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Charlie Hall
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Charlie Hall
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1899-08-18,Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

9

Leaping Love
1929-06-22

Hold Your Temper

0

Hold Your Temper
1933-12-15

8

Framing Father
1942-05-15

Without Reservations

6.3

Without Reservations
1946-05-13

Madame Sans Jane

4.3

Madame Sans Jane
1925-08-09

Unfriendly Enemies

6.5

Unfriendly Enemies
1925-09-13

Forgotten Sweeties

5.3

Forgotten Sweeties
1927-04-10

The Midnight Patrol

6.6

The Midnight Patrol
1933-08-03

6

Sugar Daddies
1927-09-10

One of the Smiths

8

One of the Smiths
1931-05-23

6.9

Be Big!
1931-02-07

6.8

Double Whoopee
1929-05-18

Fluttering Hearts

5.6

Fluttering Hearts
1927-06-19

Leave 'Em Laughing

6

Leave 'Em Laughing
1928-01-28

7.2

The Live Ghost
1934-12-08

The Second 100 Years

6.2

The Second 100 Years
1927-10-08

Them Thar Hills

7.5

Them Thar Hills
1934-07-21

6.9

They Go Boom!
1929-09-21

Thundering Fleas

6

Thundering Fleas
1926-07-18

7

Tit for Tat
1935-01-05

Dressed to Kill

6.7

Dressed to Kill
1946-05-24

7.903

Limelight
1952-10-16

7

The Milkman
1950-10-17

6.2

Morning Glory
1933-08-18

So You Want to Play the Piano

6.3

So You Want to Play the Piano
1956-05-05

San Antonio Rose

7

San Antonio Rose
1941-06-20

Mighty Like a Moose

6.808

Mighty Like a Moose
1926-07-18

6.1

Boxing Gloves
1929-09-09

Isn't Life Terrible?

6.1

Isn't Life Terrible?
1925-07-05

Nature in the Wrong

6.5

Nature in the Wrong
1933-03-18

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

7

The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967-12-01

Just a Pain in the Parlor

5.5

Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932-04-25

A Slip at the Switch

0

A Slip at the Switch
1932-08-08

Seeing the World

7.1

Seeing the World
1927-02-13

6.8

Little Mother
1929-06-01

6.5

Illegal
1955-10-09

7.2

Top Hat
1935-08-29

Man From Headquarters

6.3

Man From Headquarters
1942-01-23

6.5

The Lodger
1944-01-19

7.2

Hey! Hey! USA
1938-10-01

4.4

The Ape Man
1943-03-05

5.6

Bear Shooters
1930-05-16

6.5

Show Business
1932-08-20

6.7

Sealskins
1932-02-06

A Pair of Tights

7.8

A Pair of Tights
1929-02-03

6.7

Movie Night
1929-05-11

5.7

Mother's Joy
1923-12-23

Sing Sister Sing

7.3

Sing Sister Sing
1935-03-02

10

Soup and Fish
1934-03-30

6.4

The Real McCoy
1930-02-01

7.8

Came the Dawn
1928-03-03

6.7

Near Dublin
1924-05-10

6.8

Dollar Dizzy
1930-10-03

10

Hot Money
1935-11-16

Maids a la Mode

3.7

Maids a la Mode
1933-03-04

One-Horse Farmers

8

One-Horse Farmers
1934-08-01

Opened by Mistake

8

Opened by Mistake
1934-10-05

5.8

Smithy
1924-01-19

6.2

Postage Due
1924-02-17

6.6

Below Zero
1930-04-26

Backs to Nature

6.3

Backs to Nature
1933-11-14

The Fighting Parson

7

The Fighting Parson
1930-02-06

7.5

The Music Box
1932-04-16

4.5

Skirt Shy
1929-11-30

Call of the Cuckoo

5.8

Call of the Cuckoo
1927-10-15

8

War Mamas
1931-11-14

8

Twin Triplets
1935-10-12

9

Treasure Blues
1935-01-26

6.8

The Soilers
1932-10-29

The Pajama Party

7

The Pajama Party
1931-10-03

Strictly Unreliable

6

Strictly Unreliable
1932-04-30

8

Sneak Easily
1932-12-10

One Track Minds

7

One Track Minds
1933-05-20

6.8

On the Loose
1931-12-26

Maid in Hollywood

9

Maid in Hollywood
1934-05-19

Let's Do Things

6.5

Let's Do Things
1931-06-06

Beauty and the Bus

8

Beauty and the Bus
1933-09-16

Babes in the Goods

8

Babes in the Goods
1934-02-10

An All American Toothache

8

An All American Toothache
1936-01-25

6.3

Air Fright
1933-12-23

5.7

Sweepstakes
1931-07-10

Abie's Irish Rose

7

Abie's Irish Rose
1946-12-27

7.3

Busy Bodies
1933-10-07

6.8

Berth Marks
1929-06-01

Kentucky Kernels

6.4

Kentucky Kernels
1934-11-02

6.8

Men O' War
1929-06-29

6.5

Me and My Pal
1933-04-22

6.2

The Skulls
1931-04-18

6.8

The Chiselers
1931-02-07

7.2

Laughing Gravy
1931-04-04

Sons of the Desert

7.1

Sons of the Desert
1933-12-29

6.8

Saps at Sea
1940-04-29

Playing at Politics

7

Playing at Politics
1931-05-01

Pack Up Your Troubles

6.8

Pack Up Your Troubles
1932-09-16

7

Our Relations
1936-09-15

6.7

Twice Two
1933-02-25

Shivering and Shaking

6.9

Shivering and Shaking
1930-04-28

Thicker Than Water

7.4

Thicker Than Water
1935-03-16

6.8

The Hoose-Gow
1929-11-16

Scratch-As-Catch-Can

6

Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931-11-06

6.4

Five Came Back
1939-06-23

8

Ocean Swells
1934-08-08

4.5

Man About Town
1939-06-29

Bachelor Mother

7.2

Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30

The Pip from Pittsburg

6.6

The Pip from Pittsburg
1931-03-21

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

7.328

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-08-31

The Cowboy Sheik

6.5

The Cowboy Sheik
1924-02-03

6.9

Sister Kenny
1946-10-10

6.5

Angora Love
1929-12-14

6.7

Niagara Falls
1941-10-17

Babes in Toyland

6.3

Babes in Toyland
1934-12-14

6.4

Bacon Grabbers
1929-10-19

6.382

Duck Soup
1927-03-13

7.5

The Night Life
1930-04-19

Love 'Em and Weep

5.7

Love 'Em and Weep
1927-06-12

Should Married Men Go Home?

6.5

Should Married Men Go Home?
1928-09-08

6.6

That's My Wife
1929-03-23

The Battle of the Century

6.9

The Battle of the Century
1927-12-31

The Second 100 Years

6.2

The Second 100 Years
1927-10-08

With Love and Hisses

6.1

With Love and Hisses
1927-08-28

6.8

Wrong Again
1929-02-23

You're Darn Tootin'

5.8

You're Darn Tootin'
1928-04-21

Bonnie Scotland

6.6

Bonnie Scotland
1935-08-23

Vigil in the Night

5.9

Vigil in the Night
1940-02-05

Mexican Spitfire

5

Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12

Eve's Love Letters

6.6

Eve's Love Letters
1927-05-28

6.702

College
1927-09-10

7.3

Blotto
1930-02-08

A Ten-Minute Egg

6

A Ten-Minute Egg
1924-07-19

7.1

Come Clean
1931-09-02

The Panic Is On

3.7

The Panic Is On
1931-08-14

Top Sergeant Mulligan

6.5

Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941-10-16

10

Rough Necking
1934-04-24

Cockeyed Cavaliers

5.8

Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934-06-29

Rhapsody in Brew

9

Rhapsody in Brew
1933-09-29

4.5

The Kick-Off!
1931-12-05

8

Too Many Women
1932-05-14

4.5

Wild Babies!
1932-06-17

A Chump at Oxford

6.9

A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25

7

Any Old Port!
1932-03-05

Keg o' My Heart

0

Keg o' My Heart
1933-11-11

9

Love Pains
1932-02-13

Mama Loves Papa

9.5

Mama Loves Papa
1931-10-23

One Night in the Tropics

5.8

One Night in the Tropics
1940-11-15

Fifty Million Husbands

5.6

Fifty Million Husbands
1930-05-23

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

8

The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968-12-14

An Apple in His Eye

9

An Apple in His Eye
1941-06-06

6.7

Primrose Path
1940-03-22

Millionaires in Prison

6.1

Millionaires in Prison
1940-07-12

Captain Swagger

7

Captain Swagger
1928-10-13

The Druggist's Dilemma

7

The Druggist's Dilemma
1933-05-22

7

In Love at 40
1935-08-29

7.5

Diplomaniacs
1933-04-28

5.1

Cynara
1932-12-24

6.8

Snappy Sneezer
1929-07-29

7.3

Shall We Dance
1937-05-07

5.6

Captain Fury
1939-05-26

Another Wild Idea

4.4

Another Wild Idea
1934-06-16

5.8

Mr. Bride
1932-12-24

10

I'll Fix It
1941-10-07

Bromo and Juliet

5.8

Bromo and Juliet
1926-09-19

You Can't Fool Your Wife

5.5

You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940-05-21

7.2

Curtain Call
1940-04-18

Father Steps Out

6.5

Father Steps Out
1941-07-19

Mexican Spitfire Out West

5

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

4.6

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941-11-28

3

Bridal Bail
1934-02-09

The Undie-World

9.5

The Undie-World
1934-04-03

Love on a Ladder

3.7

Love on a Ladder
1934-03-18

8

A Quiet Fourth
1941-12-19

Million Dollar Legs

6.8

Million Dollar Legs
1932-07-08

A Trailer Tragedy

7

A Trailer Tragedy
1940-10-17

Night of Goblins

6.1

Night of Goblins
1930-10-16

Haunted at Midnight

8

Haunted at Midnight
1931-05-21

So's Your Uncle

6

So's Your Uncle
1943-09-01

His Butler's Sister

7.2

His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26

Honeymoon Lodge

6.5

Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23

Girls! Girls! Girls!

7

Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944-06-09

10

Radio Rampage
1944-03-28

6.786

Two Tars
1928-11-03

7.2

Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25

7.589

King Kong
1933-04-07

5.8

In Society
1944-08-16

On Stage Everybody

8

On Stage Everybody
1945-07-13

6

Do Me a Favor
1922-05-21

The Falcon Takes Over

6.3

The Falcon Takes Over
1942-05-29

Dance of the Cookoos

10

Dance of the Cookoos
1982-01-01

Zeb vs. Paprika

5.8

Zeb vs. Paprika
1924-03-16

7

The Janitor
1921-12-16

5.8

The Big Street
1942-08-13

8

What Fur
1933-11-03

7.5

Hi'–Neighbor!
1934-03-02

6.1

Mike Fright
1934-08-25

What Price Hollywood?

6.8

What Price Hollywood?
1932-06-24

6

Only Saps Work
1930-12-05

Men of the North

5.7

Men of the North
1930-09-27

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

10

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
2024-10-29

9.8

Hi, Beautiful
1944-12-18

8

Must We Marry?
1928-12-01

Los cazadores de osos

0

Los cazadores de osos
1930-10-30

Crooks Can't Win

10

Crooks Can't Win
1928-04-07

9

Next Week-End
1934-02-24

6.661

Big Business
1929-04-20

7

Police Bullets
1942-09-25

Are Brunettes Safe?

8

Are Brunettes Safe?
1927-02-06

They Met in Argentina

5.2

They Met in Argentina
1941-04-25

Let's Go Native

7.7

Let's Go Native
1930-08-15

6.2

Cheyenne
1955-09-20

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

7.8

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955-10-02

No Hiding Place

4.8

No Hiding Place
1959-09-16

6.1

Topper
1953-10-09

The Abbott and Costello Show

7.2

The Abbott and Costello Show
1952-12-05