Charlie Hall
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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
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.
Born
Aug 18, 1899
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died
Dec 07, 1959
Known For
Acting
Movies
207 acting
4 crew
Popularity
1.2
Known For
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
as Mercury (uncredited)
King Kong
1933
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
Limelight
1952
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Top Hat
1935
as (uncredited)
Sons of the Desert
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill
1946
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Student
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
1937
as Bartender (uncredited)
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