Charlie Hall
- Schauspiel
- 18. August 1899 · Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- 7. Dezember 1959
Biografie
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.
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Filmografie
- Laurel & Hardy: Year Two · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Dance of the cookoos · Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
- The Best of Laurel and Hardy · Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
- No Hiding Place
- So You Want to Play the Piano
- Schakale der Unterwelt · Bellhop (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock präsentiert · Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
- Cheyenne · Kevin
- Topper · Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
- The Abbott and Costello Show · Jake - Roofer
- Rampenlicht · Newsboy (uncredited)
- The Milkman · Ed (uncredited)
- Abie's Irish Rose · Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
- Schwester Kenny · Airport Attendant (uncredited)
- Jagd auf Spieldosen · Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Without Reservations · Window-Washer (uncredited)
- On Stage Everybody · Painter (uncredited)
- Hi, Beautiful · Milkman (uncredited)
- In Society · Mugg (uncredited)
- Girls! Girls! Girls! · Apartment House Waiter
- Radio Rampage · Jack - Radio Repairman
- Scotland Yard greift ein · Comedian
- Die Stubenfee · Porter
- So's Your Uncle · Waiter
- Honeymoon Lodge · Hotel Handyman
- The Ape Man · Barney
- Police Bullets · Rabbit
- The Big Street · Waiter in New York (uncredited)
- The Falcon Takes Over · Louie (Uncredited)
- Framing Father · Silver Slipper Waiter
- Man From Headquarters · Newspaper Photographer
- In der Hölle ist der Teufel los · Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- A Quiet Fourth · Edgar's Neighbor
- The Mexican Spitfire's Baby · Nightclub Waiter
- Niagara Falls · Bellhop (uncredited)
- Top Sergeant Mulligan · Budd Doolittle
- I'll Fix It · The Laundry Man
- Father Steps Out · Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
- San Antonio Rose · Waitress
- An Apple in His Eye · Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
- They Met in Argentina · Sailor in Cantina Brawl (uncredited)
- One Night in the Tropics · Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
- Mexican Spitfire Out West · Elevator Boy
- A Trailer Tragedy · Homeless Thief in Washroom
- Millionaires in Prison · Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
- You Can't Fool Your Wife · Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
- Dick und Doof - Auf hoher See · Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Curtain Call · Second Waiter
- Primrose Path · Man in Diner (uncredited)
- Vigil in the Night · Courtroom Spectator
- Dick und Doof in Oxford · Student
- Mexican Spitfire · Elevator Operator
- Der Glöckner von Notre Dame · Mercury (uncredited)
- Die Findelmutter · Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
- Man About Town · Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
- Five Came Back · Airport Worker (uncredited)
- Kettensträfling in Australien · Gossiping Citizen
- Hey! Hey! USA · Leary's pal
- Tanz mit mir · Bartender (uncredited)
- Dick und Doof - Die Doppelgänger · Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
- An All American Toothache · (uncredited)
- Hot Money · Tenant (uncredited)
- Twin Triplets · Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- Ich tanz' mich in dein Herz hinein · (uncredited)
- In Love at 40 · Man Getting Shave
- Dick und Doof - Wir sind vom schottischen Infanterie-Regiment · Native Henchman (uncredited)
- Laurel und Hardy: Zum Nachtisch weiche Birne · Bank Teller (uncredited)
- Sing Sister Sing · Porter (uncredited)
- Treasure Blues · Moving Man (uncredited)
- Dick und Doof - Die besudelte Ehre · Mr. Hall
- Dick und Doof - Rache ist süß · Townsman (uncredited)
- Dick und Doof - Gespenst an Bord · Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
- Kentucky Kernels · Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
- Opened by Mistake · Intern (uncredited)
- Wir machen Musik · Elevator Operator
- Ocean Swells · Sailor
- One-Horse Farmers · Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- Dick und Doof - Selige Campingfreuden · Mr. Hall
- Cockeyed Cavaliers · Coach Driver