Thurston Hall
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 Wikiped...
Known For
Filmography
Affair in Reno
1957
as J.B. Del Monte
Maverick
1957
as Judge
The Go-Getter
1956
as Mr. Higgins
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
as Harrison Prentice
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake
1954
as James M. Townsend
Lassie
1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
The Band Wagon
1953
as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
Topper
1953
Letter to Loretta
1953
as Judge
Topper
1953
as Mr. Schuyler
Carson City
1952
as Charles Crocker
One Big Affair
1952
as Mr. G
Skirts Ahoy!
1952
as Thatcher Kinston
Night Stage to Galveston
1952
as Colonel James Bellamy
The WAC from Walla Walla
1952
as Col. Mayfield
It Grows on Trees
1952
as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
My Little Margie
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as Mr. Smith
Four Star Playhouse
1952
as Judge
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
as J. Peter Stuyvesant
Knights of the Bath
1951
as Master of the House (archive footage)
Whirlwind
1951
as Big Jim Lassiter
Belle Le Grand
1951
as Parkington
Texas Carnival
1951
as Mr. Gaytes
Racket Squad
1951
Belle of Old Mexico
1950
as Horatio Huntington
Federal Agent at Large
1950
as 'Big Bill' Dixon
The Bandit Queen
1950
as Governor
One Too Many
1950
as Kenneth Simes
Chain Gang
1950
as John McKelvey, news publisher
Bright Leaf
1950
as Phillips
Rim of the Canyon
1949
as Big Tim Hanlon
Stagecoach Kid
1949
as Peter Arnold
Square Dance Jubilee
1949
as G.K.
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
Bride for Sale
1949
as Trisby (uncredited)
Manhattan Angel
1949
as Everett H. Burton
The Fountainhead
1949
as Businessman at Party (uncredited)
Tell It to the Judge
1949
as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
Blondie's Secret
1948
as George Whiteside
Up in Central Park
1948
as Governor Motley
Miraculous Journey
1948
as Kendricks
Three Daring Daughters
1948
as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
King of the Gamblers
1948
as Pop' Morton
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
as Bruce Pierce
The Farmer's Daughter
1947
as Wilbur Johnson
The Unfinished Dance
1947
as Mr. Ronsell
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
It Had to Be You
1947
as Ned Harrington
Swing the Western Way
1947
as Jasper Jim Bandy
Black Gold
1947
as Colonel Caldwell
Mourning Becomes Electra
1947
as Dr. Blake
The Son of Rusty
1947
as Franklyn B. Gibson
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
as Col. Clay
Dangerous Business
1946
as B.J. Calhoun
Without Reservations
1946
as Henry Baldwin
One More Tomorrow
1946
as Thomas Rufus Collier II
She Wrote the Book
1946
as Horace Van Cleve
Two Sisters from Boston
1946
as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
Colonel Effingham's Raid
1946
as Ed - the Mayor
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Mr. Pound (uncredited)
West of the Pecos
1945
as Col. Lambeth
Blonde from Brooklyn
1945
as "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth
Bring on the Girls
1945
as Rutledge
Song of the Prairie
1945
as Jerome Wingate
Don Juan Quilligan
1945
as First Judge
Lady on a Train
1945
as Josiah Waring
The Gay Senorita
1945
as J.J. Frentiss
Thrill of a Romance
1945
as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
Brewster's Millions
1945
as Colonel Drew
Something for the Boys
1944
as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
Cover Girl
1944
as Tony Pastor (uncredited)
Wilson
1944
as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
Goodnight, Sweetheart
1944
as Judge James Rutherford
Song of Nevada
1944
as John Barrabee
Ever Since Venus
1944
as Edgar Pomeroy
In Society
1944
as Mr. Van Cleve
The Great Moment
1944
as Senator Borland
Follow the Boys
1944
as Man (uncredited)
Footlight Glamour
1943
as Randolph Wheeler
Here Comes Elmer
1943
as P. J. Ellis
This Land Is Mine
1943
as Mayor Henry Manville
The Youngest Profession
1943
as Mr. Drew
I Dood It
1943
as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
Hoosier Holiday
1943
as Henry P. Fairchild
The Hard Way
1943
as Harry (Uncredited)
He Hired the Boss
1943
as Mr. Bates
Sherlock Holmes in Washington
1943
as Sen. Henry Babcock
One Dangerous Night
1943
as Inspector Crane
Crash Dive
1943
as Senator from Texas
Counter-Espionage
1942
as Insp. Crane
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
as Governor Jonathan Stafford
Call of the Canyon
1942
as Grantley B. Johnson
The Night Before the Divorce
1942
as Bert Harriman
Her Cardboard Lover
1942
as Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
Hello, Annapolis
1942
as Capt. Wendall
Shepherd of the Ozarks
1942
as James Maloney
Twin Beds
1942
as Horace Touchstone
Sleepytime Gal
1942
as Mr. Adams
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
Tuxedo Junction
1941
as Doug Gordon
Swing It Soldier
1941
as Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Inspector Crane
The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Mr. Sempler
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
as Inspector Crane
Accent on Love
1941
as T. J. Triton
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Williams
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941
as Huntley (uncredited)
Washington Melodrama
1941
as Sen. Morton
Life with Henry
1941
as Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
Repent at Leisure
1941
as Jay Buckingham
The Great Lie
1941
as Oscar Worthington James
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Alderman Birch
Four Mothers
1941
as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Remember the Day
1941
as Gov. Teller
Flight from Destiny
1941
as Dean Somers
She Knew All the Answers
1941
as J. D. Sutton
Design for Scandal
1941
as Northcott
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941
as Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
In the Navy
1941
as Lead Senator (uncredited)
Blondie on a Budget
1940
as Brice
City for Conquest
1940
as Max Leonard
The Invisible Woman
1940
as Hudson
The Great McGinty
1940
as Mr. Maxwell
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
as Inspector Crane
The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Charles Engel
Millionaires in Prison
1940
as Harold Kellogg
Alias the Deacon
1940
as Jim Cunningham
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940
as Inspector Crane
The Blue Bird
1940
as Father Time
In Old Missouri
1940
as John Pittman Sr.
Virginia City
1940
as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
Friendly Neighbors
1940
as The Governor
Kiddie Kure
1940
as Bill "Old Man" Morton
Money To Burn
1939
as Ellis
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Sued for Libel
1939
as David Hastings
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
as Col. March
The Star Maker
1939
as Mr. Proctor
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939
as Senator
Dodge City
1939
as Twitchell (uncredited)
Each Dawn I Die
1939
as Hanley
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
1939
as Sam Bailey
Dancing Co-Ed
1939
as Henry W. Workman
First Love
1939
as Anthony Drake
Jeepers Creepers
1939
as M.K. Durant
Hawaiian Nights
1939
as T.C. Hartley
Ex-Champ
1939
as Mr. Courtney
Million Dollar Legs
1939
as Gregory Melton Sr.
Our Neighbors - The Carters
1939
as Mr. Guilfoyle
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Grant
Professor Beware
1938
as J.J. Van Buren
Women Are Like That
1938
as Claudius King
Fast Company
1938
as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
There's Always a Woman
1938
as District Attorney
The Affairs of Annabel
1938
as Major
Going Places
1938
as Col. Withering
Spring Madness
1938
as Charles Platt
Squadron of Honor
1938
as Bob Metcalf
No Time to Marry
1938
as Pettensall
The Main Event
1938
as Captain Phillips
Campus Confessions
1938
as William Atterbury, Sr.
Out West with the Hardys
1938
as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
Hard to Get
1938
as John Atwater
Extortion
1938
as Prof. Tisdelle
Parole Racket
1937
as Editor Jamison
Counsel for Crime
1937
as Sen. Maddox
We Have Our Moments
1937
as Frank Rutherford
Don't Tell the Wife
1937
as Major Manning
Women of Glamour
1937
as Mr. Stark
Oh, Doctor
1937
as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937
as Charles Cabot
It Can't Last Forever
1937
as Fulton
Venus Makes Trouble
1937
as Harlan Darrow
I Promise to Pay
1937
as Police Captain Hall
Shakedown
1936
as T. Gregory Stuart
Theodora Goes Wild
1936
as Arthur Stevenson
The Man Who Lived Twice
1936
as Dr. Schuyler
Trapped by Television
1936
as John Curtis
Two-Fisted Gentleman
1936
as Pop
The King Steps Out
1936
as Major
Lady from Nowhere
1936
as James Gordon Barnes
Devil's Squadron
1936
as Major Metcalf
The Three Wise Guys
1936
as Hatcher
Don't Gamble with Love
1936
as Martin Gage
Roaming Lady
1936
as E. J. Reid
Pride of the Marines
1936
as Col. Gage
Killer at Large
1936
as Inspector O'Hara
One Way Ticket
1935
as Mr. Ritchie
The Black Room
1935
as Col. Paul Hassel
Crime and Punishment
1935
as Editor
The Girl Friend
1935
as George S. Harmon
Metropolitan
1935
as T. Simon Hunter
Atlantic Adventure
1935
as City Editor Rutherford
A Feather in Her Hat
1935
as Sir Elroyd Joyce
Guard That Girl
1935
as Dr. Silas Hudson
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935
as Inspector Crane
Hooray for Love
1935
as Jason Thatcher
After the Dance
1935
as District Attorney
Too Tough to Kill
1935
as Jim Whitney
Love Me Forever
1935
as Maurizio
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Party Guest
The Public Menace
1935
as Captain of Ocean Liner
The Case of the Missing Man
1935
as Boyle
Super Speed
1935
as Investor
A Burglar to the Rescue
1931
as The Banker, Steve Corley
The Great Well
1924
as Peter Starling
The Valley of Doubt
1924
as Jules
The Royal Oak
1923
as Colonel Ancketell
Fair Lady
1922
as Italian banker
Wildness of Youth
1922
as Edward Grayton
The Iron Trail
1921
as Curtis Gordon
Mother Eternal
1921
as Edward Stevens Sr
A Citrate Special
1921
as The Director
Idle Hands
1921
as Henry Livingston
The Exquisite Thief
1919
as Algernon P. Smythe
The Spitfire of Seville
1919
Who Will Marry Me?
1919
as Jerome Van Tyne
The Weaker Vessel
1919
as J. Booth Hunter
The Unpainted Woman
1919
as Martin O'Neill
We Can't Have Everything
1918
as Peter Cheever
The Midnight Patrol
1918
as Officer Terrence Shannon
The Squaw Man
1918
as Henry, Jim's Cousin
The Kaiser's Shadow
1918
as Hugo Wagner
An Alien Enemy
1918
as David J. Hale
The Brazen Beauty
1918
as Kenneth Hyde
The One Woman
1918
as Governor Morrison
Tyrant Fear
1918
as Harley Dane
Cleopatra
1917
as Antony
The Show Down
1917
The Price Mark
1917
as Dr. Daniel Melfi
Love Letters
1917
as John Harland
Sweeter Than Revenge
1915
as Joe Best