Thurston Hall

Born: 1882-05-08 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 1958-02-20

Known For: Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Thurston Hall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1957

Maverick as Judge
Affair in Reno as J.B. Del Monte

1956

The Adventures of Hiram Holliday as Harrison Prentice
The Go-Getter as Mr. Higgins

1954

Lassie
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake as James M. Townsend

1953

Topper
Letter to Loretta as Judge
The Band Wagon as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Judge
The Abbott and Costello Show as Mr. Smith
Dangerous Assignment
My Little Margie
Hopalong Cassidy
Carson City as Charles Crocker
Skirts Ahoy! as Thatcher Kinston
It Grows on Trees as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
One Big Affair as Mr. G
The WAC from Walla Walla as Col. Mayfield
Night Stage to Galveston as Colonel James Bellamy

1951

Racket Squad
Texas Carnival as Mr. Gaytes
Whirlwind as Big Jim Lassiter
Knights of the Bath as Master of the House (archive footage)
Belle Le Grand as Parkington

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

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
Wildness of Youth as Edward Grayton

1921

Mother Eternal as Edward Stevens Sr
Idle Hands as Henry Livingston
The Iron Trail as Curtis Gordon
A Citrate Special as The Director

1919

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

1918

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

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