Cast & creator
Charlie Hall
Best known for Cheyenne, No Hiding Place, Alfred Hitchcock Presents
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.
Also known as: Charles Hall , Charley Hall , Charles Hill
211
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television credits
212
1921–2024 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (216)
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Cheyenne
Kevin
1955
No Hiding Place
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
1955
The Abbott and Costello Show
Jake - Roofer
1952
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mercury (uncredited)
1939
Topper
Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
1953
King Kong
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
1933
Limelight
Newsboy (uncredited)
1952
Sons of the Desert
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Top Hat
(uncredited)
1935
Playing at Politics
Elevator Operator
1931
Babes in Toyland
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Bacon Grabbers
Truck Driver
1929
Sweepstakes
Little Cook
1931
Dressed to Kill
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1946
Saps at Sea
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1940
Bonnie Scotland
Native Henchman (uncredited)
1935
Double Whoopee
Cabdriver
1929
Without Reservations
Window-Washer (uncredited)
1946
A Chump at Oxford
Student
1940
You're Darn Tootin'
Musician
1928
One Night in the Tropics
Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
1940
His Butler's Sister
Porter
1943
Sister Kenny
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1946
The Big Street
Waiter in New York (uncredited)
1942
The Battle of the Century
Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
1927
Pack Up Your Troubles
Janitor (uncredited)
1932
Angora Love
Neighbor
1929
The Lodger
Comedian
1944
Shall We Dance
Bartender (uncredited)
1937
So's Your Uncle
Waiter
1943
The Chiselers
Bellboy / Landlord
1931
Two Tars
Shopkeeper
1928
The Falcon Takes Over
Louie (Uncredited)
1942
Laughing Gravy
Landlord (uncredited)
1931
Hellzapoppin'
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1941
They Met in Argentina
Sailor in Cantina Brawl (uncredited)
1941
Captain Swagger
Messenger
1928
Bachelor Mother
Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
1939
Men of the North
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
1930
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Coach Driver
1934
The Skulls
The Landlord
1931
The Midnight Patrol
Tire thief's partner
1933
Vigil in the Night
Courtroom Spectator
1940
Our Relations
Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
1936
Sugar Daddies
Hotel extra
1927
Them Thar Hills
Mr. Hall
1934Love on a Ladder
Pool Hall Patron
1934
Should Married Men Go Home?
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1928
One of the Smiths
Dancer (uncredited)
1931
Isn't Life Terrible?
Steward Who Drops Plates
1925
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
1940
Movie Night
Audience Member (uncredited)
1929
What Fur
1933
Me and My Pal
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1933
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
With Love and Hisses
Soldier (uncredited)
1927
Tit for Tat
Mr. Hall
1935Radio Rampage
Jack - Radio Repairman
1944
Morning Glory
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Unfriendly Enemies
First Soldier Over the Top
1925
Call of the Cuckoo
Asylum Inmate
1927
Diplomaniacs
Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
1933
The Second 100 Years
Convict
1927The Second 100 Years
Convict (uncredited)
1927
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
(archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Elevator Boy
1940
Nature in the Wrong
Organ Grinder
1933
In Society
Mugg (uncredited)
1944
Eve's Love Letters
Cab driver (uncredited)
1927
College
Coxswain (uncredited)
1927
That's My Wife
Waiter (uncredited)
1929
Fluttering Hearts
Man under car
1927
The Music Box
Postman (uncredited)
1932
Five Came Back
Airport Worker (uncredited)
1939I'll Fix It
The Laundry Man
1941
Abie's Irish Rose
Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
1946Ocean Swells
Sailor
1934
Millionaires in Prison
Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
1940
Illegal
Bellhop (uncredited)
1955
Crooks Can't Win
'Bull' Savage
1928
The Panic Is On
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931Keg o' My Heart
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Come Clean
Ice Cream Attendant
1931Come Clean
Writer
1931
Do Me a Favor
A Fireman
1922
Below Zero
1930A Slip at the Switch
Second Tramp
1932
Babes in the Goods
Spectator (uncredited)
1934
Bromo and Juliet
Stagehand (uncredited)
1926
The Cowboy Sheik
Party guest
1924
What Price Hollywood?
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Wrong Again
Neighbor
1929
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Nightclub Waiter
1941
On Stage Everybody
Painter (uncredited)
1945
Million Dollar Legs
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932So You Want to Play the Piano
1956
The Milkman
Ed (uncredited)
1950
Man About Town
Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
1939
Police Bullets
Rabbit
1942
Primrose Path
Man in Diner (uncredited)
1940The Best of Laurel and Hardy
Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Let's Do Things
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Kentucky Kernels
Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
1934The Janitor
1921
Big Business
Neighbor (uncredited)
1929
Too Many Women
Man on Street (uncredited)
1932An All American Toothache
(uncredited)
1936
Father Steps Out
Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
1941
Let's Go Native
Mover (uncredited)
1930
Honeymoon Lodge
Hotel Handyman
1943
Berth Marks
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1929
Maids a la Mode
Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
Blotto
Cabdriver
1930Just a Pain in the Parlor
Servant
1932
Love 'Em and Weep
Tillsbury's Butler
1927
Duck Soup
Moving man (uncredited)
1927
The Ape Man
Barney
1943
Dance of the Cookoos
Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
1982
The Live Ghost
Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall) (uncredited)
1934
The Pajama Party
Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
1931
Came the Dawn
Little Moving Man (uncredited)
1928Los cazadores de osos
Bootlegger
1930
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Captain Fury
Gossiping Citizen
1939
Men O' War
Boater (uncredited)
1929
Mighty Like a Moose
Shoe Shine Man
1926
Only Saps Work
Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Busy Bodies
Shop Worker (uncredited)
1933Busy Bodies
Writer
1933
Skirt Shy
Postman (uncredited)
1929
Niagara Falls
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
Hog Wild
Story
1930In Love at 40
Man Getting Shave
1935
A Pair of Tights
Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
1929
They Go Boom!
Landlord
1929
Any Old Port!
Stan's Second (uncredited)
1932
Twice Two
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1933Twice Two
Writer
1933
Cynara
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1932
Hey! Hey! USA
Leary's pal
1938
The Pip from Pittsburg
Kay's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
1931
The Hoose-Gow
Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
1929
A Ten-Minute Egg
First Bellhop (uncredited)
1924
Maid in Hollywood
Cameraman (uncredited)
1934Opened by Mistake
Intern (uncredited)
1934
The Fighting Parson
The Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Beauty and the Bus
Theatre Usher (uncredited)
1933
Seeing the World
English chauffeur
1927
Boxing Gloves
Sidewalk diner attendant
1929
Thicker Than Water
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1935The Druggist's Dilemma
Charlie Zeno
1933
Leaping Love
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1929
Be Big!
Bellboy (uncredited)
1931
Leave 'Em Laughing
The Landlord
1928
Fifty Million Husbands
Neighbor (uncredited)
1930
An Apple in His Eye
Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
1941
Are Brunettes Safe?
Villager at Train Station (uncredited)
1927
Man From Headquarters
Newspaper Photographer
1942
Hi, Beautiful
Milkman (uncredited)
1944
Shivering and Shaking
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1930
Madame Sans Jane
Steward
1925
Dollar Dizzy
Bellhop
1930
Curtain Call
Second Waiter
1940
One Track Minds
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1933
Smithy
Worker
1924
Air Fright
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Soup and Fish
Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
1934
Hold Your Temper
1933
Top Sergeant Mulligan
Budd Doolittle
1941
Bear Shooters
Charlie
1930
The Undie-World
T.N.T. Room Busboy
1934
Mama Loves Papa
Milkman (uncredited)
1931
Thundering Fleas
Musician
1926
Show Business
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1932
Girls! Girls! Girls!
Apartment House Waiter
1944
Strictly Unreliable
The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
1932
Mexican Spitfire
Elevator Operator
1940Next Week-End
1934
On the Loose
Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
1931
San Antonio Rose
Waitress
1941Rhapsody in Brew
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Must We Marry?
1928
Hot Money
Tenant (uncredited)
1935
War Mamas
Doughboy (uncredited)
1931
Hi'–Neighbor!
Window Washer
1934
Bridal Bail
Irate Movie Patron
1934
The Real McCoy
Mountain Man (uncredited)
1930
Framing Father
Silver Slipper Waiter
1942
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
The Soilers
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1932
Twin Triplets
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1935
Sneak Easily
Page
1932A Trailer Tragedy
Homeless Thief in Washroom
1940
Night of Goblins
Passenger
1930
Postage Due
Customer
1924
Snappy Sneezer
Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
1929One-Horse Farmers
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934Love Pains
Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
1932
Backs to Nature
Hunter (uncredited)
1933
Little Mother
Taxi driver
1929
Mother's Joy
1923
Sealskins
Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
1932
Forgotten Sweeties
1927
Rough Necking
Postman
1934
Mike Fright
Elevator Operator
1934
Near Dublin
Villager
1924The Kick-Off!
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931
Treasure Blues
Moving Man (uncredited)
1935
Haunted at Midnight
Man on Train
1931
Mr. Bride
Tipsy Ship Passenger
1932
The Night Life
Cabdriver (uncredited)
1930
Another Wild Idea
Man Pushed into Fountain
1934
Wild Babies!
Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
1932
Sing Sister Sing
Porter (uncredited)
1935A Quiet Fourth
Edgar's Neighbor
1941