Charlie Hall
- Recitazione
- 18 agosto 1899 · Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
- 7 dicembre 1959
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- 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
- Voi Assassini · Bellhop (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock presenta · Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
- Cheyenne · Kevin
- Topper · Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
- The Abbott and Costello Show · Jake - Roofer
- Luci della ribalta · Newsboy (uncredited)
- The Milkman · Ed (uncredited)
- Abie's Irish Rose · Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
- L'angelo del dolore · Airport Attendant (uncredited)
- Sherlock Holmes e il mistero del carillon · Cab Driver (uncredited)
- California Express · Window-Washer (uncredited)
- On Stage Everybody · Painter (uncredited)
- Hi, Beautiful · Milkman (uncredited)
- Gianni e Pinotto in società · Mugg (uncredited)
- Girls! Girls! Girls! · Apartment House Waiter
- Radio Rampage · Jack - Radio Repairman
- Il pensionante · Comedian
- His Butler's Sister · Porter
- So's Your Uncle · Waiter
- Honeymoon Lodge · Hotel Handyman
- L'uomo scimmia · Barney
- Police Bullets · Rabbit
- Dedizione · Waiter in New York (uncredited)
- The Falcon Takes Over · Louie (Uncredited)
- Framing Father · Silver Slipper Waiter
- Man From Headquarters · Newspaper Photographer
- Hellzapoppin' - Il cabaret dell'inferno · 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
- C'era una volta un piccolo naviglio · Desk Clerk (uncredited)
- Curtain Call · Second Waiter
- Il piccolo porto · Man in Diner (uncredited)
- Angeli della notte · Courtroom Spectator
- Noi siamo le colonne · Student
- Mexican Spitfire · Elevator Operator
- Notre Dame · Mercury (uncredited)
- Situazione imbarazzante · Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
- Man About Town · Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
- La tragedia del Silver Queen · Airport Worker (uncredited)
- Captain Fury · Gossiping Citizen
- Hey! Hey! USA · Leary's pal
- Voglio danzar con te · Bartender (uncredited)
- Allegri gemelli · Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
- An All American Toothache · (uncredited)
- Hot Money · Tenant (uncredited)
- Twin Triplets · Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- Cappello a cilindro · (uncredited)
- In Love at 40 · Man Getting Shave
- Gli allegri eroi · Native Henchman (uncredited)
- Fratelli di sangue · Bank Teller (uncredited)
- Sing Sister Sing · Porter (uncredited)
- Treasure Blues · Moving Man (uncredited)
- Questione d'onore · Mr. Hall
- Nel paese delle meraviglie · Townsman (uncredited)
- Il fantasma stregato · Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
- Kentucky Kernels · Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
- Opened by Mistake · Intern (uncredited)
- Micropanico · Elevator Operator
- Ocean Swells · Sailor
- One-Horse Farmers · Subway Passenger (uncredited)
- Vita in campagna · Mr. Hall
- Cockeyed Cavaliers · Coach Driver