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Thurston Hall

Acting

Born May 8, 1882 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died February 20, 1958

Also known as Ernest Thurston Hall

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.

Filmography50+ titles

Call of the Canyon

1942as Grantley B. Johnson

Metropolitan

1935as T. Simon Hunter

Three Smart Girls Grow Up

1939as Senator

The Band Wagon

1953as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

The Abbott and Costello Show

1952as Mr. Smith

This Land Is Mine

1943as Mayor Henry Manville

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938as Grant

The Great Lie

1941as Oscar Worthington James

The Great McGinty

1940as Mr. Maxwell

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Maverick

1957as Judge

City for Conquest

1940as Max Leonard

Dodge City

1939as Twitchell (uncredited)

Trapped by Television

1936as John Curtis

Four Star Playhouse

1952as Judge

The Fountainhead

1949as Businessman at Party (uncredited)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

1947as Bruce Pierce

Brewster's Millions

1945as Colonel Drew

Each Dawn I Die

1939as Hanley

Lady on a Train

1945as Josiah Waring

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1942as Sen. Henry Babcock

Counter-Espionage

1942as Insp. Crane

Out West with the Hardys

1938as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)

Tell It to the Judge

1949as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)

Theodora Goes Wild

1936as Arthur Stevenson

Letter to Loretta

as Judge

The Black Room

1935as Col. Paul Hassel

Cover Girl

1944as Tony Pastor (uncredited)

Crash Dive

1943as Senator from Texas

The Unfinished Dance

1947as Mr. Ronsell

Song of Nevada

1944as John Barrabee

Lassie

1954

Carson City

1952as Charles Crocker

Without Reservations

1946as Henry Baldwin

Virginia City

1940as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk

1945as Mr. Pound (uncredited)

Topper

as Mr. Schuyler

Whirlwind

1951as Big Jim Lassiter

Colonel Effingham's Raid

1946as Ed - the Mayor

Bright Leaf

1950as Phillips

Three Daring Daughters

1948as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing

1940as Charles Engel

Night Stage to Galveston

1952as Colonel James Bellamy

Skirts Ahoy!

1952as Thatcher Kinston

The Blue Bird

1940as Father Time

Hooray for Love

1935as Jason Thatcher

The Invisible Woman

1940as Hudson

Wilson

1944as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones

Texas Carnival

1951as Mr. Gaytes

Hopalong Cassidy