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Charlie Hall

Charlie Hall

Acting

August 18, 1899 – December 7, 1959 (died at 60)
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Male
210 Movies
5 TV Shows

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.

The Music Box
The Music Box

The Music Box

1932 7.5

as Postman (uncredited)

Age 32 (now 60)
Busy Bodies
Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

1933 7.3

as Shop Worker (uncredited)

Age 34 (now 60)
Tit for Tat
Tit for Tat

Tit for Tat

1935 6.9

as Mr. Hall

Age 35 (now 60)
Them Thar Hills
Them Thar Hills

Them Thar Hills

1934 7.5

as Mr. Hall

Age 34 (now 60)
They Go Boom!
They Go Boom!

They Go Boom!

1929 6.8

as Landlord

Age 30 (now 60)
Big Business
Big Business

Big Business

1929 6.6

as Neighbor (uncredited)

Age 29 (now 60)
Berth Marks
Berth Marks

Berth Marks

1929 6.8

as Train Passenger (uncredited)

Age 29 (now 60)
Leave 'Em Laughing
Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928 6.0

as The Landlord

Age 28 (now 60)
The Second 100 Years
The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

1927 6.3

as Convict

Age 28 (now 60)
Be Big!
Be Big!

Be Big!

1931 6.8

as Bellboy (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 60)
The Hoose-Gow
The Hoose-Gow

The Hoose-Gow

1929 6.6

as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)

Age 30 (now 60)
Laughing Gravy
Laughing Gravy

Laughing Gravy

1931 7.2

as Landlord (uncredited)

Age 31 (now 60)
The Midnight Patrol
The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

1933 6.6

as Tire thief's partner

Age 33 (now 60)
Thicker Than Water
Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water

1935 7.3

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 60)
The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost

The Live Ghost

1934 7.2

as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)

Age 35 (now 60)
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea

Saps at Sea

1940 6.8

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Age 40 (now 60)