Charlie Hall
Acting
🎂 1899-08-18
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.
Cast credits(207)
Kevin
1955
Man with Pool Cue (uncredited)
1955
1959
Jake - Roofer
1952
Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)
1933
Mercury (uncredited)
1939
Cockney Convict Heckler (uncredited)
1940
Nightclub Waiter
1941
Bellhop (uncredited)
1955
Man in lower bunk in jail (uncredited)
1953
Mugg (uncredited)
1944
Cab Driver (uncredited)
1946
Cigarette Stand Owner
1934
Porter
1943
2023
Second S.S. Atlantica Steward (uncredited)
1940
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
1941
Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
1932
Little Cook
1931
Actor (uncredited)
1933
Newsboy (uncredited)
1952
Louie (Uncredited)
1942
Hotel Handyman
1943
(uncredited)
1935
Elevator Boy
1940
Milkman (uncredited)
1944
Caviar Waiter in New York (Uncredited)
1942
Man in Diner (uncredited)
1940
Second Waiter
1940
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1940
Bellhop (uncredited)
1941
Comedian
1944
Airport Worker (uncredited)
1939
Waiter
1943
Airport Attendant (uncredited)
1946
Elevator Operator
1931
Bartender (uncredited)
1937
Janitor (uncredited)
1932
Ed (uncredited)
1950
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Bootlegger
1930
First Soldier Over the Top
1925
Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
1946
T.N.T. Room Busboy
1934
Native Henchman (uncredited)
1935
Painter (uncredited)
1945
Porter (uncredited)
1935
Townsman (uncredited)
1934
Steward
1925
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1932
Student
1940
Elevator Operator
1940
Steward Who Drops Plates
1925
Dance Hall Official (uncredited)
1939
Newspaper Photographer
1942
Reporter (uncredited)
1932
Moving Man (uncredited)
1935
Bob's Assistant (uncredited)
1939
Messenger
1928
Landlord (uncredited)
1931
Courtroom Spectator
1940
1930
Gossiping Citizen
1939
Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
1940
Window-Washer (uncredited)
1946
Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)
1934
Bellboy
1931
Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
1930
1928
Budd Doolittle
1941
Musician
1928
Street Cleaner (uncredited)
1930
Ice Cream Attendant
1931
Tenant (uncredited)
1935
The Landlord
1931
Coxswain (uncredited)
1927
Bellboy / Landlord
1931
Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
1982
Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
1932
Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
1936
Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
1931
Servant
1932
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1933
Mover (uncredited)
1930
2024
1956
Passenger
1930
Stan's Second
1932
Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
1927
Bellhop
1930
1933
Coach Driver
1934
Bank Teller (uncredited)
1935
Barney
1943
Waitress
1941
Man on Street (uncredited)
1932
English chauffeur
1927
Musician
1926
Leary's pal
1938
Postman (uncredited)
1932
Page
1932
Waiter (uncredited)
1930
Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
1968
Convict
1927
Convict (uncredited)
1927
Tipsy Ship Passenger
1932
Moving man (uncredited)
1927
Sidewalk diner attendant
1929
Mr. Hall
1934
Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
1933
Neighbor
1930
Man Pushed into Fountain
1934
Tire thief's partner
1933
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931
Neighbor
1929
Taxi driver
1929
Delivery Boy
1933
Charlie
1930
The Landlord
1928
Irate Movie Patron
1934
Shopkeeper
1928
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
1928
1924
Homeless Thief in Washroom
1940
Boater (uncredited)
1929
Cameraman (uncredited)
1934
Hotel extra
1927
Shop Worker (uncredited)
1933
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1929
Mr. Hall
1935
Landlord
1929
Man under car
1927
Little Moving Man (uncredited)
1928
Silver Slipper Waiter
1942
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1932
1931
Postman (uncredited)
1929
Elevator Operator
1934
1967
Postman
1934
Waiter (uncredited)
1929
Customer
1924
Truck driver
1929
Neighbor
1929
Waiter (uncredited)
1931
Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
1929
Intern (uncredited)
1934
Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
1929
Edgar's Neighbor
1941
Asylum Inmate
1927
Subway Passenger (uncredited)
1934
(uncredited)
1936
Cabdriver
1930
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1932
Cabdriver
1929
Window Washer
1934
First Bellhop (uncredited)
1924
Kay's Dancing Partner
1931
Worker
1924
Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
1941
Stagehand (uncredited)
1926
Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
1931
1927
Man Getting Shave
1935
Jack - Radio Repairman
1944
Cabdriver (uncredited)
1930
Audience Member (uncredited)
1929
The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
1932
The Laundry Man
1941
Tillsbury's Butler
1927
Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
1932
1933
Pool Hall Patron
1934
Man on Train
1931
The Waiter (uncredited)
1930
A Fireman
1922
Doughboy (uncredited)
1931
Charlie Zeno
1933
Pilot (uncredited)
1933
Hunter (uncredited)
1933
Second Tramp
1932
Sailor
1934
Cab driver (uncredited)
1927
Milkman (uncredited)
1931
1921
Soldier (uncredited)
1927
Shoe Shine Man
1926
Theatre Usher (uncredited)
1933
Party guest
1924
Villager
1924
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Spectator (uncredited)
1934
Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
1934
Dancer (uncredited)
1931
Waiter (uncredited)
1933
Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
1941
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1929
Apartment House Waiter
1944
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1931
Mountain Man (uncredited)
1930
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
1935
1923
Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
1929
Organ Grinder
1933
Party Guest (uncredited)
1933
Train Passenger (uncredited)
1933
Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
1932
