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
- My Little Margie
- Dangerous Assignment
- Hopalong Cassidy
- Skirts Ahoy! as Thatcher Kinston
- Carson City as Charles Crocker
- It Grows on Trees as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
- Night Stage to Galveston as Colonel James Bellamy
- The WAC from Walla Walla as Col. Mayfield
- One Big Affair as Mr. G
1951
- Racket Squad
- Texas Carnival as Mr. Gaytes
- 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
- The Bandit Queen as Governor
- Chain Gang as John McKelvey, news publisher
- One Too Many as Kenneth Simes
- Belle of Old Mexico as Horatio Huntington
- Federal Agent at Large as 'Big Bill' Dixon
1949
- The Fountainhead as Businessman at Party (uncredited)
- Bride for Sale as Trisby (uncredited)
- Rim of the Canyon as Big Tim Hanlon
- Tell It to the Judge as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
- Square Dance Jubilee as G.K.
- Stagecoach Kid as Peter Arnold
- Manhattan Angel as Everett H. Burton
- Rusty Saves a Life as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
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
- Mourning Becomes Electra as Dr. Blake
- The Unfinished Dance as Mr. Ronsell
- Welcome Stranger as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
- It Had to Be You as Ned Harrington
- Black Gold as Colonel Caldwell
- The Son of Rusty as Franklyn B. Gibson
- Swing the Western Way as Jasper Jim Bandy
1946
- Without Reservations as Henry Baldwin
- Two Sisters from Boston as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
- Dangerous Business as B.J. Calhoun
- She Wrote the Book as Horace Van Cleve
- Colonel Effingham's Raid as Ed - the Mayor
- Three Little Girls in Blue as Col. Clay
- One More Tomorrow as Thomas Rufus Collier II
1945
- Saratoga Trunk as Mr. Pound (uncredited)
- Brewster's Millions as Colonel Drew
- Bring on the Girls as Rutledge
- Lady on a Train as Josiah Waring
- Thrill of a Romance as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
- West of the Pecos as Col. Lambeth
- Don Juan Quilligan as First Judge
- Blonde from Brooklyn as "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth
- Song of the Prairie as Jerome Wingate
- The Gay Senorita as J.J. Frentiss
1944
- Cover Girl as Tony Pastor (uncredited)
- The Great Moment as Senator Borland
- Follow the Boys as Man (uncredited)
- Wilson as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
- In Society as Mr. Van Cleve
- Something for the Boys as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
- Song of Nevada as John Barrabee
- Goodnight, Sweetheart as Judge James Rutherford
- Ever Since Venus as Edgar Pomeroy
1943
- Crash Dive as Senator from Texas
- Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sen. Henry Babcock
- This Land Is Mine as Mayor Henry Manville
- The Hard Way as Harry (Uncredited)
- I Dood It as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
- One Dangerous Night as Inspector Crane
- The Youngest Profession as Mr. Drew
- Here Comes Elmer as P. J. Ellis
- Footlight Glamour as Randolph Wheeler
- He Hired the Boss as Mr. Bates
- Hoosier Holiday as Henry P. Fairchild
1942
- Rings on Her Fingers
- Her Cardboard Lover as Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
- The Great Gildersleeve as Governor Jonathan Stafford
- Counter-Espionage as Insp. Crane
- Sleepytime Gal as Mr. Adams
- Twin Beds as Horace Touchstone
- Hello, Annapolis as Capt. Wendall
- Call of the Canyon as Grantley B. Johnson
- The Night Before the Divorce as Bert Harriman
- Shepherd of the Ozarks as James Maloney
1941
- Hold That Ghost as Alderman Birch
- The Great Lie as Oscar Worthington James
- Four Mothers as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
- In the Navy as Lead Senator (uncredited)
- She Knew All the Answers as J. D. Sutton
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Huntley (uncredited)
- Tuxedo Junction as Doug Gordon
- Washington Melodrama as Sen. Morton
- The Great Man's Lady as Mr. Sempler
- Remember the Day as Gov. Teller
- Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Inspector Crane
- Flight from Destiny as Dean Somers
- The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Inspector Crane
- Pacific Blackout as Williams
- Repent at Leisure as Jay Buckingham
- Accent on Love as T. J. Triton
- Where Did You Get That Girl? as Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
- Design for Scandal as Northcott
- Life with Henry as Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
- Swing It Soldier as Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor
1940
- City for Conquest as Max Leonard
- The Blue Bird as Father Time
- Virginia City as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
- The Invisible Woman as Hudson
- The Great McGinty as Mr. Maxwell
- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Inspector Crane
- Millionaires in Prison as Harold Kellogg
- Blondie on a Budget as Brice
- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Inspector Crane
- In Old Missouri as John Pittman Sr.
- Alias the Deacon as Jim Cunningham
- The Golden Fleecing as Charles Engel
- Friendly Neighbors as The Governor
- Kiddie Kure as Bill "Old Man" Morton
1939
- Dodge City as Twitchell (uncredited)
- First Love as Anthony Drake
- Each Dawn I Die as Hanley
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Senator
- Ex-Champ as Mr. Courtney
- Dancing Co-Ed as Henry W. Workman
- Our Neighbors - The Carters as Mr. Guilfoyle
- The Day the Bookies Wept as Col. March
- You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
- Hawaiian Nights as T.C. Hartley
- Sued for Libel as David Hastings
- Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Sam Bailey
- The Star Maker as Mr. Proctor
- Million Dollar Legs as Gregory Melton Sr.
- Money To Burn as Ellis
- Jeepers Creepers as M.K. Durant
1938
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Grant
- The Affairs of Annabel as Major
- Extortion as Prof. Tisdelle
- Going Places as Col. Withering
- Squadron of Honor as Bob Metcalf
- Hard to Get as John Atwater
- Professor Beware as J.J. Van Buren
- Spring Madness as Charles Platt
- There's Always a Woman as District Attorney
- Fast Company as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
- Out West with the Hardys as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
- Women Are Like That as Claudius King
- The Main Event as Captain Phillips
- Campus Confessions as William Atterbury, Sr.
- No Time to Marry as Pettensall
1937
- Murder in Greenwich Village as Charles Cabot
- We Have Our Moments as Frank Rutherford
- Oh, Doctor as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
- Don't Tell the Wife as Major Manning
- I Promise to Pay as Police Captain Hall
- Counsel for Crime as Sen. Maddox
- Women of Glamour as Mr. Stark
- It Can't Last Forever as Fulton
- Venus Makes Trouble as Harlan Darrow
- Parole Racket as Editor Jamison
1936
- The Man Who Lived Twice as Dr. Schuyler
- Shakedown as T. Gregory Stuart
- The King Steps Out as Major
- Two-Fisted Gentleman as Pop
- Theodora Goes Wild as Arthur Stevenson
- Roaming Lady as E. J. Reid
- The Three Wise Guys as Hatcher
- Killer at Large as Inspector O'Hara
- Lady from Nowhere as James Gordon Barnes
- Don't Gamble with Love as Martin Gage
- Pride of the Marines as Col. Gage
- Trapped by Television as John Curtis
- Devil's Squadron as Major Metcalf
1935
- Crime and Punishment as Editor
- The Black Room as Col. Paul Hassel
- She Couldn't Take It as Party Guest
- The Girl Friend as George S. Harmon
- Too Tough to Kill as Jim Whitney
- The Lone Wolf Returns as Inspector Crane
- The Public Menace as Captain of Ocean Liner
- Guard That Girl as Dr. Silas Hudson
- One Way Ticket as Mr. Ritchie
- Hooray for Love as Jason Thatcher
- Love Me Forever as Maurizio
- Case of the Missing Man as Boyle
- After the Dance as District Attorney
- Atlantic Adventure as City Editor Rutherford
- Metropolitan as T. Simon Hunter
- A Feather in Her Hat as Sir Elroyd Joyce
- Super Speed as Investor
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
- The Iron Trail as Curtis Gordon
- Mother Eternal as Edward Stevens Sr
- Idle Hands as Henry Livingston
- A Citrate Special as The Director
1919
- The Spitfire of Seville
- Who Will Marry Me? as Jerome Van Tyne
- The Weaker Vessel as J. Booth Hunter
- The Unpainted Woman as Martin O'Neill
- The Exquisite Thief as Algernon P. Smythe
1918
- We Can't Have Everything as Peter Cheever
- The Squaw Man as Henry, Jim's Cousin
- The Brazen Beauty as Kenneth Hyde
- The Kaiser's Shadow as Hugo Wagner
- The One Woman as Governor Morrison
- Tyrant Fear as Harley Dane
- The Midnight Patrol as Officer Terrence Shannon
- An Alien Enemy as David J. Hale
1917
- Cleopatra as Antony
- The Show Down
- Love Letters as John Harland
- The Price Mark as Dr. Daniel Melfi
1915
- Sweeter Than Revenge as Joe Best