Charlie Hall

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

207

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.

Known For

  • Cheyenne

    Cheyenne

  • Busy Bodies

    Busy Bodies

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents

  • Bachelor Mother

    Bachelor Mother

  • Curtain Call

    Curtain Call

  • Hellzapoppin'

    Hellzapoppin'

  • No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

  • Shall We Dance

    Shall We Dance

  • Sneak Easily

    Sneak Easily

  • Postage Due

    Postage Due

  • Forgotten Sweeties

    Forgotten Sweeties

  • Cynara

    Cynara

  • Bonnie Scotland

    Bonnie Scotland

  • Mr. Bride

    Mr. Bride

  • Be Big!

    Be Big!

  • Duck Soup

    Duck Soup

  • Limelight

    Limelight

  • Sealskins

    Sealskins

  • Fluttering Hearts

    Fluttering Hearts

  • The Skulls

    The Skulls

  • The Abbott and Costello Show

    The Abbott and Costello Show

  • Unfriendly Enemies

    Unfriendly Enemies

  • Sweepstakes

    Sweepstakes

  • So's Your Uncle

    So's Your Uncle

  • Sons of the Desert

    Sons of the Desert

  • Seeing the World

    Seeing the World

  • The Pajama Party

    The Pajama Party

  • Eve's Love Letters

    Eve's Love Letters

  • Morning Glory

    Morning Glory

  • The Midnight Patrol

    The Midnight Patrol

  • Captain Swagger

    Captain Swagger

  • Rough Necking

    Rough Necking

  • Without Reservations

    Without Reservations

  • His Butler's Sister

    His Butler's Sister

  • One Night in the Tropics

    One Night in the Tropics

  • King Kong

    King Kong

  • Diplomaniacs

    Diplomaniacs

  • Show Business

    Show Business

  • I'll Fix It

    I'll Fix It

  • Cockeyed Cavaliers

    Cockeyed Cavaliers

  • Me and My Pal

    Me and My Pal

  • Below Zero

    Below Zero

  • Men of the North

    Men of the North

  • Shivering and Shaking

    Shivering and Shaking

  • Honeymoon Lodge

    Honeymoon Lodge

  • Them Thar Hills

    Them Thar Hills

  • Bacon Grabbers

    Bacon Grabbers

  • Movie Night

    Movie Night

  • Maid in Hollywood

    Maid in Hollywood

  • Ocean Swells

    Ocean Swells

  • Leaping Love

    Leaping Love

  • Night of Goblins

    Night of Goblins

  • Came the Dawn

    Came the Dawn

  • Sister Kenny

    Sister Kenny

  • Double Whoopee

    Double Whoopee

  • Mike Fright

    Mike Fright

  • In Love at 40

    In Love at 40

  • Abie's Irish Rose

    Abie's Irish Rose

  • Hot Money

    Hot Money

  • Bromo and Juliet

    Bromo and Juliet

  • Hey! Hey! USA

    Hey! Hey! USA

  • The Fighting Parson

    The Fighting Parson

  • Topper

    Topper

  • Mama Loves Papa

    Mama Loves Papa

  • Illegal

    Illegal

  • Tit for Tat

    Tit for Tat

  • Isn't Life Terrible?

    Isn't Life Terrible?

  • Sugar Daddies

    Sugar Daddies

  • Opened by Mistake

    Opened by Mistake

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Keg o' My Heart

    Keg o' My Heart

  • Do Me a Favor

    Do Me a Favor

  • Love Pains

    Love Pains

  • Wild Babies!

    Wild Babies!

  • Boxing Gloves

    Boxing Gloves

  • One of the Smiths

    One of the Smiths

  • Too Many Women

    Too Many Women

  • Blotto

    Blotto

  • Air Fright

    Air Fright

  • Laughing Gravy

    Laughing Gravy

  • Strictly Unreliable

    Strictly Unreliable

  • Dollar Dizzy

    Dollar Dizzy

  • Call of the Cuckoo

    Call of the Cuckoo

  • The Cowboy Sheik

    The Cowboy Sheik

  • Two Tars

    Two Tars

  • Babes in Toyland

    Babes in Toyland

  • Radio Rampage

    Radio Rampage

  • Top Hat

    Top Hat

  • Bear Shooters

    Bear Shooters

  • Angora Love

    Angora Love

  • Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill

  • What Fur

    What Fur

  • Playing at Politics

    Playing at Politics

  • Madame Sans Jane

    Madame Sans Jane

  • A Chump at Oxford

    A Chump at Oxford

  • Bridal Bail

    Bridal Bail

  • Pack Up Your Troubles

    Pack Up Your Troubles

  • College

    College

  • Five Came Back

    Five Came Back

  • You're Darn Tootin'

    You're Darn Tootin'

  • The Big Street

    The Big Street

  • Our Relations

    Our Relations

  • Million Dollar Legs

    Million Dollar Legs

  • Captain Fury

    Captain Fury

  • Skirt Shy

    Skirt Shy

  • In Society

    In Society

  • The Lodger

    The Lodger

  • What Price Hollywood?

    What Price Hollywood?

  • Saps at Sea

    Saps at Sea

  • The Live Ghost

    The Live Ghost

  • The Music Box

    The Music Box

  • Love on a Ladder

    Love on a Ladder

  • Millionaires in Prison

    Millionaires in Prison

  • Primrose Path

    Primrose Path

  • The Hoose-Gow

    The Hoose-Gow

  • Man About Town

    Man About Town

  • Come Clean

    Come Clean

  • Should Married Men Go Home?

    Should Married Men Go Home?

  • The Chiselers

    The Chiselers

  • Hi, Beautiful

    Hi, Beautiful

  • The Falcon Takes Over

    The Falcon Takes Over

  • San Antonio Rose

    San Antonio Rose

  • Niagara Falls

    Niagara Falls

  • The Battle of the Century

    The Battle of the Century

  • The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

    The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

  • Twice Two

    Twice Two

  • An All American Toothache

    An All American Toothache

  • Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work

  • Vigil in the Night

    Vigil in the Night

  • The Janitor

    The Janitor

  • So You Want to Play the Piano

    So You Want to Play the Piano

  • Babes in the Goods

    Babes in the Goods

  • Framing Father

    Framing Father

  • That's My Wife

    That's My Wife

  • The Milkman

    The Milkman

  • Any Old Port!

    Any Old Port!

  • Mexican Spitfire

    Mexican Spitfire

  • The Ape Man

    The Ape Man

  • The Best of Laurel and Hardy

    The Best of Laurel and Hardy

  • Dance of the Cookoos

    Dance of the Cookoos

  • Hold Your Temper

    Hold Your Temper

  • Top Sergeant Mulligan

    Top Sergeant Mulligan

  • Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

    Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

  • Kentucky Kernels

    Kentucky Kernels

  • Berth Marks

    Berth Marks

  • Love 'Em and Weep

    Love 'Em and Weep

  • Thicker Than Water

    Thicker Than Water

  • Sing Sister Sing

    Sing Sister Sing

  • With Love and Hisses

    With Love and Hisses

  • The Night Life

    The Night Life

  • The Soilers

    The Soilers

  • Father Steps Out

    Father Steps Out

  • Rhapsody in Brew

    Rhapsody in Brew

  • Girls! Girls! Girls!

    Girls! Girls! Girls!

  • Just a Pain in the Parlor

    Just a Pain in the Parlor

  • A Pair of Tights

    A Pair of Tights

  • Little Mother

    Little Mother

  • Let's Do Things

    Let's Do Things

  • A Quiet Fourth

    A Quiet Fourth

  • War Mamas

    War Mamas

  • Mexican Spitfire Out West

    Mexican Spitfire Out West

  • Beauty and the Bus

    Beauty and the Bus

  • Men O' War

    Men O' War

  • On Stage Everybody

    On Stage Everybody

  • The Second 100 Years

    The Second 100 Years

  • The Second 100 Years

    The Second 100 Years

  • You Can't Fool Your Wife

    You Can't Fool Your Wife

  • The Kick-Off!

    The Kick-Off!

  • A Slip at the Switch

    A Slip at the Switch

  • They Go Boom!

    They Go Boom!

  • One Track Minds

    One Track Minds

  • Let's Go Native

    Let's Go Native

  • Thundering Fleas

    Thundering Fleas

  • Wrong Again

    Wrong Again

  • On the Loose

    On the Loose

  • Hi'–Neighbor!

    Hi'–Neighbor!

  • Haunted at Midnight

    Haunted at Midnight

  • The Pip from Pittsburg

    The Pip from Pittsburg

  • Near Dublin

    Near Dublin

  • Smithy

    Smithy

  • Zeb vs. Paprika

    Zeb vs. Paprika

  • A Ten-Minute Egg

    A Ten-Minute Egg

  • Man From Headquarters

    Man From Headquarters

  • Another Wild Idea

    Another Wild Idea

  • Leave 'Em Laughing

    Leave 'Em Laughing

  • Mother's Joy

    Mother's Joy

  • Maids a la Mode

    Maids a la Mode

  • Fifty Million Husbands

    Fifty Million Husbands

  • A Trailer Tragedy

    A Trailer Tragedy

  • Crooks Can't Win

    Crooks Can't Win

  • The Real McCoy

    The Real McCoy

  • Nature in the Wrong

    Nature in the Wrong

  • Treasure Blues

    Treasure Blues

  • Must We Marry?

    Must We Marry?

  • One-Horse Farmers

    One-Horse Farmers

  • Snappy Sneezer

    Snappy Sneezer

  • Soup and Fish

    Soup and Fish

  • Scratch-As-Catch-Can

    Scratch-As-Catch-Can

  • Backs to Nature

    Backs to Nature

  • The Panic Is On

    The Panic Is On

  • The Druggist's Dilemma

    The Druggist's Dilemma

  • Twin Triplets

    Twin Triplets

  • Mighty Like a Moose

    Mighty Like a Moose

  • An Apple in His Eye

    An Apple in His Eye

  • Los cazadores de osos

    Los cazadores de osos

  • The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

    The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy

  • The Undie-World

    The Undie-World