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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 a…
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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.
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BODY OF WORK
Charlie Hall's Filmography
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dance of the Cookoos
as Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
No Poster
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
No Poster
So You Want to Play the Piano
Illegal
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Limelight
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Milkman
as Ed (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
Sister Kenny
as Airport Attendant (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
Without Reservations
as Window-Washer (uncredited)
On Stage Everybody
as Painter (uncredited)
Hi, Beautiful
as Milkman (uncredited)
In Society
as Mugg (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Apartment House Waiter
No Poster
Radio Rampage
as Jack - Radio Repairman
The Lodger
as Comedian
His Butler's Sister
as Porter
So's Your Uncle
as Waiter
Honeymoon Lodge
as Hotel Handyman
The Ape Man
as Barney
Police Bullets
as Rabbit
The Big Street
as Waiter in New York (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over
as Louie (Uncredited)
Framing Father
as Silver Slipper Waiter
Man From Headquarters
as Newspaper Photographer
Hellzapoppin'
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
No Poster
A Quiet Fourth
as Edgar's Neighbor
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Nightclub Waiter
Niagara Falls
as Bellhop (uncredited)
Top Sergeant Mulligan
as Budd Doolittle
No Poster
I'll Fix It
as The Laundry Man
Father Steps Out
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
San Antonio Rose
as Waitress
An Apple in His Eye
as Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
They Met in Argentina
as Sailor in Cantina Brawl (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics
as Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Elevator Boy
No Poster
A Trailer Tragedy
as Homeless Thief in Washroom
Millionaires in Prison
as Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
You Can't Fool Your Wife
as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
Saps at Sea
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Curtain Call
as Second Waiter
Primrose Path
as Man in Diner (uncredited)
Vigil in the Night
as Courtroom Spectator
A Chump at Oxford
as Student
Mexican Spitfire
as Elevator Operator
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Mercury (uncredited)
Bachelor Mother
as Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
Man About Town
as Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
Five Came Back
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
Captain Fury
as Gossiping Citizen
Hey! Hey! USA
as Leary's pal
Shall We Dance
as Bartender (uncredited)
Our Relations
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
No Poster
An All American Toothache
as (uncredited)
Hot Money
as Tenant (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Top Hat
as (uncredited)
No Poster
In Love at 40
as Man Getting Shave
Bonnie Scotland
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
Thicker Than Water
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Sing Sister Sing
as Porter (uncredited)
Treasure Blues
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Tit for Tat
as Mr. Hall
Babes in Toyland
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Live Ghost
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
Kentucky Kernels
as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
No Poster
Opened by Mistake
as Intern (uncredited)
Mike Fright
as Elevator Operator
No Poster
Ocean Swells
as Sailor
No Poster
One-Horse Farmers
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Them Thar Hills
as Mr. Hall
Cockeyed Cavaliers
as Coach Driver
Another Wild Idea
as Man Pushed into Fountain
Maid in Hollywood
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Rough Necking
as Postman
The Undie-World
as T.N.T. Room Busboy
Soup and Fish
as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
No Poster
Love on a Ladder
as Pool Hall Patron
Hi'–Neighbor!
as Window Washer
No Poster
Next Week-End
Babes in the Goods
as Spectator (uncredited)
Bridal Bail
as Irate Movie Patron
Sons of the Desert
as Waiter (uncredited)
Air Fright
as Pilot (uncredited)
Hold Your Temper
Backs to Nature
as Hunter (uncredited)
No Poster
Keg o' My Heart
as Waiter (uncredited)
What Fur
Busy Bodies
as Shop Worker (uncredited)
No Poster
Rhapsody in Brew
as Waiter (uncredited)
Beauty and the Bus
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
Morning Glory
as Actor (uncredited)
The Midnight Patrol
as Tire thief's partner
No Poster
The Druggist's Dilemma
as Charlie Zeno
One Track Minds
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Diplomaniacs
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
Me and My Pal
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Nature in the Wrong
as Organ Grinder
Maids a la Mode
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Twice Two
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Cynara
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Mr. Bride
as Tipsy Ship Passenger
Sneak Easily
as Page
The Soilers
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles
as Janitor (uncredited)
Show Business
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
No Poster
A Slip at the Switch
as Second Tramp
Million Dollar Legs
as Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
What Price Hollywood?
as Reporter (uncredited)
Wild Babies!
as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
Too Many Women
as Man on Street (uncredited)
Strictly Unreliable
as The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
No Poster
Just a Pain in the Parlor
as Servant
The Music Box
as Postman (uncredited)
Any Old Port!
as Stan's Second (uncredited)
No Poster
Love Pains
as Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
Sealskins
as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
On the Loose
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
No Poster
The Kick-Off!
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
War Mamas
as Doughboy (uncredited)
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Mama Loves Papa
as Milkman (uncredited)
The Pajama Party
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
Come Clean
as Ice Cream Attendant
The Panic Is On
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
Sweepstakes
as Little Cook
Let's Do Things
as Waiter (uncredited)
One of the Smiths
as Dancer (uncredited)
Haunted at Midnight
as Man on Train
Playing at Politics
as Elevator Operator
The Skulls
as The Landlord
Laughing Gravy
as Landlord (uncredited)
The Pip from Pittsburg
as Kay's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
The Chiselers
as Bellboy / Landlord
Be Big!
as Bellboy (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
as Waiter (uncredited)
No Poster
Los cazadores de osos
as Bootlegger
Night of Goblins
as Passenger
Dollar Dizzy
as Bellhop
Men of the North
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
Let's Go Native
as Mover (uncredited)
Fifty Million Husbands
as Neighbor (uncredited)
Bear Shooters
as Charlie
Shivering and Shaking
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
Below Zero
The Night Life
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
Blotto
as Cabdriver
The Fighting Parson
as The Waiter (uncredited)
The Real McCoy
as Mountain Man (uncredited)
Angora Love
as Neighbor
Skirt Shy
as Postman (uncredited)
The Hoose-Gow
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
Bacon Grabbers
as Truck Driver
They Go Boom!
as Landlord
Boxing Gloves
as Sidewalk diner attendant
Snappy Sneezer
as Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
Men O' War
as Boater (uncredited)
Leaping Love
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Berth Marks
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Little Mother
as Taxi driver
Double Whoopee
as Cabdriver
Movie Night
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Big Business
as Neighbor (uncredited)
That's My Wife
as Waiter (uncredited)
Wrong Again
as Neighbor
A Pair of Tights
as Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
Must We Marry?
Two Tars
as Shopkeeper
Captain Swagger
as Messenger
Should Married Men Go Home?
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
You're Darn Tootin'
as Musician
Crooks Can't Win
as 'Bull' Savage
Came the Dawn
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
Leave 'Em Laughing
as The Landlord
The Battle of the Century
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
Call of the Cuckoo
as Asylum Inmate
The Second 100 Years
as Convict
The Second 100 Years
as Convict (uncredited)
College
as Coxswain (uncredited)
Sugar Daddies
as Hotel extra
With Love and Hisses
as Soldier (uncredited)
Fluttering Hearts
as Man under car
Love 'Em and Weep
as Tillsbury's Butler
Eve's Love Letters
as Cab driver (uncredited)
Forgotten Sweeties
Duck Soup
as Moving man (uncredited)
Seeing the World
as English chauffeur
Are Brunettes Safe?
as Villager at Train Station (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet
as Stagehand (uncredited)
Mighty Like a Moose
as Shoe Shine Man
Thundering Fleas
as Musician
Unfriendly Enemies
as First Soldier Over the Top
Madame Sans Jane
as Steward
Isn't Life Terrible?
as Steward Who Drops Plates
A Ten-Minute Egg
as First Bellhop (uncredited)
Near Dublin
as Villager
Zeb vs. Paprika
Postage Due
as Customer
The Cowboy Sheik
as Party guest
Smithy
as Worker
Mother's Joy
Do Me a Favor
as A Fireman
No Poster