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

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

1952

Four Star Playhouse as Judge
The Abbott and Costello Show as Mr. Smith
Dangerous Assignment
Hopalong Cassidy
My Little Margie
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
Skirts Ahoy! as Thatcher Kinston
One Big Affair as Mr. G

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

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

1944

Cover Girl as Tony Pastor (uncredited)
Something for the Boys as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
Wilson as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
In Society as Mr. Van Cleve
The Great Moment as Senator Borland
Follow the Boys as Man (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
Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sen. Henry Babcock
The Youngest Profession as Mr. Drew
Crash Dive as Senator from Texas
I Dood It as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
He Hired the Boss as Mr. Bates
Here Comes Elmer as P. J. Ellis
The Hard Way as Harry (Uncredited)
Footlight Glamour as Randolph Wheeler
Hoosier Holiday as Henry P. Fairchild
One Dangerous Night as Inspector Crane

1942

Hello, Annapolis as Capt. Wendall
Rings on Her Fingers
Twin Beds as Horace Touchstone
The Night Before the Divorce as Bert Harriman
Shepherd of the Ozarks as James Maloney
Call of the Canyon as Grantley B. Johnson
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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

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

1919

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

1918

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