Thurston Hall

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
May 8, 1882 (75 years old)
Died
February 20, 1958
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Romance Drama
Career Span
1915 – 1957

Thurston Hall

3 wins
10 nominations
3 Oscars
213 credits

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Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in 250 films between 1915 and 1957 and is probably best remembered for his portrayal, during the later stages of his career, of often pompous or blustering authority figures.

Hall's best-known television role was as Mr. Schuyler, the boss of Cosmo Topper (played by Leo G. Carroll), in the 1950s television series, Topper (1953–1956).

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Personal Info

Born
May 8, 1882
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1915 – 1957

Award Recognition

3
Wins
10
Nominations
3
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1957

Affair in Reno as J.B. Del Monte

1956

The Go-Getter as Mr. Higgins

1954

Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake as James M. Townsend

1953

The Band Wagon as Colonel Tripp (uncredited) Award

1952

Skirts Ahoy! as Thatcher Kinston
Carson City as Charles Crocker
It Grows on Trees as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
One Big Affair as Mr. G
Night Stage to Galveston as Colonel James Bellamy
The WAC from Walla Walla as Col. Mayfield

1951

Belle Le Grand as Parkington
Whirlwind as Big Jim Lassiter
Knights of the Bath as Master of the House (archive footage)

1950

Bright Leaf as Phillips Award
One Too Many as Kenneth Simes
Chain Gang as John McKelvey, news publisher
The Bandit Queen as Governor
Belle of Old Mexico as Horatio Huntington
Federal Agent at Large as 'Big Bill' Dixon

1949

The Fountainhead as Businessman at Party (uncredited) Award
Tell It to the Judge as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
Rusty Saves a Life as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
Stagecoach Kid as Peter Arnold
Manhattan Angel as Everett H. Burton
Square Dance Jubilee as G.K.
Rim of the Canyon as Big Tim Hanlon
Bride for Sale as Trisby

1948

Three Daring Daughters as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
Up in Central Park as Governor Motley
Miraculous Journey as Kendricks
Blondie's Secret as George Whiteside

1947

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Bruce Pierce Award
It Had to Be You as Mr. Ned Harrington Award
Mourning Becomes Electra as Dr. Blake
The Farmer's Daughter as Wilbur Johnson
Welcome Stranger as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
Black Gold as Colonel Caldwell
The Unfinished Dance as Mr. Ronsell
Swing the Western Way as Jasper Jim Bandy
The Son of Rusty as Franklyn B. Gibson

1946

Colonel Effingham's Raid as Ed - the Mayor Award
Two Sisters from Boston as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr. Award
Without Reservations as Henry Baldwin
One More Tomorrow as Thomas Rufus Collier II
Dangerous Business as B.J. Calhoun
She Wrote the Book as Horace Van Cleve
Three Little Girls in Blue as Col. Clay

1945

Thrill of a Romance as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited) Award
Brewster's Millions as Colonel Drew Award
Lady on a Train as Josiah Waring Award
Bring on the Girls as Rutledge
Saratoga Trunk as Mr. Pound (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan as First Judge
Blonde from Brooklyn as "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth
West of the Pecos as Col. Lambeth
The Gay Senorita as J.J. Frentiss
Song of the Prairie as Jerome Wingate

1944

Song of Nevada as John Barrabee Award
Cover Girl as Tony Pastor (uncredited) Award
Wilson as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
In Society as Mr. Van Cleve
The Great Moment as Senator Borland
Something for the Boys as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
Ever Since Venus as Edgar Pomeroy
Goodnight, Sweetheart as Judge James Rutherford

1943

This Land Is Mine as Mayor Henry Manville Award
Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sen. Henry Babcock Award
Crash Dive as Senator from Texas
The Hard Way as Harry (Uncredited)
He Hired the Boss as Mr. Bates
The Youngest Profession as Mr. Drew
Here Comes Elmer as P. J. Ellis
One Dangerous Night as Inspector Crane
I Dood It as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
Hoosier Holiday as Henry P. Fairchild
Footlight Glamour as Randolph Wheeler

1942

Rings on Her Fingers
Hello, Annapolis as Capt. Wendall
The Night Before the Divorce as Bert Harriman
The Great Gildersleeve as Governor Jonathan Stafford
Sleepytime Gal as Mr. Adams
Her Cardboard Lover as Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
Call of the Canyon as Grantley B. Johnson
Shepherd of the Ozarks as James Maloney
Twin Beds as Horace Touchstone
Counter-Espionage as Insp. Crane

1941

The Great Lie as Oscar Worthington James Award
Four Mothers as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
The Great Man's Lady as Mr. Sempler
Remember the Day as Gov. Teller
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Inspector Crane
Pacific Blackout as Williams
In the Navy as Lead Senator (uncredited)
She Knew All the Answers as J. D. Sutton
Life with Henry as Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Huntley (uncredited)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Inspector Crane
Flight from Destiny as Dean Somers
Repent at Leisure as Jay Buckingham
Tuxedo Junction as Doug Gordon
Design for Scandal as Northcott
Where Did You Get That Girl? as Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
Washington Melodrama as Sen. Morton
Accent on Love as T. J. Triton
Hold That Ghost as Alderman Birch (uncredited)
Swing It Soldier as Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor

1940

City for Conquest as Max Leonard Award
Virginia City as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing as Charles Engel
The Invisible Woman as Hudson
The Great McGinty as Mr. Maxwell
The Blue Bird as Father Time
Millionaires in Prison as Harold Kellogg
Blondie on a Budget as Brice
Friendly Neighbors as The Governor
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Inspector Crane
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Inspector Crane
Alias the Deacon as Jim Cunningham
In Old Missouri as John Pittman Sr.
Kiddie Kure as Bill "Old Man" Morton

1939

Dodge City as Twitchell (uncredited) Award
First Love as Anthony Drake
Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Senator
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Sued for Libel as David Hastings
Each Dawn I Die as Hanley
The Day the Bookies Wept as Col. March
Dancing Co-Ed as Henry W. Workman
Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Sam Bailey
The Star Maker as Mr. Proctor
Ex-Champ as Mr. Courtney
Million Dollar Legs as Gregory Melton Sr.
Money To Burn as Ellis
Hawaiian Nights as T.C. Hartley
Our Neighbors - The Carters as Mr. Guilfoyle
Jeepers Creepers as M.K. Durant

1938

There's Always a Woman as District Attorney Award
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Grant Award
Spring Madness as Charles Platt
Professor Beware as J.J. Van Buren
Fast Company as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
The Affairs of Annabel as Major
Women Are Like That as Claudius King
Hard to Get as John Atwater
Out West with the Hardys as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
Going Places as Col. Withering
The Main Event as Captain Phillips
Campus Confessions as William Atterbury, Sr.
No Time to Marry as Pettensall
Extortion as Prof. Tisdelle
Squadron of Honor as Bob Metcalf

1937

Murder in Greenwich Village as Charles Cabot
It Can't Last Forever as Fulton
We Have Our Moments as Frank Rutherford
I Promise to Pay as Police Captain Hall
Don't Tell the Wife as Major Manning
Women of Glamour as Mr. Stark
Counsel for Crime as Sen. Maddox
Oh, Doctor as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
Venus Makes Trouble as Harlan Darrow
Parole Racket as Editor Jamison

1936

Theodora Goes Wild as Arthur Stevenson
The King Steps Out as Major
Devil's Squadron as Major Metcalf
Pride of the Marines as Col. Gage
Roaming Lady as E. J. Reid
Shakedown as T. Gregory Stuart
Two-Fisted Gentleman as Pop
Don't Gamble with Love as Martin Gage
Killer at Large as Inspector O'Hara
The Man Who Lived Twice as Dr. Clifford L. Schuyler
Trapped by Television as John Curtis
Lady from Nowhere as James Gordon Barnes
The Three Wise Guys as Hatcher

1935

The Black Room as Col. Paul Hassel Award
She Couldn't Take It as Party Guest
Crime and Punishment as Editor
A Feather in Her Hat as Sir Elroyd Joyce
The Public Menace as Captain of Ocean Liner
Love Me Forever as Maurizio
Atlantic Adventure as City Editor Rutherford
After the Dance as District Attorney
Too Tough to Kill as Jim Whitney
The Lone Wolf Returns as Inspector Crane
Metropolitan as T. Simon Hunter
Hooray for Love as Jason Thatcher
Guard That Girl as Dr. Silas Hudson
Case of the Missing Man as Boyle
One Way Ticket as Mr. Ritchie
The Girl Friend as George S. Harmon

1931

A Burglar to the Rescue as The Banker, Steve Corley

1924

The Valley of Doubt as Jules
The Great Well as Peter Starling

1923

The Royal Oak as Colonel Ancketell

1922

Fair Lady as Italian banker

1921

The Iron Trail as Curtis Gordon
Mother Eternal as Edward Stevens Sr

1919

The Exquisite Thief as Algernon P. Smythe
The Spitfire of Seville
Who Will Marry Me? as Jerome Van Tyne
The Weaker Vessel as J. Booth Hunter

1918

We Can't Have Everything as Peter Cheever
The Brazen Beauty as Kenneth Hyde
The Squaw Man as Henry, Jim's Cousin
The Midnight Patrol as Officer Terrence Shannon
The One Woman as Governor Morrison
The Kaiser's Shadow as Hugo Wagner
An Alien Enemy as David J. Hale

1917

Love Letters as John Harland
Cleopatra as Antony
The Price Mark as Dr. Daniel Melfi
The Show Down

1915

Sweeter Than Revenge as Joe Best

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The Band Wagon
Bright Leaf
Thrill of a Romance
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Fountainhead
This Land Is Mine

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