Birth Day: 1899-08-18
Place of birth: Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
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.
Credits
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As Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
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As Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
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As Bellhop (uncredited) -
As Newsboy (uncredited) -
As Ed (uncredited) -
As Window-Washer (uncredited) -
As Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall) -
As Airport Attendant (uncredited) -
As Cab Driver (uncredited) -
As Painter (uncredited) -
As Apartment House Waiter -
As Comedian -
As Mugg (uncredited) -
As Jack - Radio Repairman
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As Barney -
As Waiter -
As Hotel Handyman -
As Porter -
As Louie (Uncredited) -
As Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited) -
As Newspaper Photographer -
As Silver Slipper Waiter -
As Bellhop (uncredited) -
As Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon -
As Edgar's Neighbor
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As Nightclub Waiter -
As The Laundry Man
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As Dan - Edgar's Neighbor -
As Budd Doolittle -
As Taxi Driver (uncredited) -
As Waitress -
As Elevator Boy -
As Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited) -
As Elevator Operator -
As Second Waiter -
As Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy -
As Courtroom Spectator -
As Homeless Thief in Washroom
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As Desk Clerk (uncredited) -
As Student -
As Man in Diner (uncredited) -
As Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited) -
As Airport Worker (uncredited) -
As Dance Hall Official (uncredited) -
As Mercury (uncredited) -
As Bob's Assistant (uncredited) -
As Gossiping Citizen -
As Leary's pal -
As Bartender (uncredited) -
As (uncredited)
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As Man in Pawnshop (uncredited) -
As Bank Teller (uncredited) -
As Porter (uncredited) -
As Man Getting Shave
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As Tenant (uncredited)
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As Moving Man (uncredited) -
As Mr. Hall -
As Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) -
As Native Henchman (uncredited) -
As (uncredited) -
As Irate Movie Patron -
As Postman -
As Cigarette Stand Owner -
As Man Pushed into Fountain -
As Coach Driver -
As Sailor
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As Townsman (uncredited) -
As Spectator (uncredited) -
As Cameraman (uncredited) -
As T.N.T. Room Busboy -
As Mr. Hall -
As Window Washer -
As Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) -
As Elevator Operator -
As Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited) -
As Intern (uncredited)
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As Pool Hall Patron
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As Subway Passenger (uncredited)
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As Shaffner the Valet (uncredited) -
As Actor (uncredited) -
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As Party Guest (uncredited) -
As Hunter (uncredited) -
As Charlie Zeno
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As Train Passenger (uncredited) -
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As Organ Grinder -
As Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited) -
As Delivery Boy -
As Tire thief's partner -
As Waiter (uncredited)
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As Delivery Boy (uncredited) -
As Theatre Usher (uncredited) -
As Pilot (uncredited) -
As Shop Worker (uncredited) -
As Waiter (uncredited)
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As Waiter (uncredited) -
As Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall) -
As Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) -
As Reporter (uncredited) -
As The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall) -
As Servant
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As Tipsy Ship Passenger -
As Second Tramp
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As Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
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As Train Passenger (uncredited) -
As Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited) -
As Elevator Operator (uncredited) -
As Janitor (uncredited) -
As Stan's Second -
As Man on Street (uncredited) -
As Postman (uncredited) -
As Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited) -
As Page -
As Dancer (uncredited) -
As Bellboy -
As Man on the Street (uncredited)
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As Ice Cream Attendant -
As Man on the Street (uncredited) -
As Milkman (uncredited) -
As Man on Train -
As Elevator Operator -
As Landlord (uncredited) -
As Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited) -
As Waiter (uncredited) -
As Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited) -
As Kay's Dancing Partner -
As Little Cook -
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As Doughboy (uncredited) -
As The Landlord -
As Bellboy / Landlord -
As Waiter (uncredited) -
As Neighbor -
As Townsman at Hearing (uncredited) -
As The Waiter (uncredited) -
As Cabdriver (uncredited) -
As Street Cleaner (uncredited) -
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As Mover (uncredited) -
As Bellhop -
As Passenger -
As Cabdriver -
As Mountain Man (uncredited) -
As Charlie -
As Streetcar passenger (uncredited) -
As Ambulance Attendant (uncredited) -
As Treetop Lookout (uncredited) -
As Waiter (uncredited) -
As Neighbor -
As Truck driver -
As Postman (uncredited) -
As Audience Member (uncredited) -
As Man in fender bender -
As Taxi driver -
As Boater (uncredited) -
As Sidewalk diner attendant -
As Neighbor -
As Landlord -
As Cabdriver -
As Train Passenger (uncredited) -
As Shopkeeper -
As Messenger -
As The Landlord -
As Little Moving Man (uncredited) -
As Soda Jerk (uncredited) -
As Musician -
As Cab driver (uncredited) -
As Convict -
As Coxswain (uncredited) -
As Asylum Inmate -
As Soldier (uncredited) -
As Convict (uncredited)
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As English chauffeur -
As Pie Delivery Man (uncredited) -
As Man under car -
As Tillsbury's Butler -
As Hotel extra -
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As Moving man (uncredited) -
As Stagehand (uncredited) -
As Musician -
As Shoe Shine Man -
As Steward Who Drops Plates -
As First Soldier Over the Top -
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As Party guest
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As Villager -
As Worker -
As Customer -
As First Bellhop (uncredited) -
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As A Fireman -