Charlie Hall
Nazione: United Kingdom
Genere: M
Compleanno: 1899-08-19
Morto: 1959-12-07
Biografia
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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.
Attore:
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1. Bromo and Juliet (1926), film...Stagehand
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2. Tuo per sempre (1927), film...Coxswain
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3. La battaglia del secolo (1927), film...Pie Deliveryman
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4. I due galeotti (1927), film...Convict
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5. Zuppa d'anatra (1927), film...Moving man
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6. Con amore e fischi (1927), film...Soldier
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...Soda Jerk
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...Musician
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9. Marinai a terra (1928), film...Shopkeeper
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10. Mal di denti (1928), film...The Landlord
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11. L'esplosione (1929), film...Landlord
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...Truck driver
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13. Agli ordini di sua altezza (1929), film...Cabdriver
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14. Grandi affari (1929), film...Neighbor
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15. I due ammiragli (1929), film...Boater
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16. Concerto di violoncello (1929), film...Train Passenger
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17. Ecco mia moglie (1929), film...2nd Waiter
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18. La capra Penelope (1929), film...Neighbor
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19. Tempo di picnic (1929), film...Neighbor
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...Neighbor
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21. Sotto zero (1930), film...Annoyed Shopkeeper Throwing Snowball
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22. Non c'è niente da ridere (1930), film...The Landlord
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23. La sbornia (1930), film...Cabdriver
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24. L'eredità (1930), film...Unknown
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25. Un salvataggio pericoloso (1931), film...Ice Cream Attendant
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26. Stanlio e Ollio - Muraglie (1931), film...Dental Assistant
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27. Legione straniera (1931), film...New Recruit #13
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28. La bugia (1931), film...Bellboy
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29. La scala musicale (1932), film...Postman
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30. Pugno di ferro (1932), film...Shopkeeper
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31. Il regalo di nozze (1933), film...Delivery Boy
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32. Lavori in corso (1933), film...Shop Worker
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33. I figli del deserto (1933), film...2nd Waiter
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...Delivery Boy
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35. Il fantasma stregato (1934), film...Sailor at Table
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36. Vita in campagna (1934), film...Mr. Hall
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37. Cappello a cilindro (1935), film...Minor Role
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38. Fratelli di sangue (1935), film...Bank Teller
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39. Questione d'onore (1935), film...Mr. Hall
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40. Follie d'inverno (1936), film...Taxi Driver
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41. Voglio danzare con te (1937), film...Ship's Bartender
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42. Vivendo volando (1937), film...Singer / Barber (uncredited)
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43. Hey! Hey! USA (1938), film...Leary's pal
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44. Piccolo porto (1940), film...Man in Diner
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45. Noi siamo le colonne (1940), film...Student Hector
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...Desk Clerk
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47. L'uomo scimmia (1943), film...Barney - Photographer
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48. Sister Kenny (1946), film...Airport Attendant (uncredited)
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49. Il mistero del carillon (1946), film...Cab Driver
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50. Androclo e il leone (1952), film...Town Crier
Sceneggiatura:
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1. La ragazza di Boemia (1936), film...(uncredited)
Doppiatori:
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1. La ragazza di Boemia (1936), film...Gypsy Offering Congratulations