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Charlie Hall

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1899-08-18

Birth Place

Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK

Movies and TV shows :

A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

1940

6.8

Movie
A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

1929

7.3

Movie
A Quiet Fourth

A Quiet Fourth

1941

0.0

Movie
A Slip at the Switch

A Slip at the Switch

1932

0.0

Movie
A Ten-Minute Egg

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924

5.0

Movie
A Trailer Tragedy

A Trailer Tragedy

1940

0.0

Movie
Abie's Irish Rose

Abie's Irish Rose

1946

0.0

Movie
Air Fright

Air Fright

1933

0.0

Movie
poster

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955

7.7

TV
An All American Toothache

An All American Toothache

1936

0.0

Movie
An Apple in His Eye

An Apple in His Eye

1941

0.0

Movie
Angora Love

Angora Love

1929

6.5

Movie
Another Wild Idea

Another Wild Idea

1934

4.0

Movie
Any Old Port!

Any Old Port!

1932

7.0

Movie
Babes in the Goods

Babes in the Goods

1934

9.0

Movie
Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

1934

6.3

Movie
Bachelor Mother

Bachelor Mother

1939

7.1

Movie
Backs to Nature

Backs to Nature

1933

5.0

Movie
Bacon Grabbers

Bacon Grabbers

1929

6.3

Movie
Be Big!

Be Big!

1931

6.9

Movie
Bear Shooters

Bear Shooters

1930

5.2

Movie
Beauty and the Bus

Beauty and the Bus

1933

0.0

Movie
Below Zero

Below Zero

1930

6.5

Movie
Berth Marks

Berth Marks

1929

6.8

Movie
Blotto

Blotto

1930

7.2

Movie
Bonnie Scotland

Bonnie Scotland

1935

6.6

Movie
Boxing Gloves

Boxing Gloves

1929

6.0

Movie
Bridal Bail

Bridal Bail

1934

3.0

Movie
Bromo and Juliet

Bromo and Juliet

1926

5.6

Movie
Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

1933

7.3

Movie
Call of the Cuckoo

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

5.8

Movie
Came the Dawn

Came the Dawn

1928

6.5

Movie
Captain Fury

Captain Fury

1939

4.8

Movie
Captain Swagger

Captain Swagger

1928

0.0

Movie
poster

Cheyenne

1955

5.8

TV
Cockeyed Cavaliers

Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934

6.0

Movie
College

College

1927

6.8

Movie
Come Clean

Come Clean

1931

7.2

Movie
Curtain Call

Curtain Call

1940

7.3

Movie
Cynara

Cynara

1932

4.8

Movie
Dance of the Cookoos

Dance of the Cookoos

1982

0.0

Movie
Diplomaniacs

Diplomaniacs

1933

7.0

Movie
Do Me a Favor

Do Me a Favor

1922

5.0

Movie
Dollar Dizzy

Dollar Dizzy

1930

6.0

Movie
Double Whoopee

Double Whoopee

1929

6.7

Movie
Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1946

6.5

Movie
Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1927

6.3

Movie
Eve's Love Letters

Eve's Love Letters

1927

6.3

Movie
Father Steps Out

Father Steps Out

1941

3.0

Movie
Fifty Million Husbands

Fifty Million Husbands

1930

3.3

Movie
Five Came Back

Five Came Back

1939

6.3

Movie
Fluttering Hearts

Fluttering Hearts

1927

5.0

Movie
Forgotten Sweeties

Forgotten Sweeties

1927

3.0

Movie
Framing Father

Framing Father

1942

0.0

Movie
Girls! Girls! Girls!

Girls! Girls! Girls!

1944

0.0

Movie
Haunted at Midnight

Haunted at Midnight

1931

8.5

Movie
Hellzapoppin'

Hellzapoppin'

1941

7.1

Movie
Hey! Hey! USA

Hey! Hey! USA

1938

6.9

Movie
Hi'–Neighbor!

Hi'–Neighbor!

1934

7.9

Movie
His Butler's Sister

His Butler's Sister

1943

7.1

Movie
Hold Your Temper

Hold Your Temper

1933

0.0

Movie
Honeymoon Lodge

Honeymoon Lodge

1943

0.0

Movie
Hot Money

Hot Money

1935

0.0

Movie
I'll Fix It

I'll Fix It

1941

0.0

Movie
Illegal

Illegal

1955

6.4

Movie
In Love at 40

In Love at 40

1935

0.0

Movie
In Society

In Society

1944

5.8

Movie
Isn't Life Terrible?

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

5.8

Movie
Just a Pain in the Parlor

Just a Pain in the Parlor

1932

3.0

Movie
Keg o' My Heart

Keg o' My Heart

1933

0.0

Movie
Kentucky Kernels

Kentucky Kernels

1934

6.1

Movie
King Kong

King Kong

1933

7.6

Movie
Laughing Gravy

Laughing Gravy

1931

7.2

Movie
Leaping Love

Leaping Love

1929

0.0

Movie
Leave 'Em Laughing

Leave 'Em Laughing

1928

6.0

Movie
Let's Do Things

Let's Do Things

1931

0.0

Movie
Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native

1930

7.5

Movie
Limelight

Limelight

1952

7.9

Movie
Little Mother

Little Mother

1929

6.5

Movie
Love 'Em and Weep

Love 'Em and Weep

1927

5.7

Movie
Love on a Ladder

Love on a Ladder

1934

1.0

Movie
Love Pains

Love Pains

1932

0.0

Movie
Madame Sans Jane

Madame Sans Jane

1925

2.0

Movie
Maid in Hollywood

Maid in Hollywood

1934

0.0

Movie
Maids a la Mode

Maids a la Mode

1933

0.0

Movie
Mama Loves Papa

Mama Loves Papa

1931

9.0

Movie
Man About Town

Man About Town

1939

4.5

Movie
Man From Headquarters

Man From Headquarters

1942

6.0

Movie
Me and My Pal

Me and My Pal

1933

6.5

Movie
Men O' War

Men O' War

1929

7.0

Movie
Men of the North

Men of the North

1930

5.0

Movie
Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire

1940

4.6

Movie
Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

4.6

Movie
Mighty Like a Moose

Mighty Like a Moose

1926

6.6

Movie
Mike Fright

Mike Fright

1934

5.8

Movie
Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1932

6.6

Movie
Millionaires in Prison

Millionaires in Prison

1940

6.0

Movie
Morning Glory

Morning Glory

1933

6.1

Movie
Mother's Joy

Mother's Joy

1923

5.2

Movie
Movie Night

Movie Night

1929

6.0

Movie
Mr. Bride

Mr. Bride

1932

5.5

Movie
Nature in the Wrong

Nature in the Wrong

1933

0.0

Movie
Near Dublin

Near Dublin

1924

6.0

Movie
Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

1941

6.7

Movie
Night of Goblins

Night of Goblins

1930

5.8

Movie
poster

No Hiding Place

1959

3.7

TV
Ocean Swells

Ocean Swells

1934

0.0

Movie
On Stage Everybody

On Stage Everybody

1945

0.0

Movie
On the Loose

On the Loose

1931

6.8

Movie
One Night in the Tropics

One Night in the Tropics

1940

5.6

Movie
One of the Smiths

One of the Smiths

1931

0.0

Movie
One Track Minds

One Track Minds

1933

0.0

Movie
One-Horse Farmers

One-Horse Farmers

1934

0.0

Movie
Only Saps Work

Only Saps Work

1930

5.5

Movie
Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake

1934

0.0

Movie
Our Relations

Our Relations

1936

6.9

Movie
Pack Up Your Troubles

Pack Up Your Troubles

1932

6.7

Movie
Playing at Politics

Playing at Politics

1931

7.0

Movie
Postage Due

Postage Due

1924

5.3

Movie
Primrose Path

Primrose Path

1940

6.5

Movie
Radio Rampage

Radio Rampage

1944

0.0

Movie
Rhapsody in Brew

Rhapsody in Brew

1933

0.0

Movie
Rough Necking

Rough Necking

1934

10.0

Movie
San Antonio Rose

San Antonio Rose

1941

7.0

Movie
Saps at Sea

Saps at Sea

1940

6.8

Movie
Scratch-As-Catch-Can

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

1931

5.0

Movie
Sealskins

Sealskins

1932

5.0

Movie
Seeing the World

Seeing the World

1927

6.1

Movie
Shall We Dance

Shall We Dance

1937

7.2

Movie
Shivering and Shaking

Shivering and Shaking

1930

6.8

Movie
Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

6.4

Movie
Show Business

Show Business

1932

6.0

Movie
Sing Sister Sing

Sing Sister Sing

1935

6.0

Movie
Sister Kenny

Sister Kenny

1946

6.5

Movie
Skirt Shy

Skirt Shy

1929

2.0

Movie
Smithy

Smithy

1924

5.2

Movie
Snappy Sneezer

Snappy Sneezer

1929

6.5

Movie
Sneak Easily

Sneak Easily

1932

0.0

Movie
So You Want to Play the Piano

So You Want to Play the Piano

1956

4.0

Movie
So's Your Uncle

So's Your Uncle

1943

5.0

Movie
Sons of the Desert

Sons of the Desert

1933

7.0

Movie
Soup and Fish

Soup and Fish

1934

0.0

Movie
Strictly Unreliable

Strictly Unreliable

1932

5.5

Movie
Sugar Daddies

Sugar Daddies

1927

6.0

Movie
Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes

1931

4.5

Movie
That's My Wife

That's My Wife

1929

6.8

Movie
poster

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952

7.3

TV
The Ape Man

The Ape Man

1943

4.2

Movie
The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century

1927

6.8

Movie
The Best of Laurel and Hardy

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

0.0

Movie
The Big Street

The Big Street

1942

5.8

Movie
The Chiselers

The Chiselers

1931

6.6

Movie
The Cowboy Sheik

The Cowboy Sheik

1924

5.0

Movie
The Druggist's Dilemma

The Druggist's Dilemma

1933

0.0

Movie
The Falcon Takes Over

The Falcon Takes Over

1942

6.0

Movie
The Fighting Parson

The Fighting Parson

1930

0.0

Movie
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

1967

6.0

Movie
The Hoose-Gow

The Hoose-Gow

1929

6.6

Movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939

7.2

Movie
The Janitor

The Janitor

1921

0.0

Movie
The Kick-Off!

The Kick-Off!

1931

2.0

Movie
The Live Ghost

The Live Ghost

1934

7.1

Movie
The Lodger

The Lodger

1944

6.3

Movie
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

1941

4.3

Movie
The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

1933

6.5

Movie
The Milkman

The Milkman

1950

8.0

Movie
The Music Box

The Music Box

1932

7.6

Movie
The Night Life

The Night Life

1930

8.0

Movie
The Pajama Party

The Pajama Party

1931

7.0

Movie
The Panic Is On

The Panic Is On

1931

2.0

Movie
The Pip from Pittsburg

The Pip from Pittsburg

1931

6.5

Movie
The Real McCoy

The Real McCoy

1930

6.5

Movie
The Second Hundred Years

The Second Hundred Years

1927

6.3

Movie
The Skulls

The Skulls

1931

6.1

Movie
The Soilers

The Soilers

1932

6.2

Movie
The Undie-World

The Undie-World

1934

9.0

Movie
Them Thar Hills

Them Thar Hills

1934

7.6

Movie
They Go Boom!

They Go Boom!

1929

6.9

Movie
Thicker Than Water

Thicker Than Water

1935

7.3

Movie
Thundering Fleas

Thundering Fleas

1926

5.6

Movie
Tit for Tat

Tit for Tat

1935

6.8

Movie
Too Many Women

Too Many Women

1932

9.0

Movie
Top Hat

Top Hat

1935

7.3

Movie
Top Sergeant Mulligan

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941

5.0

Movie
poster

Topper

1953

6.3

TV
Treasure Blues

Treasure Blues

1935

0.0

Movie
Twice Two

Twice Two

1933

6.7

Movie
Twin Triplets

Twin Triplets

1935

0.0

Movie
Two Tars

Two Tars

1928

6.6

Movie
Unfriendly Enemies

Unfriendly Enemies

1925

6.0

Movie
Vigil in the Night

Vigil in the Night

1940

6.0

Movie
War Mamas

War Mamas

1931

0.0

Movie
What Fur

What Fur

1933

0.0

Movie
What Price Hollywood?

What Price Hollywood?

1932

6.7

Movie
Wild Babies!

Wild Babies!

1932

1.0

Movie
With Love and Hisses

With Love and Hisses

1927

6.1

Movie
Without Reservations

Without Reservations

1946

6.3

Movie
Wrong Again

Wrong Again

1929

6.7

Movie
You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940

4.5

Movie
You're Darn Tootin'

You're Darn Tootin'

1928

5.7

Movie
Zeb vs. Paprika

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

5.5

Movie