Thurston Hall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 8 May 1882 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- 20 February 1958
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.
Known for
Acting 223
- 1957Affair in Reno as J.B. Del Monte
- 1956The Go-Getter as Mr. Higgins
- 1954Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake as James M. Townsend
- 1953The Girl on the Park Bench as Judge
- 1953The Band Wagon as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
- 1952The WAC from Walla Walla as Col. Mayfield
- 1952It Grows on Trees as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
- 1952Carson City as Charles Crocker
- 1952Skirts Ahoy! as Thatcher Kinston
- 1952Night Stage to Galveston as Colonel James Bellamy
- 1952One Big Affair as Mr. G
- 1951Texas Carnival as Mr. Gaytes
- 1951Whirlwind as Big Jim Lassiter
- 1951Knights of the Bath as Master of the House (archive footage)
- 1951Belle Le Grand as Parkington
- 1950The Bandit Queen as Governor
- 1950One Too Many as Kenneth Simes
- 1950Chain Gang as John McKelvey, news publisher
- 1950Bright Leaf as Phillips
- 1950Federal Agent at Large as 'Big Bill' Dixon
- 1950Belle of Old Mexico as Horatio Huntington
- 1949Tell It to the Judge as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
- 1949Bride for Sale as Trisby (uncredited)
- 1949Square Dance Jubilee as G.K.
- 1949Rim of the Canyon as Big Tim Hanlon
- 1949The Fountainhead as Businessman at Party (uncredited)
- 1949Stagecoach Kid as Peter Arnold
- 1949Manhattan Angel as Everett H. Burton
- 1949Rusty Saves a Life as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
- 1948Blondie's Secret as George Whiteside
- 1948Miraculous Journey as Kendricks
- 1948Up in Central Park as Governor Motley
- 1948King of the Gamblers as Pop' Morton
- 1948Three Daring Daughters as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1947It Had to Be You as Ned Harrington
- 1947Mourning Becomes Electra as Dr. Blake
- 1947The Unfinished Dance as Mr. Ronsell
- 1947Black Gold as Colonel Caldwell
- 1947The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Bruce Pierce
- 1947The Son of Rusty as Franklyn B. Gibson
- 1947Swing the Western Way as Jasper Jim Bandy
- 1947Welcome Stranger as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
- 1947The Farmer's Daughter as Wilbur Johnson
- 1946Three Little Girls in Blue as Col. Clay
- 1946Dangerous Business as B.J. Calhoun
- 1946Two Sisters from Boston as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
- 1946She Wrote the Book as Horace Van Cleve
- 1946One More Tomorrow as Thomas Rufus Collier II
- 1946Without Reservations as Henry Baldwin
- 1946Colonel Effingham's Raid as Ed - the Mayor
- 1945Saratoga Trunk as Mr. Pound (uncredited)
- 1945Song of the Prairie as Jerome Wingate
- 1945West of the Pecos as Col. Lambeth
- 1945The Gay Senorita as J.J. Frentiss
- 1945Lady on a Train as Josiah Waring
- 1945Blonde from Brooklyn as "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth
- 1945Don Juan Quilligan as First Judge
- 1945Thrill of a Romance as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
- 1945Brewster's Millions as Colonel Drew
- 1945Bring on the Girls as Rutledge
- 1944Something for the Boys as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
- 1944Ever Since Venus as Edgar Pomeroy
- 1944In Society as Mr. Van Cleve
- 1944Song of Nevada as John Barrabee
- 1944Wilson as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
- 1944The Great Moment as Senator Borland
- 1944Goodnight, Sweetheart as Judge James Rutherford
- 1944Follow the Boys as Man (uncredited)
- 1944Cover Girl as Tony Pastor (uncredited)
- 1943Here Comes Elmer as P. J. Ellis
- 1943Footlight Glamour as Randolph Wheeler
- 1943Hoosier Holiday as Henry P. Fairchild
- 1943I Dood It as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
- 1943This Land Is Mine as Mayor Henry Manville
- 1943Crash Dive as Senator from Texas
- 1943He Hired the Boss as Mr. Bates
- 1943Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sen. Henry Babcock
- 1943The Youngest Profession as Mr. Drew
- 1943One Dangerous Night as Inspector Crane
- 1943The Hard Way as Harry (Uncredited)
- 1942The Great Gildersleeve as Governor Jonathan Stafford
- 1942Counter-Espionage as Insp. Crane
- 1942Call of the Canyon as Grantley B. Johnson
- 1942Her Cardboard Lover as Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1942Twin Beds as Horace Touchstone
- 1942Hello, Annapolis as Capt. Wendall
- 1942Shepherd of the Ozarks as James Maloney
- 1942Rings on Her Fingers
- 1942The Night Before the Divorce as Bert Harriman
- 1942Sleepytime Gal as Mr. Adams
- 1941Pacific Blackout as Williams
- 1941Remember the Day as Gov. Teller
- 1941Design for Scandal as Northcott
- 1941Tuxedo Junction as Doug Gordon
- 1941Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Inspector Crane
- 1941Swing It Soldier as Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor
- 1941The Great Man's Lady as Mr. Sempler
- 1941Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Huntley (uncredited)
- 1941Hold That Ghost as Alderman Birch
- 1941Accent on Love as T. J. Triton
- 1941In the Navy as Lead Senator (uncredited)
- 1941She Knew All the Answers as J. D. Sutton
- 1941Washington Melodrama as Sen. Morton
- 1941The Great Lie as Oscar Worthington James
- 1941Repent at Leisure as Jay Buckingham
- 1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Inspector Crane
- 1941Flight from Destiny as Dean Somers
- 1941Life with Henry as Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
- 1941Four Mothers as Mr. Davis (uncredited)
- 1941Where Did You Get That Girl? as Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
- 1940The Invisible Woman as Hudson
- 1940Kiddie Kure as Bill "Old Man" Morton
- 1940Friendly Neighbors as The Governor
- 1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Inspector Crane
- 1940City for Conquest as Max Leonard
- 1940The Golden Fleecing as Charles Engel
- 1940The Great McGinty as Mr. Maxwell
- 1940Millionaires in Prison as Harold Kellogg
- 1940The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Inspector Crane
- 1940Alias the Deacon as Jim Cunningham
- 1940In Old Missouri as John Pittman Sr.
- 1940Virginia City as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
- 1940Blondie on a Budget as Brice
- 1940The Blue Bird as Father Time
- 1939Money To Burn as Ellis
- 1939Our Neighbors - The Carters as Mr. Guilfoyle
- 1939First Love as Anthony Drake
- 1939Sued for Libel as David Hastings
- 1939Jeepers Creepers as M.K. Durant
- 1939Dancing Co-Ed as Henry W. Workman
- 1939The Day the Bookies Wept as Col. March
- 1939Hawaiian Nights as T.C. Hartley
- 1939The Star Maker as Mr. Proctor
- 1939Each Dawn I Die as Hanley
- 1939Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Sam Bailey
- 1939Million Dollar Legs as Gregory Melton Sr.
- 1939Ex-Champ as Mr. Courtney
- 1939Dodge City as Twitchell (uncredited)
- 1939Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Senator
- 1939You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
- 1938Going Places as Col. Withering
- 1938Out West with the Hardys as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
- 1938Spring Madness as Charles Platt
- 1938Hard to Get as John Atwater
- 1938Campus Confessions as William Atterbury, Sr.
- 1938The Affairs of Annabel as Major
- 1938Professor Beware as J.J. Van Buren
- 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Grant
- 1938Fast Company as Dist. Atty. MacMillen
- 1938Squadron of Honor as Bob Metcalf
- 1938The Main Event as Captain Phillips
- 1938Extortion as Prof. Tisdelle
- 1938Women Are Like That as Claudius King
- 1938There's Always a Woman as District Attorney
- 1938No Time to Marry as Pettensall
- 1937Murder in Greenwich Village as Charles Cabot
- 1937Counsel for Crime as Sen. Maddox
- 1937It Can't Last Forever as Fulton
- 1937Venus Makes Trouble as Harlan Darrow
- 1937I Promise to Pay as Police Captain Hall
- 1937Oh, Doctor as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
- 1937We Have Our Moments as Frank Rutherford
- 1937Parole Racket as Editor Jamison
- 1937Women of Glamour as Mr. Stark
- 1937Don't Tell the Wife as Major Manning
- 1936Lady from Nowhere as James Gordon Barnes
- 1936Theodora Goes Wild as Arthur Stevenson
- 1936Killer at Large as Inspector O'Hara
- 1936The Man Who Lived Twice as Dr. Schuyler
- 1936Two-Fisted Gentleman as Pop
- 1936Shakedown as T. Gregory Stuart
- 1936Trapped by Television as John Curtis
- 1936The King Steps Out as Major
- 1936The Three Wise Guys as Hatcher
- 1936Roaming Lady as E. J. Reid
- 1936Devil's Squadron as Major Metcalf
- 1936Pride of the Marines as Col. Gage
- 1936Don't Gamble with Love as Martin Gage
- 1935The Lone Wolf Returns as Inspector Crane
- 1935Too Tough to Kill as Jim Whitney
- 1935Super Speed as Investor
- 1935One Way Ticket as Mr. Ritchie
- 1935Crime and Punishment as Editor
- 1935Guard That Girl as Dr. Silas Hudson
- 1935A Feather in Her Hat as Sir Elroyd Joyce
- 1935The Case of the Missing Man as Boyle
- 1935Metropolitan as T. Simon Hunter
- 1935She Couldn't Take It as Party Guest
- 1935The Public Menace as Captain of Ocean Liner
- 1935The Girl Friend as George S. Harmon
- 1935Atlantic Adventure as City Editor Rutherford
- 1935The Black Room as Col. Paul Hassel
- 1935Love Me Forever as Maurizio
- 1935After the Dance as District Attorney
- 1935Hooray for Love as Jason Thatcher
- 1931A Burglar to the Rescue as The Banker, Steve Corley
- 1924The Valley of Doubt as Jules
- 1924The Great Well as Peter Starling
- 1923The Royal Oak as Colonel Ancketell
- 1922Wildness of Youth as Edward Grayton
- 1922Fair Lady as Italian banker
- 1921The Iron Trail as Curtis Gordon
- 1921Idle Hands as Henry Livingston
- 1921Mother Eternal as Edward Stevens Sr
- 1921A Citrate Special as The Director
- 1919The Spitfire of Seville
- 1919The Weaker Vessel as J. Booth Hunter
- 1919The Unpainted Woman as Martin O'Neill
- 1919The Exquisite Thief as Algernon P. Smythe
- 1919Who Will Marry Me? as Jerome Van Tyne
- 1918The Squaw Man as Henry, Jim's Cousin
- 1918The Midnight Patrol as Officer Terrence Shannon
- 1918The One Woman as Governor Morrison
- 1918The Brazen Beauty as Kenneth Hyde
- 1918We Can't Have Everything as Peter Cheever
- 1918The Kaiser's Shadow as Hugo Wagner
- 1918Tyrant Fear as Harley Dane
- 1918An Alien Enemy as David J. Hale
- 1917Love Letters as John Harland
- 1917The Price Mark as Dr. Daniel Melfi
- 1917Cleopatra as Antony
- 1917The Show Down
- 1915Sweeter Than Revenge as Joe Best