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 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.

Cast

Leaping Love

(Ambulance Attendant (uncredited))

Hold Your Temper

Framing Father

(Silver Slipper Waiter)

Without Reservations

(Window-Washer (uncredited))

Madame Sans Jane

Unfriendly Enemies

(First Soldier Over the Top)

Forgotten Sweeties

The Midnight Patrol

(Tire thief's partner)

Sugar Daddies

(Hotel extra)

One of the Smiths

(Dancer (uncredited))

Be Big!

(Bellboy)

Double Whoopee

(Cabdriver)

Leave 'Em Laughing

(The Landlord)

Fluttering Hearts

(Man under car)

The Live Ghost

(Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall))

The Second Hundred Years

(Convict)

Them Thar Hills

(Mr. Hall)

Tit for Tat

(Mr. Hall)

They Go Boom!

(Landlord)

Thundering Fleas

(Musician)

Dressed to Kill

(Cab Driver (uncredited))

Limelight

(Newsboy (uncredited))

The Milkman

(Ed (uncredited))

Morning Glory

(Actor (uncredited))

So You Want to Play the Piano

San Antonio Rose

(Waitress)

Mighty Like a Moose

(Shoe Shine Man)

Boxing Gloves

(Sidewalk diner attendant)

Isn't Life Terrible?

(Steward Who Drops Plates)

Nature in the Wrong

(Organ Grinder)

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

A Slip at the Switch

(Second Tramp)

Just a Pain in the Parlor

(Servant)

Seeing the World

(English chauffeur)

Little Mother

(Taxi driver)

Illegal

(Bellhop (uncredited))

Top Hat

((uncredited))

Man From Headquarters

(Newspaper Photographer)

The Lodger

(Comedian)

Hey! Hey! USA

(Leary's pal)

The Ape Man

(Barney)

Bear Shooters

(Charlie)

Show Business

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Sealskins

(Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited))

A Pair of Tights

(Man in fender bender)

Movie Night

(Audience Member (uncredited))

Mother's Joy

Sing Sister Sing

(Porter (uncredited))

Soup and Fish

(Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited))

The Real McCoy

(Mountain Man (uncredited))

Came the Dawn

(Little Moving Man (uncredited))

Near Dublin

(Villager)

Dollar Dizzy

(Bellhop)

Hot Money

(Tenant (uncredited))

One-Horse Farmers

(Subway Passenger (uncredited))

Opened by Mistake

(Intern (uncredited))

Maids a la Mode

(Party Guest (uncredited))

Smithy

(Worker)

Postage Due

(Customer)

Below Zero

Backs to Nature

(Hunter (uncredited))

The Fighting Parson

(The Waiter (uncredited))

The Music Box

(Postman (uncredited))

Skirt Shy

(Postman (uncredited))

Call of the Cuckoo

(Asylum Inmate)

War Mamas

(Doughboy (uncredited))

Strictly Unreliable

(The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall))

Twin Triplets

(Ambulance Attendant (uncredited))

Treasure Blues

(Moving Man (uncredited))

The Soilers

(Elevator Operator (uncredited))

The Pajama Party

(Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited))

One Track Minds

(Train Passenger)

An All American Toothache

((uncredited))

Let's Do Things

(Waiter (uncredited))

Sneak Easily

(Page)

Maid in Hollywood

(Cameraman (uncredited))

Babes in the Goods

(Spectator (uncredited))

On the Loose

(Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited))

Air Fright

(Pilot (uncredited))

Beauty and the Bus

(Theatre Usher (uncredited))

Sweepstakes

(Little Cook)

Abie's Irish Rose

(Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall))

Busy Bodies

(Shop Worker (uncredited))

Berth Marks

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Kentucky Kernels

(Cigarette Stand Owner)

The Skulls

(The Landlord)

The Chiselers

(Bellboy / Landlord)

Me and My Pal

(Delivery Boy (uncredited))

Men O' War

(Boater (uncredited))

Laughing Gravy

(Landlord (uncredited))

Our Relations

(Man in Pawnshop (uncredited))

Sons of the Desert

(Waiter (uncredited))

Playing at Politics

(Elevator Operator)

Pack Up Your Troubles

(Janitor (uncredited))

Shivering and Shaking

(Street Cleaner (uncredited))

Thicker Than Water

(Bank Teller (uncredited))

Twice Two

(Delivery Boy)

Saps at Sea

(Desk Clerk (uncredited))

The Hoose-Gow

(Treetop Lookout (uncredited))

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Ocean Swells

(Sailor)

Five Came Back

(Airport Worker (uncredited))

Bachelor Mother

(Dance Hall Official (uncredited))

Man About Town

(Bob's Assistant (uncredited))

The Pip from Pittsburg

(Kay's Dancing Partner)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(Mercury (uncredited))

The Cowboy Sheik

(Party guest)

Sister Kenny

(Airport Attendant (uncredited))

Angora Love

(Neighbor)

Niagara Falls

(Bellhop (uncredited))

Babes in Toyland

(Townsman)

Love 'Em and Weep

(Tillsbury's Butler)

Bacon Grabbers

(Truck driver)

That's My Wife

(Waiter (uncredited))

Duck Soup

(Moving man (uncredited))

The Battle of the Century

(Pie Delivery Man (uncredited))

The Night Life

(Cabdriver (uncredited))

With Love and Hisses

(Soldier (uncredited))

Wrong Again

(Neighbor)

Should Married Men Go Home?

(Soda Jerk (uncredited))

The Second Hundred Years

(Convict (uncredited))

You're Darn Tootin'

(Musician)

Bonnie Scotland

(Native Henchman (uncredited))

Vigil in the Night

(Courtroom Spectator)

Mexican Spitfire

(Elevator Operator)

Eve's Love Letters

(Cab driver (uncredited))

College

(Coxswain (uncredited))

Blotto

(Cabdriver)

A Ten-Minute Egg

(First Bellhop (uncredited))

Come Clean

(Ice Cream Attendant)

The Panic Is On

(Man on the Street (uncredited))

Let's Go Native

(Mover (uncredited))

Top Sergeant Mulligan

(Budd Doolittle)

Rough Necking

(Postman)

Cockeyed Cavaliers

(Coach Driver)

Rhapsody in Brew

(Waiter (uncredited))

Wild Babies!

(Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall))

The Kick-Off!

(Man on the Street (uncredited))

Too Many Women

(Man on Street (uncredited))

A Chump at Oxford

(Student)

Any Old Port!

(Stan's Second)

Love Pains

(Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited))

Mama Loves Papa

(Milkman (uncredited))

Keg o' My Heart

(Waiter (uncredited))

One Night in the Tropics

(Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited))

Fifty Million Husbands

(Neighbor)

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

(Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited))

An Apple in His Eye

(Dan - Edgar's Neighbor)

Primrose Path

(Man in Diner (uncredited))

Millionaires in Prison

(Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited))

Captain Swagger

(Messenger)

The Druggist's Dilemma

(Charlie Zeno)

In Love at 40

(Man Getting Shave)

Diplomaniacs

(Shaffner the Valet (uncredited))

Cynara

(Courtroom Spectator (uncredited))

Snappy Sneezer

(Streetcar passenger (uncredited))

Shall We Dance

(Bartender (uncredited))

Captain Fury

(Gossiping Citizen)

Another Wild Idea

(Man Pushed into Fountain)

Mr. Bride

(Tipsy Ship Passenger)

I'll Fix It

(The Laundry Man)

Bromo and Juliet

(Stagehand (uncredited))

You Can't Fool Your Wife

(Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy)

Curtain Call

(Second Waiter)

Father Steps Out

(Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

(Elevator Boy)

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

(Nightclub Waiter)

Bridal Bail

(Irate Movie Patron)

Love on a Ladder

(Pool Hall Patron)

The Undie-World

(T.N.T. Room Busboy)

A Quiet Fourth

(Edgar's Neighbor)

Million Dollar Legs

(Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited))

A Trailer Tragedy

(Homeless Thief in Washroom)

Night of Goblins

(Passenger)

Haunted at Midnight

(Man on Train)

So's Your Uncle

(Waiter)

His Butler's Sister

(Porter)

Honeymoon Lodge

(Hotel Handyman)

Girls! Girls! Girls!

(Apartment House Waiter)

Radio Rampage

(Jack - Radio Repairman)

Two Tars

(Shopkeeper)

Hellzapoppin'

(Taxi Driver (uncredited))

King Kong

(Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited))

In Society

(Mugg (uncredited))

On Stage Everybody

(Painter (uncredited))

Do Me a Favor

(A Fireman)

The Falcon Takes Over

(Louie (Uncredited))

Dance of the Cookoos

(Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man)

Zeb vs. Paprika

The Janitor

The Big Street

(Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited))

What Fur

Hi'–Neighbor!

(Window Washer)

Mike Fright

(Elevator Operator)

What Price Hollywood?

(Reporter (uncredited))

Only Saps Work

(Waiter (uncredited))

Men of the North

(Townsman at Hearing (uncredited))

Cheyenne

(Kevin)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(Man with Pool Cue (uncredited))

No Hiding Place

The Abbott and Costello Show

(Jake - Roofer)

Topper

(Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited))