Thurston Hall
Known for Acting · 234 credits
- Born
- 1882-05-08
- Died
- 1958-02-20
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Ernest Thurston Hall
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in 250 films between 1915 and 1957 and is probably best remembered for his portrayal, during the later stages of his career, of often pompous or blustering authority figures.
Hall's best-known television role was as Mr. Schuyler, the boss of Cosmo Topper (played by Leo G. Carroll), in the 1950s television series, Topper (1953–1956).
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Known For
TV Shows (12)
Lassie
1954
Maverick
1957
as Judge
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Judge
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Mr. Smith / J. Peter Stuyvesant
Racket Squad
1951
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Judge
Topper
1953
as Mr. Schuyler
Dangerous Assignment
1952
My Little Margie
1952
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
as Harrison Prentice
Movies (222)
Hello, Annapolis
1942
as Capt. Wendall
The Fountainhead
1949
as Businessman at Party (uncredited)
Wilson
1944
as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
Crash Dive
1943
as Senator from Texas
Without Reservations
1946
as Henry Baldwin
Cover Girl
1944
as Tony Pastor (uncredited)
Virginia City
1940
as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
Roaming Lady
1936
as E. J. Reid
Oh, Doctor
1937
as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
Texas Carnival
1951
as Mr. Gaytes
In Society
1944
as Mr. Van Cleve
The Blue Bird
1940
as Father Time
Dangerous Business
1946
as B.J. Calhoun
Dodge City
1939
as Twitchell (uncredited)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Bruce Pierce
Ex-Champ
1939
as Mr. Courtney
Going Places
1938
as Col. Withering
Remember the Day
1941
as Gov. Teller
The Band Wagon
1953
as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Mayor Henry Manville
Fast Company
1938
as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
Extortion
1938
as Prof. Tisdelle
The Great McGinty
1940
as Mr. Maxwell
Carson City
1952
as Charles Crocker
Here Comes Elmer
1943
as P. J. Ellis
The Black Room
1935
as Col. Paul Hassel
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Grant
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Wilbur Johnson
Follow the Boys
1944
as Man (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
1940
as Brice
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
as Thatcher Kinston
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Alderman Birch
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Major
Stagecoach Kid
1949
as Peter Arnold
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Senator
Atlantic Adventure
1935
as City Editor Rutherford
Washington Melodrama
1941
as Sen. Morton
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Dr. Blake
City for Conquest
1940
as Max Leonard
Friendly Neighbors
1940
as The Governor
The Bandit Queen
1950
as Governor
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Mr. Pound (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
1942
as Insp. Crane
Design for Scandal
1941
as Northcott
The Great Lie
1941
as Oscar Worthington James
The Hard Way
1943
as Harry (Uncredited)
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Hudson
We Have Our Moments
1937
as Frank Rutherford
Shakedown
1936
as T. Gregory Stuart
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Mr. Drew
I Dood It
1943
as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
Spring Madness
1938
as Charles Platt
Bright Leaf
1950
as Phillips
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Dr. Schuyler
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
The Unfinished Dance
1947
as Mr. Ronsell
Belle Le Grand
1951
as Parkington
In the Navy
1941
as Lead Senator (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Williams
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Henry W. Workman
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Hanley
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
as Huntley (uncredited)
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Editor
The King Steps Out
1936
as Major
Footlight Glamour
1943
as Randolph Wheeler
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Arthur Stevenson
It Had to Be You
1947
as Ned Harrington
Black Gold
1947
as Colonel Caldwell
Accent on Love
1941
as T. J. Triton
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
as Col. Mayfield
Chain Gang
1950
as John McKelvey, news publisher
There's Always a Woman
1938
as District Attorney
One More Tomorrow
1946
as Thomas Rufus Collier II
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Governor Jonathan Stafford
Love Letters
1917
as John Harland
First Love
1939
as Anthony Drake
Women of Glamour
1937
as Mr. Stark
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Mr. Sempler
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Sen. Henry Babcock
Four Mothers
1941
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
as Ed - the Mayor
Money To Burn
1939
as Ellis
We Can't Have Everything
1918
as Peter Cheever
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Party Guest
Professor Beware
1938
as J.J. Van Buren
Squadron of Honor
1938
as Bob Metcalf
Brewster's Millions
1945
as Colonel Drew
Repent at Leisure
1941
as Jay Buckingham
Kiddie Kure
1940
as Bill "Old Man" Morton
West of the Pecos
1945
as Col. Lambeth
The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Charles Engel
One Big Affair
1952
as Mr. G
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Dean Somers
Lady on a Train
1945
as Josiah Waring
The Star Maker
1939
as Mr. Proctor
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as J. D. Sutton
The Great Moment
1944
as Senator Borland
It Grows on Trees
1952
as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1917
as Antony
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
as Major Manning
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
as Pop
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
as Col. Clay
One Too Many
1950
as Kenneth Simes
Women Are Like That
1938
as Claudius King
Call of the Canyon
1942
as Grantley B. Johnson
Something for the Boys
1944
as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Horatio Huntington
Blondie's Secret
1948
as George Whiteside
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Col. March
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Sir Elroyd Joyce
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937
as Charles Cabot
The Exquisite Thief
1919
as Algernon P. Smythe
Out West with the Hardys
1938
as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Sued for Libel
1939
as David Hastings
Metropolitan
1935
as T. Simon Hunter
About Thurston Hall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in 250 films between 1915 and 1957 and is probably best remembered for his portrayal, during the later stages of his career, of often pompous or blustering authority figures. Hall's best-known television role was as Mr. Schuyler, the boss of Cosmo Topper (played by Leo G. Carroll), in the 1950s television series, Topper (1953–1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Thurston Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, f… With 234 credits spanning from 1915 to 1957, Thurston Hall has appeared in 222 films and 12 TV shows.
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- Hello, Annapolis (1942) — as Capt. Wendall
- The Fountainhead (1949) — as Businessman at Party (uncredited)
- Wilson (1944) — as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
- Crash Dive (1943) — as Senator from Texas
- Without Reservations (1946) — as Henry Baldwin
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