Charlie Hall
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-08-18
Day of Death
1959-12-07 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Charlie Hall
Biography
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.
Acting
(2024)
(2023)
(1982)
Dance of the Cookoos
as Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
(1968)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1967)
(1956)
(1955)
Illegal
as Bellhop (uncredited)
(1952)
Limelight
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1950)
The Milkman
as Ed (uncredited)
(1946)
Dressed to Kill
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
(1946)
Without Reservations
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
(1946)
Abie's Irish Rose
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
(1945)
On Stage Everybody
as Painter (uncredited)
(1944)
The Lodger
as Comedian
(1944)
In Society
as Mugg (uncredited)
(1944)
Hi, Beautiful
as Milkman (uncredited)
(1944)
Radio Rampage
as Jack - Radio Repairman
(1944)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Apartment House Waiter
(1943)
The Ape Man
as Barney
(1943)
His Butler's Sister
as Porter
(1943)
Honeymoon Lodge
as Hotel Handyman
(1943)
So's Your Uncle
as Waiter
(1942)
The Falcon Takes Over
as Louie (Uncredited)
(1942)
The Big Street
as Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)
(1942)
Man From Headquarters
as Newspaper Photographer
(1942)
Framing Father
as Silver Slipper Waiter
(1941)
Hellzapoppin'
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
(1941)
Niagara Falls
as Bellhop (uncredited)
(1941)
San Antonio Rose
as Waitress
(1941)
Father Steps Out
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
(1941)
Top Sergeant Mulligan
as Budd Doolittle
(1941)
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Nightclub Waiter
(1941)
An Apple in His Eye
as Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
(1941)
I'll Fix It
as The Laundry Man
(1941)
A Quiet Fourth
as Edgar's Neighbor
(1940)
A Chump at Oxford
as Student
(1940)
Primrose Path
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
(1940)
Saps at Sea
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
(1940)
One Night in the Tropics
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
(1940)
Vigil in the Night
as Courtroom Spectator
(1940)
Millionaires in Prison
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Elevator Boy
(1940)
Curtain Call
as Second Waiter
(1940)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
(1940)
A Trailer Tragedy
as Homeless Thief in Washroom
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire
as Elevator Operator
(1939)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Mercury (uncredited)
(1939)
Five Came Back
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
(1939)
Bachelor Mother
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
(1939)
Man About Town
as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
(1939)
Captain Fury
as Gossiping Citizen
(1938)
Hey! Hey! USA
as Leary's pal
(1937)
Shall We Dance
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1936)
Our Relations
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
(1936)
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
(1935)
Top Hat
as (uncredited)
(1935)
Bonnie Scotland
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
(1935)
Tit for Tat
as Mr. Hall
(1935)
Thicker Than Water
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
(1935)
Twin Triplets
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
(1935)
Sing Sister Sing
as Porter (uncredited)
(1935)
Hot Money
as Tenant (uncredited)
(1935)
Treasure Blues
as Moving Man (uncredited)
(1935)
In Love at 40
as Man Getting Shave
(1934)
Babes in Toyland
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1934)
Them Thar Hills
as Mr. Hall
(1934)
Kentucky Kernels
as Cigarette Stand Owner
(1934)
Mike Fright
as Elevator Operator
(1934)
The Live Ghost
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)
(1934)
Maid in Hollywood
as Cameraman (uncredited)
(1934)
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Coach Driver
(1934)
Another Wild Idea
as Man Pushed into Fountain
(1934)
Hi'–Neighbor!
as Window Washer
(1934)
Bridal Bail
as Irate Movie Patron
(1934)
Ocean Swells
as Sailor
(1934)
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
(1934)
Rough Necking
as Postman
(1934)
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Busboy
(1934)
Soup and Fish
as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
(1934)
Babes in the Goods
as Spectator (uncredited)
(1934)
Opened by Mistake
as Intern (uncredited)
(1934)
Love on a Ladder
as Pool Hall Patron
(1933)
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
(1933)
Sons of the Desert
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1933)
Morning Glory
as Actor (uncredited)
(1933)
Me and My Pal
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
(1933)
Busy Bodies
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
(1933)
The Midnight Patrol
as Tire thief's partner
(1933)
Diplomaniacs
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
(1933)
Beauty and the Bus
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
(1933)
(1933)
Twice Two
as Delivery Boy
(1933)
One Track Minds
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1933)
(1933)
Keg o' My Heart
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1933)
Rhapsody in Brew
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1933)
Nature in the Wrong
as Organ Grinder
(1933)
Air Fright
as Pilot (uncredited)
(1933)
Maids a la Mode
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1933)
The Druggist's Dilemma
as Charlie Zeno
(1933)
Backs to Nature
as Hunter (uncredited)
(1932)
What Price Hollywood?
as Reporter (uncredited)
(1932)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Janitor (uncredited)
(1932)
Any Old Port!
as Stan's Second
(1932)
The Music Box
as Postman (uncredited)
(1932)
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
(1932)
Show Business
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1932)
Strictly Unreliable
as The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
(1932)
Cynara
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1932)
A Slip at the Switch
as Second Tramp
(1932)
Mr. Bride
as Tipsy Ship Passenger
(1932)
Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Servant
(1932)
Sealskins
as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
(1932)
The Soilers
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
(1932)
Love Pains
as Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
(1932)
Wild Babies!
as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
(1932)
Sneak Easily
as Page
(1932)
Too Many Women
as Man on Street (uncredited)
(1931)
Be Big!
as Bellboy
(1931)
Come Clean
as Ice Cream Attendant
(1931)
Laughing Gravy
as Landlord (uncredited)
(1931)
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Kay's Dancing Partner
(1931)
Haunted at Midnight
as Man on Train
(1931)
Sweepstakes
as Little Cook
(1931)
Let's Do Things
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1931)
On the Loose
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
(1931)
Mama Loves Papa
as Milkman (uncredited)
(1931)
(1931)
The Chiselers
as Bellboy / Landlord
(1931)
The Panic Is On
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
(1931)
The Skulls
as The Landlord
(1931)
War Mamas
as Doughboy (uncredited)
(1931)
The Pajama Party
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
(1931)
Playing at Politics
as Elevator Operator
(1931)
One of the Smiths
as Dancer (uncredited)
(1931)
The Kick-Off!
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
(1930)
(1930)
Dollar Dizzy
as Bellhop
(1930)
Blotto
as Cabdriver
(1930)
Only Saps Work
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1930)
Bear Shooters
as Charlie
(1930)
Shivering and Shaking
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
(1930)
Men of the North
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
(1930)
Night of Goblins
as Passenger
(1930)
Let's Go Native
as Mover (uncredited)
(1930)
Fifty Million Husbands
as Neighbor
(1930)
The Night Life
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
(1930)
The Real McCoy
as Mountain Man (uncredited)
(1930)
The Fighting Parson
as The Waiter (uncredited)
(1929)
Men O' War
as Boater (uncredited)
(1929)
The Hoose-Gow
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
(1929)
Berth Marks
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
(1929)
Double Whoopee
as Cabdriver
(1929)
Angora Love
as Neighbor
(1929)
Movie Night
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1929)
They Go Boom!
as Landlord
(1929)
That's My Wife
as Waiter (uncredited)
(1929)
Wrong Again
as Neighbor
(1929)
Boxing Gloves
as Sidewalk diner attendant
(1929)
Bacon Grabbers
as Truck driver
(1929)
Leaping Love
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
(1929)
Snappy Sneezer
as Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
(1929)
A Pair of Tights
as Man in fender bender
(1929)
Little Mother
as Taxi driver
(1929)
Skirt Shy
as Postman (uncredited)
(1928)
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
(1928)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as The Landlord
(1928)
Two Tars
as Shopkeeper
(1928)
Captain Swagger
as Messenger
(1928)
You're Darn Tootin'
as Musician
(1928)
Came the Dawn
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
(1928)
(1927)
College
as Coxswain (uncredited)
(1927)
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
(1927)
Sugar Daddies
as Hotel extra
(1927)
The Battle of the Century
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
(1927)
The Second 100 Years
as Convict
(1927)
The Second 100 Years
as Convict (uncredited)
(1927)
Love 'Em and Weep
as Tillsbury's Butler
(1927)
Duck Soup
as Moving man (uncredited)
(1927)
With Love and Hisses
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1927)
Fluttering Hearts
as Man under car
(1927)
(1927)
Eve's Love Letters
as Cab driver (uncredited)
(1927)
Seeing the World
as English chauffeur
(1926)
Bromo and Juliet
as Stagehand (uncredited)
(1926)
Thundering Fleas
as Musician
(1926)
Mighty Like a Moose
as Shoe Shine Man
(1925)
Unfriendly Enemies
as First Soldier Over the Top
(1925)
Madame Sans Jane
as Steward
(1925)
Isn't Life Terrible?
as Steward Who Drops Plates
(1924)
Smithy
as Worker
(1924)
Near Dublin
as Villager
(1924)
Postage Due
as Customer
(1924)
A Ten-Minute Egg
as First Bellhop (uncredited)
(1924)
(1924)
The Cowboy Sheik
as Party guest
(1923)
(1922)
Do Me a Favor
as A Fireman
(1921)
Crew
(1933)
Twice Two
Writer
(1933)
Busy Bodies
Writer
(1931)
Come Clean
Writer
(1930)
Hog Wild
Story