Charlie Hall
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Cheyenne
Kevin
1955
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
1955
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
The Abbott and Costello Show
Jake - Roofer
1952
Series
Topper
Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
1953
Film
King Kong
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
1933
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mercury (uncredited)
1939
Film
Limelight
Newsboy (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Chiselers
Bellboy / Landlord
1931
Film
Playing at Politics
Elevator Operator
1931
Film
Without Reservations
Window-Washer (uncredited)
1946
Film
Bonnie Scotland
Native Henchman (uncredited)
1935
Film
Babes in Toyland
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Film
Top Hat
(uncredited)
1935
Film
Dressed to Kill
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1946
Film
Sister Kenny
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1946
Film
Bacon Grabbers
Truck Driver
1929
Film
A Chump at Oxford
Student
1940
Film
The Lodger
Comedian
1944
Film
College
Coxswain (uncredited)
1927
Film
Movie Night
Audience Member (uncredited)
1929
Film
Angora Love
Neighbor
1929
Film
Hellzapoppin'
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Music Box
Postman (uncredited)
1932
Film
Shall We Dance
Bartender (uncredited)
1937
Film
Bachelor Mother
Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
1939
Radio Rampage
Jack - Radio Repairman
1944
Film
Abie's Irish Rose
Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
1946
Film
Illegal
Bellhop (uncredited)
1955
Film
Two Tars
Shopkeeper
1928
Film
Saps at Sea
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1940
Film
Sons of the Desert
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Film
Police Bullets
Rabbit
1942
Film
One Night in the Tropics
Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Falcon Takes Over
Louie (Uncredited)
1942
Film
Captain Swagger
Messenger
1928
Ocean Swells
Sailor
1934
Film
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Coach Driver
1934
Film
Sweepstakes
Little Cook
1931
Film
The Midnight Patrol
Tire thief's partner
1933
Film
Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Film
Five Came Back
Airport Worker (uncredited)
1939
Film
The Big Street
Waiter in New York (uncredited)
1942
Film
Tit for Tat
Mr. Hall
1935
Film
Pack Up Your Troubles
Janitor (uncredited)
1932
Film
Them Thar Hills
Mr. Hall
1934
Film
Diplomaniacs
Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
1933
Film
Unfriendly Enemies
First Soldier Over the Top
1925
Film
What Price Hollywood?
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Film
What Fur
1933
Film
Only Saps Work
Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Film
Fluttering Hearts
Man under car
1927
So You Want to Play the Piano
1956
Film
The Skulls
The Landlord
1931
Film
In Society
Mugg (uncredited)
1944
Film
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
Film
Below Zero
1930
Film
So's Your Uncle
Waiter
1943
Film
Sugar Daddies
Hotel extra
1927
Film
Double Whoopee
Cabdriver
1929
Film
Busy Bodies
Shop Worker (uncredited)
1933
Film
Our Relations
Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
1936
Film
Came the Dawn
Little Moving Man (uncredited)
1928
Film
Shivering and Shaking
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Milkman
Ed (uncredited)
1950
Film
Maid in Hollywood
Cameraman (uncredited)
1934
Film
Hey! Hey! USA
Leary's pal
1938
Film
Million Dollar Legs
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
Film
Come Clean
Ice Cream Attendant
1931
Film
Cynara
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1932
Film
Man About Town
Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
1939
Film
Laughing Gravy
Landlord (uncredited)
1931
Film
Vigil in the Night
Courtroom Spectator
1940
Film
Must We Marry?
1928
Film
Crooks Can't Win
'Bull' Savage
1928
Film
On the Loose
Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
1931
Film
Captain Fury
Gossiping Citizen
1939
Film
You're Darn Tootin'
Musician
1928
Film
Wrong Again
Neighbor
1929
Film
Primrose Path
Man in Diner (uncredited)
1940
Film
Bromo and Juliet
Stagehand (uncredited)
1926
Film
Duck Soup
Moving man (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Battle of the Century
Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
1927
Film
Skirt Shy
Postman (uncredited)
1929
Film
Kentucky Kernels
Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
1934
Film
Should Married Men Go Home?
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1928
Film
Blotto
Cabdriver
1930
Film
Big Business
Neighbor (uncredited)
1929
Film
The Ape Man
Barney
1943
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Film
Thicker Than Water
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1935
Film
Mama Loves Papa
Milkman (uncredited)
1931
Film
Let's Go Native
Mover (uncredited)
1930
Film
Niagara Falls
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
Film
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
Film
The Second 100 Years
Convict
1927
Film
The Second 100 Years
Convict (uncredited)
1927
Film
With Love and Hisses
Soldier (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Live Ghost
Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
1934
Film
Postage Due
Customer
1924
Film
Millionaires in Prison
Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
1940
Film
Man From Headquarters
Newspaper Photographer
1942
Film
Isn't Life Terrible?
Steward Who Drops Plates
1925
Film
Thundering Fleas
Musician
1926
Film
Men of the North
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
1930
Film
The Fighting Parson
The Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Opened by Mistake
Intern (uncredited)
1934
Film
His Butler's Sister
Porter
1943
Film
The Pajama Party
Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
1931
Film
Hold Your Temper
1933
Film
Strictly Unreliable
The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
1932
Film
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Elevator Boy
1940
Film
They Met in Argentina
Sailor in Cantina Brawl (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Nightclub Waiter
1941
I'll Fix It
The Laundry Man
1941
Film
Show Business
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1932
A Slip at the Switch
Second Tramp
1932
Film
Men O' War
Boater (uncredited)
1929
Film
Twice Two
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1933
Film
Soup and Fish
Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
1934
Film
Mexican Spitfire
Elevator Operator
1940
Film
The Cowboy Sheik
Party guest
1924
Film
War Mamas
Doughboy (uncredited)
1931
Film
Me and My Pal
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1933
Film
Hi'–Neighbor!
Window Washer
1934
Film
Leaping Love
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1929
Film
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Apartment House Waiter
1944
Film
Curtain Call
Second Waiter
1940
Film
Bear Shooters
Charlie
1930
Film
Bridal Bail
Irate Movie Patron
1934
Film
Are Brunettes Safe?
Villager at Train Station (uncredited)
1927
Film
The Soilers
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1932
Film
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
1940
The Janitor
1921
Film
Boxing Gloves
Sidewalk diner attendant
1929
Film
On Stage Everybody
Painter (uncredited)
1945
Film
Mr. Bride
Tipsy Ship Passenger
1932
Film
Be Big!
Bellboy (uncredited)
1931
Film
Any Old Port!
Stan's Second (uncredited)
1932
Film
Mother's Joy
1923
The Kick-Off!
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931
Film
San Antonio Rose
Waitress
1941
Film
The Panic Is On
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931
Film
Night of Goblins
Passenger
1930
Film
Mike Fright
Elevator Operator
1934
Film
Smithy
Worker
1924
Film
Father Steps Out
Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
1941
Film
The Hoose-Gow
Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
1929
Film
Honeymoon Lodge
Hotel Handyman
1943
Film
That's My Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
1929
Film
Backs to Nature
Hunter (uncredited)
1933
Film
Madame Sans Jane
Steward
1925
Film
Berth Marks
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1929
Film
Air Fright
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Film
Sneak Easily
Page
1932
Film
The Pip from Pittsburg
Kay's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
1931
Film
Hi, Beautiful
Milkman (uncredited)
1944
Film
Let's Do Things
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Film
Maids a la Mode
Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
Love on a Ladder
Pool Hall Patron
1934
Rhapsody in Brew
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Film
Love 'Em and Weep
Tillsbury's Butler
1927
One-Horse Farmers
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934
Film
Beauty and the Bus
Theatre Usher (uncredited)
1933
Just a Pain in the Parlor
Servant
1932
Film
Eve's Love Letters
Cab driver (uncredited)
1927
Film
Hot Money
Tenant (uncredited)
1935
Film
The Undie-World
T.N.T. Room Busboy
1934
Film
They Go Boom!
Landlord
1929
Film
Nature in the Wrong
Organ Grinder
1933
Film
Seeing the World
English chauffeur
1927
Film
An Apple in His Eye
Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
1941
Film
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Film
Rough Necking
Postman
1934
Film
Leave 'Em Laughing
The Landlord
1928
Film
Dance of the Cookoos
Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
1982
Love Pains
Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
1932
Film
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Film
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Budd Doolittle
1941
Next Week-End
1934
Film
Do Me a Favor
A Fireman
1922
Film
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
Film
Framing Father
Silver Slipper Waiter
1942
Film
Haunted at Midnight
Man on Train
1931
Film
Too Many Women
Man on Street (uncredited)
1932
Film
Fifty Million Husbands
Neighbor (uncredited)
1930
Film
Babes in the Goods
Spectator (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Night Life
Cabdriver (uncredited)
1930
Film
Mighty Like a Moose
Shoe Shine Man
1926
Film
One of the Smiths
Dancer (uncredited)
1931
An All American Toothache
(uncredited)
1936
Film
The Real McCoy
Mountain Man (uncredited)
1930
Film
Dollar Dizzy
Bellhop
1930
Film
Another Wild Idea
Man Pushed into Fountain
1934
Film
Snappy Sneezer
Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
1929
Film
Near Dublin
Villager
1924
Keg o' My Heart
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Film
One Track Minds
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1933
A Quiet Fourth
Edgar's Neighbor
1941
Los cazadores de osos
Bootlegger
1930
Film
Twin Triplets
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1935
Film
A Ten-Minute Egg
First Bellhop (uncredited)
1924
Film
Sing Sister Sing
Porter (uncredited)
1935
Film
Little Mother
Taxi driver
1929
Film
Sealskins
Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
1932
Film
A Pair of Tights
Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
1929
Film
Wild Babies!
Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
1932
A Trailer Tragedy
Homeless Thief in Washroom
1940
In Love at 40
Man Getting Shave
1935
Film
Treasure Blues
Moving Man (uncredited)
1935
Film
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
The Druggist's Dilemma
Charlie Zeno
1933