Thurston Hall

Actor

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Birth Place

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Born

May 10, 1882

Died

February 20, 1958

Biography

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Distinguished stage actor who appeared in film character roles from time to time, beginning in the 1910s....

Filmography

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Affair in Reno (1957)

J. B. Del Monte

The Band Wagon (1953)

Wonder Valley (1953)

Woman of the North Country (1952)

It Grows on Trees (1952)

Night Stage to Galveston (1952)

Colonel Jim Bellamy

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Theodora Goes Wild (1936) -- (Movie Clip) You Ought To Meet Me

Great Lie, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Gay Lad, Really

Biography

Distinguished stage actor who appeared in film character roles from time to time, beginning in the 1910s.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Affair in Reno (1957)

J. B. Del Monte

The Band Wagon (1953)

Wonder Valley (1953)

Woman of the North Country (1952)

It Grows on Trees (1952)

Night Stage to Galveston (1952)

Colonel Jim Bellamy

Carson City (1952)

Charles Crocker

The WAC from Walla Walla (1952)

One Big Affair (1952)

Skirts Ahoy! (1952)

Thatcher Kinston

Whirlwind (1951)

Big Jim Lassitter

Texas Carnival (1951)

Belle Le Grand (1951)

One Too Many (1951)

Bright Leaf (1950)

Belle of Old Mexico (1950)

Horatio Huntington

Bandit Queen (1950)

Chain Gang (1950)

Federal Agent at Large (1950)

"Big Bill" Dixon

Girls' School (1950)

Colonel Selby Matthews

Tell It to the Judge (1949)

Senator Caswell

Square Dance Jubilee (1949)

Rusty Saves a Life (1949)

Counsellor Frank Gibson

Rim of the Canyon (1949)

Manhattan Angel (1949)

Everett H. Burton

Stagecoach Kid (1949)

Bride for Sale (1949)

The Fountainhead (1949)

Up in Central Park (1948)

Governor Motley

Blondie's Secret (1948)

George Whiteside

Miraculous Journey (1948)

King of the Gamblers (1948)

James F. "Pop" Morton

Three Daring Daughters (1948)

The Farmer's Daughter (1947)

Welcome Stranger (1947)

Congressman Beeker

Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)

The Unfinished Dance (1947)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

It Had to Be You (1947)

Black Gold (1947)

Colonel Caldwell

Swing the Western Way (1947)

Jasper Jim Bandy

The Son of Rusty (1947)

Counsellor Gibson

Saratoga Trunk (1946)

Three Little Girls in Blue (1946)

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)

Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.

Dangerous Business (1946)

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

One More Tomorrow (1946)

She Wrote the Book (1946)

Horace Van Cleve

Without Reservations (1946)

[Henry] Baldwin

Brewster's Millions (1945)

Bring on the Girls (1945)

Don Juan Quilligan (1945)

Song of the Prairie (1945)

The Gay Senorita (1945)

Lady on a Train (1945)

Blonde from Brooklyn (1945)

"Colonel" Hubert Fransworth

West of the Pecos (1945)

Senator E. H. [Edward] Jones

Thrill of a Romance (1945)

The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)

In Society (1944)

Something for the Boys (1944)

Col. Jefferson L. Calhoun

Ever Since Venus (1944)

Song of Nevada (1944)

Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)

Judge James Rutherford

The Great Moment (1944)

Senator Borland

Cover Girl (1944)

Crash Dive (1943)

Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)

Senator Henry Babcock

Footlight Glamour (1943)

Randolph Wheeler

This Land Is Mine (1943)

Mayor Henry Manville

Here Comes Elmer (1943)

One Dangerous Night (1943)

Inspector Crane

I Dood It (1943)

He Hired the Boss (1943)

The Hard Way (1943)

Motion picture executive

The Youngest Profession (1943)

Hoosier Holiday (1943)

Henry P. Fairchild

Twin Beds (1942)

Horace Touchstone

The Night Before the Divorce (1942)

Hello Annapolis (1942)

The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

Governor John Stafford

The Great Man's Lady (1942)

Call of the Canyon (1942)

Grantley B. Johnson

Sleepytime Gal (1942)

Counter-Espionage (1942)

Inspector Crane

Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942)

James J. Maloney, Sr.

Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

Mr. [Harvey] Beasley

We Were Dancing (1942)

Remember the Day (1942)

Governor Teller

Her Cardboard Lover (1942)

Mr. Garthwaite, Tony's lawyer

Pacific Blackout (1942)

Design for Scandal (1941)

In the Navy (1941)

Head of committee

Swing It Soldier (1941)

The Great Lie (1941)

Worthington James

Unexpected Uncle (1941)

Flight from Destiny (1941)

She Knew All the Answers (1941)

Accent on Love (1941)

Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)

Inspector Crane

Pacific Blackout (1941)

Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)

Washington Melodrama (1941)

Tuxedo Junction (1941)

Repent at Leisure (1941)

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)

Inspector Crane

Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

Life with Henry (1941)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Blondie on a Budget (1940)

The Great McGinty (1940)

The Golden Fleecing (1940)

Millionaires in Prison (1940)

Friendly Neighbors (1940)

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)

Inspector Crane

Alias the Deacon (1940)

In Old Missouri (1940)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)

Inspector Crane

The Invisible Woman (1940)

City for Conquest (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

The Blue Bird (1940)

Our Neighbors--the Carters (1939)

Million Dollar Legs (1939)

Gregory Melton, Sr.

First Love (1939)

Ex-Champ (1939)

The Star Maker (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Money to Burn (1939)

Sued for Libel (1939)

[David] Hastings

Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939)

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)

Hawaiian Nights (1939)

Theodore [T. C.] Hartley Sr.

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)

Jeepers Creepers (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Dodge City (1939)

Hard to Get (1938)

The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938)

Little Miss Roughneck (1938)

Going Places (1938)

There's Always a Woman (1938)

District aAttorney

Campus Confessions (1938)

Wayne Atterbury, Sr.

The Affairs of Annabel (1938)

No Time to Marry (1938)

Professor Beware (1938)

Mr. [J. J.] Van Buren

The Main Event (1938)

Captain Phillips

Women Are Like That (1938)

Extortion (1938)

Professor Tisdelle

Squadron of Honor (1938)

Penitentiary (1938)

Out West with the Hardys (1938)

Fast Company (1938)

District Attorney MacMillen

Spring Madness (1938)

Women in Prison (1938)

Chairman of the board

All-American Sweetheart (1937)

Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)

Women of Glamour (1937)

It Can't Last Forever (1937)

Oh, Doctor (1937)

"Doc" Erasmus Thurber

I Promise to Pay (1937)

Parole Racket (1937)

Counsel for Crime (1937)

Senator Robert Maddox

We Have Our Moments (1937)

Frank Rutherford

Venus Makes Trouble (1937)

Don't Tell the Wife (1937)

Paid to Dance (1937)

You May Be Next! (1936)

Devil's Squadron (1936)

Major [T.L.] Metcalf

The King Steps Out (1936)

Trapped by Television (1936)

Don't Gamble with Love (1936)

Pride of the Marines (1936)

The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

Dr. [Clifford L.] Schuyler

Shakedown (1936)

G. Gregory Stuart

Lady from Nowhere (1936)

Roaming Lady (1936)

Three Wise Guys (1936)

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Arthur Stevenson

Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)

Killer at Large (1936)

Inspector O'Hara

Crime and Punishment (1935)

Atlantic Adventure (1935)

Guard That Girl (1935)

Dr. Silas Hudson

Love Me Forever (1935)

A Feather in Her Hat (1935)

Sir Elroyd Joyce

After the Dance (1935)

District Attorney

One Way Ticket (1935)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

Metropolitan (1935)

T. Simon Hunter

Hooray for Love (1935)

Commodore Jason Thatcher

Too Tough to Kill (1935)

The Case of the Missing Man (1935)

The Black Room (1935)

The Girl Friend (1935)

[George S.] Harmon

The Public Menace (1935)

Captain of the ocean liner

The Great Well (1924)

Wildness of Youth (1922)

Fair Lady (1922)

The Iron Trail (1921)

Mother Eternal (1921)

Edward Stevens, Sr.

The Valley of Doubt (1920)

Empty Arms (1920)

The Scarlet Dragon (1920)

Henry Livingston

The Spitfire of Seville (1919)

The Unpainted Woman (1919)

Who Will Marry Me? (1919)

Jerome Van Tyne

The Exquisite Thief (1919)

Algernon P. Smythe, "English Harry"

The Weaker Vessel (1919)

J. Booth Hunter

The Squaw Man (1918)

Henry, the Earl of Kerhill

We Can't Have Everything (1918)

The Mating of Marcella (1918)

Robert Underwood

Tyrant Fear (1918)

"Flare-Up" Sal (1918)

The Midnight Patrol (1918)

Terence Shannon

An Alien Enemy (1918)

The Kaiser's Shadow, or the Triple Cross (1918)

The Brazen Beauty (1918)

The One Woman (1918)

Governor Morrison

The Kaiser's Shadow (1918)

Cleopatra (1917)

The Price Mark (1917)

Dr. Daniel Melfi

Love Letters (1917)

Cast (Short)

Kiddie Kure (1940)

Life Events

Videos

Theodora Goes Wild (1936) -- (Movie Clip) You Ought To Meet Me Theodora (Irene Dunne) worrying with publisher Stevenson (Thurston Hall) about her racy novel ruining her reputation, meets his wife (Nana Bryant) and artist Michael (Melvyn Douglas), in Richard Boleslawski's Theodora Goes Wild, 1936.

Great Lie, The (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Gay Lad, Really Recovering from the week-long party after their impulsive wedding at her Park Avenue spread, flier Pete (George Brent) gets past agent Mason (Grant Mitchell) and friend James (Thurston Hall) to tell pianist Sandra (Mary Astor) that they're not legally married, early in The Great Lie, 1941.

Wilson (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I'm A Schoolteacher! Little reason is given for party bosses (Thurston Hall, James Rennie, J.M. Kerrigan) visiting the Princeton president (Alexander Knox, in the title role) with an unsolicited offer, his wife Ellen (Ruth Nelson) particularly pleased, opening Wilson, 1944.

Wilson (1944) -- (Movie Clip) I've Made No Deal First rally for the Princeton president (Alexander Knox in the title role) running for governor of New Jersey, 1910, wife and daughter (Ruth Nelson, Ruth Ford) anxious, activist Tumulty (Thomas Mitchell) doubtful, party boss Senator Jones (Thurston Hall) playing along, early in WIlson, 1944.

Each Dawn I Die (1939) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Take Off The Gloves James Cagney (as reporter Frank Ross) in the rain witnesses a white-collar crime, then sells the story to editor Patterson (Selmer Jackson) in the opening scenes of Each Dawn I Die, 1939.

This Land Is Mine (1943) -- (Movie Clip) The Sound Of The Mob Nazi occupiers, supervised by Major Von Keller (Walter Slezak), raiding the underground printing press, the mayor (Thurston Hall) in support, when heretofore easy-going local Paul (Kent Smith) throws a grenade, in Jean Renoir's This Land Is Mine, 1943.

Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Hospital Love Stories His boss, publisher Pierce (Thurston Hall) again stealing one of his ideas in a meeting, Danny Kaye (title character) proceeds to one of the more famous daydreams, this one from the original James Thurber story, Virginia Mayo the swooning nurse, in The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty, 1947.

It Had To Be You (1947) -- (Movie Clip) George Moccasins Victoria (Ginger Rogers) explains to fiancè Oliver (Ron Randell) and her parents (Spring Byington, Percy Waram) why she missed him at train station, not wanting to mention her maybe-imaginary Indian pursuer (Cornel Wilde), until he shows up, having acquired a suit, in It Had To Be You, 1947.

Without Reservations -- (Movie Clip) Miss Christopher Madden Joining in the opening simulated newsreel as author "Christopher" Madden (Claudette Colbert) is introduced, Thurston Hall the Hollywood executive making her book into a movie, from Without Reservations, 1946, also starring John Wayne.

Great McGinty, The -- (Movie Clip) If It Wasn't For Graft The barkeep (Brian Donlevy, title character), resumes the flashback, meeting with Maxwell (Thurston Hall), while "The Politician" (William Demarest) grumbles with knowing Catherine (Muriel Angelus) and "The Boss" (Akim Tamiroff) replaces the mayor, in Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty, 1940.

Great Man's Lady, The -- (Movie Clip) He's A Ne'er Do Well Philadelphia, 1848, Hannah (Barbara Stanwyck) and sisters get a first look at Ethan Hoyt (Joel McCrea), come to do business with her father (Thurston Hall) and fiance (Lloyd Corrigan), in The Great Man's Lady, 1942.

Millionaires In Prison -- (Movie Clip) Model Prisoner Visiting, Nick (Lee Tracy) and girlfriend (Virginia Vale), then millionaires, Bill (Truman Bradley) with Helen (Linda Hayes), nephew Jock (Grady Sutton) with Vander (Raymond Walburn) and Kellogg (Thurston Hall), inmate "S.O.S." (Horace MacMahon) at work, in Millionaires In Prison, 1940.

We Were Dancing - (Original Trailer) A Polish princess gives up society for the love of a gigolo in We Were Dancing (1942) starring Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas.

Hard to Get - (Original Trailer) An unemployed architect falls in love with an heiress in Hard To Get (1938), the musical that introduced the song, "You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby."

Great McGinty, The - (Original Trailer) A hobo (Brian Donlevy) rises to town mayor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss in Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty (1940).

Going Places (1938) - (Original Trailer) Louis Armstrong is the only one who can calm a difficult racehorse who is Going Places (1938) in this Warner Brothers musical.

Fast Company - (Original Trailer) Married book-dealers (Melvyn Douglas, Florence Rice) try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller in Fast Company (1938).

Affairs of Annabel, The - (Original Trailer) Lucille Ball got her first starring role playing a screen queen who suffers through harebrained publicity stunts in The Affairs of Annabel (1938).

Without Reservations - (Re-issue trailer) John Wayne and Claudette Colbert star in Without Reservations (1946) about a woman writer and a war hero.

Great Moment, The - (Original Trailer) Director Preston Sturges tells the true story of the first dentist to find a painless method of pulling teeth in The Great Moment (1944).

Skirts Ahoy! - (Original Trailer) Three women join the Navy to find husbands in the MGM Technicolor musical Skirts Ahoy! (1952) starring Esther Williams.

Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse, The - (Original Trailer) A doctor (Edward G. Robinson) plots crimes so he can study criminal psychology in The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938), directed by Anatole Litvak.

Dodge City - (Original Trailer) A soldier of fortune takes on the corrupt boss of a Western town in Dodge City (1939), starring Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland.

Her Cardboard Lover - (Original Trailer) In Norma Shearer's final movie, she plays a flirt who tries to make her fiance jealous by hiring a gigolo in George Cukor's Her Cardboard Lover (1942).

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