Loves Papa
1931
as Milkman (uncredited)
Sister Kenny
1946
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Eve's Love Letters
1927
as Cab driver (uncredited)
Thicker Than Water
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Tit for Tat
1935
as Mr. Hall
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Illegal
1955
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Shivering and Shaking
1930
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Intern (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Janitor (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Piano
1956
The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Tire thief's partner
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Second Tramp
Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
as Steward Who Drops Plates
The Big Street
1942
as Waiter in New York (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
1940
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
1937
as Bartender (uncredited)
You're Darn Tootin'
1928
as Musician
The Hoose-Gow
1929
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
The Music Box
1932
as Postman (uncredited)
Skirt Shy
1929
as Postman (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
Love on a Ladder
1934
as Pool Hall Patron
Five Came Back
1939
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
The Live Ghost
1934
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
So's Your Uncle
1943
as Waiter
The Fighting Parson
1930
as The Waiter (uncredited)
Morning Glory
1933
as Actor (uncredited)
The Battle of the Century
1927
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Came the Dawn
1928
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
Without Reservations
1946
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
They Go Boom!
1929
as Landlord
Madame Sans Jane
1925
as Steward
Primrose Path
1940
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
1932
as Reporter (uncredited)
Next Week-End
1934
The Panic Is On
1931
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
Our Relations
1936
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
College
1927
as Coxswain (uncredited)
Crooks Can't Win
1928
as 'Bull' Savage
Busy Bodies
1933
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
The Lodger
1944
as Comedian
I'll Fix It
1941
as The Laundry Man
The Pajama Party
1931
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
With Love and Hisses
1927
as Soldier (uncredited)
Vigil in the Night
1940
as Courtroom Spectator
Captain Fury
1939
as Gossiping Citizen
Hold Your Temper
1933
Come Clean
1931
as Ice Cream Attendant
Keg o' My Heart
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
1942
as Louie (Uncredited)
Saps at Sea
1940
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Blotto
1930
as Cabdriver
Berth Marks
1929
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Father Steps Out
1941
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
The Milkman
1950
as Ed (uncredited)
The Second 100 Years
1927
as Convict / Convict (uncredited)
Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Ocean Swells
1934
as Sailor
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
San Antonio Rose
1941
as Waitress
On the Loose
1931
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
1939
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
Man From Headquarters
1942
as Newspaper Photographer
Twice Two
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Leary's pal
Must We Marry?
1928
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Porter
Duck Soup
1927
as Moving man (uncredited)
That's My Wife
1929
as Waiter (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Men of the North
1930
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Men O' War
1929
as Boater (uncredited)
Below Zero
1930
Love 'Em and Weep
1927
as Tillsbury's Butler
The Cowboy Sheik
1924
as Party guest
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Student
Soup and Fish
1934
as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
Any Old Port!
1932
as Stan's Second (uncredited)
Big Business
1929
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Honeymoon Lodge
1943
as Hotel Handyman
Another Wild Idea
1934
as Man Pushed into Fountain
Only Saps Work
1930
as Waiter (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
1945
as Painter (uncredited)
Mighty Like a Moose
1926
as Shoe Shine Man
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)
- Bonnie Scotland (1935) — as Native Henchman (uncredited)
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) — as Mercury (uncredited)
- Bacon Grabbers (1929) — as Truck Driver
- The Chiselers (1931) — as Bellboy / Landlord
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