Charlie Hall
País: United Kingdom
Género: M
Cumpleaños: 1899-08-19
Fallecido: 1959-12-07
Biografía
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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.
Actor:
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1. Bromo and Juliet (1926), película...Stagehand
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2. El colegial (1927), película...Coxswain
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3. The Battle of the Century (1927), película...Pie Deliveryman
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4. The Second 100 Years (1927), película...Convict
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5. Home from the Honeymoon (1927), película...Moving man
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6. With Love and Hisses (1927), película...Soldier
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7. Should Married Men Go Home? (1928), película...Soda Jerk
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8. You're Darn Tootin' (1928), película...Musician
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9. Un par de marinos (1928), película...Shopkeeper
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10. Leave 'em Laughing (1928), película...The Landlord
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11. Un año a la sombra (1929), película...Treetop Lookout
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12. Un catarro de consecuencias (1929), película...Landlord
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13. Bacon Grabbers (1929), película...Truck driver
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14. Double Whoopee (1929), película...Cabdriver
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15. Ojo por ojo (1929), película...Neighbor
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16. Hombres de mar (1929), película...Boater
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17. El Gordo y el Flaco La Litera (1929), película...Train Passenger
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18. That's My Wife (1929), película...2nd Waiter
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19. Angora Love (1929), película...Neighbor
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20. Un día de campo (1929), película...Neighbor
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21. Wrong Again (1929), película...Neighbor
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22. Below Zero (1930), película...Annoyed Shopkeeper Throwing Snowball
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23. Laughing Gravy (1930), película...Landlord
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24. La Vida Nocturna (1930), película...Cabdriver
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25. Noche de Duendes (1930), película...Unknown
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26. El canelo (1931), película...Ice Cream Attendant
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27. De bote en bote (1931), película...Dental Assistant
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28. Héroes de tachuela (1931), película...New Recruit #13
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29. Be Big! (1931), película...Bellboy
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30. El abuelo de la criatura (1932), película...Janitor
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31. Haciendo de las suyas (1932), película...Postman
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32. En cada puerto un terror (1932), película...Shopkeeper
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33. Mi amigo y yo (1933), película...Delivery Boy
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34. Dos entrometidos (1933), película...Shop Worker
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35. Compañeros de juerga (1933), película...2nd Waiter
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36. Dos veces dos (1933), película...Delivery Boy
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37. El barco fantasma (1934), película...Sailor at Table
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38. En busca de la salud (1934), película...Mr. Hall
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39. Sombrero de copa (1935), película...Minor Role
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40. La subasta (1935), película...Bank Teller
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41. Ojo por ojo (1935), película...Mr. Hall
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42. En alas de la danza (1936), película...Taxi Driver
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43. Ritmo loco (1937), película...Ship's Bartender
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44. Baches entre nubes (1937), película...Singer / Barber (uncredited)
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45. Hey! Hey! USA (1938), película...Leary's pal
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46. Volvieron cinco (1939), película...Airport Worker
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47. Una nueva Primavera (1940), película...Man in Diner
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48. Estudiantes en Oxford (1940), película...Student Hector
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49. Marinos a la fuerza (1940), película...Desk Clerk
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50. El hombre bestia (1943), película...Barney - Photographer
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51. Amor sublime (1946), película...Airport Attendant (uncredited)
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52. Vestida para matar (1946), película...Cab Driver
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53. Androcles y el león (1952), película...Town Crier
Autor:
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1. Un año a la sombra (1929), película...(contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
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2. Laughing Gravy (1930), película...(contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
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3. El canelo (1931), película...(contributor to screenplay) (uncredited)
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4. Un par de gitanos (1936), película...(uncredited)
Glas:
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1. Un par de gitanos (1936), película...Gypsy Offering Congratulations