Thurston Hall
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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).
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
228
Gender
Male
Birthday
1882-05-08 (143 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Acting
1957
Maverick as Judge1957
Affair in Reno as J.B. Del Monte1956
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday as Harrison Prentice1956
The Go-Getter as Mr. Higgins1954
Lassie as Not available1954
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin as Not available1954
Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake as James M. Townsend1953
Topper as Not available1953
Topper as Mr. Schuyler1953
Letter to Loretta as Judge1953
The Band Wagon as Colonel Tripp (uncredited)1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as Mr. Smith1952
The Abbott and Costello Show as J. Peter Stuyvesant1952
Four Star Playhouse as Judge1952
Dangerous Assignment as Not available1952
My Little Margie as Not available1952
Hopalong Cassidy as Not available1952
Carson City as Charles Crocker1952
Skirts Ahoy! as Thatcher Kinston1952
It Grows on Trees as Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)1952
One Big Affair as Mr. G1952
Night Stage to Galveston as Colonel James Bellamy1952
The WAC from Walla Walla as Col. Mayfield1951
Racket Squad as Not available1951
Knights of the Bath as Master of the House (archive footage)1951
Belle Le Grand as Parkington1951
Whirlwind as Big Jim Lassiter1950
One Too Many as Kenneth Simes1950
The Bandit Queen as Governor1950
Federal Agent at Large as 'Big Bill' Dixon1950
Bright Leaf as Phillips1950
Chain Gang as John McKelvey, news publisher1950
Belle of Old Mexico as Horatio Huntington1949
The Fountainhead as Businessman at Party (uncredited)1949
Tell It to the Judge as Sen. Caswell (uncredited)1949
Square Dance Jubilee as G.K.1949
Rim of the Canyon as Big Tim Hanlon1949
Stagecoach Kid as Peter Arnold1949
Bride for Sale as Trisby1949
Rusty Saves a Life as Counsellor Frank A. Gibson1949
Manhattan Angel as Everett H. Burton1948
Three Daring Daughters as Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)1948
Up in Central Park as Governor Motley1948
Blondie's Secret as George Whiteside1948
Miraculous Journey as Kendricks1947
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty as Bruce Pierce1947
The Farmer's Daughter as Wilbur Johnson1947
Mourning Becomes Electra as Dr. Blake1947
It Had to Be You as Mr. Ned Harrington1947
Welcome Stranger as Congressman Beeker (uncredited)1947
Black Gold as Colonel Caldwell1947
The Unfinished Dance as Mr. Ronsell1947
The Son of Rusty as Franklyn B. Gibson1947
Swing the Western Way as Jasper Jim Bandy1946
Colonel Effingham's Raid as Ed - the Mayor1946
Without Reservations as Henry Baldwin1946
Two Sisters from Boston as Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.1946
She Wrote the Book as Horace Van Cleve1946
Dangerous Business as B.J. Calhoun1946
One More Tomorrow as Thomas Rufus Collier II1946
Three Little Girls in Blue as Col. Clay1945
Brewster's Millions as Colonel Drew1945
Thrill of a Romance as J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)1945
Lady on a Train as Josiah Waring1945
Saratoga Trunk as Mr. Pound (uncredited)1945
West of the Pecos as Col. Lambeth1945
Bring on the Girls as Rutledge1945
Don Juan Quilligan as First Judge1945
Song of the Prairie as Jerome Wingate1945
The Gay Senorita as J.J. Frentiss1945
Blonde from Brooklyn as "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth1944
Cover Girl as Tony Pastor (uncredited)1944
Song of Nevada as John Barrabee1944
Wilson as Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones1944
In Society as Mr. Van Cleve1944
The Great Moment as Senator Borland1944
Something for the Boys as Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)1944
Ever Since Venus as Edgar Pomeroy1944
Goodnight, Sweetheart as Judge James Rutherford1943
Sherlock Holmes in Washington as Sen. Henry Babcock1943
The Hard Way as Harry (Uncredited)1943
Crash Dive as Senator from Texas1943
This Land Is Mine as Mayor Henry Manville1943
I Dood It as Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor1943
The Youngest Profession as Mr. Drew1943
Footlight Glamour as Randolph Wheeler1943
One Dangerous Night as Inspector Crane1943
Here Comes Elmer as P. J. Ellis1943
Hoosier Holiday as Henry P. Fairchild1943
He Hired the Boss as Mr. Bates1942
Call of the Canyon as Grantley B. Johnson1942
Rings on Her Fingers as Not available1942
Her Cardboard Lover as Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)1942
Counter-Espionage as Insp. Crane1942
Sleepytime Gal as Mr. Adams1942
Hello, Annapolis as Capt. Wendall1942
Twin Beds as Horace Touchstone1942
Shepherd of the Ozarks as James Maloney1942
The Great Gildersleeve as Governor Jonathan Stafford1942
The Night Before the Divorce as Bert Harriman1941
The Great Lie as Oscar Worthington James1941
Hold That Ghost as Alderman Birch (uncredited)1941
Remember the Day as Gov. Teller1941
She Knew All the Answers as J. D. Sutton1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Inspector Crane1941
Four Mothers as Mr. Davis (uncredited)1941
The Great Man's Lady as Mr. Sempler1941
Flight from Destiny as Dean Somers1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Inspector Crane1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Huntley (uncredited)1941
In the Navy as Lead Senator (uncredited)1941
Washington Melodrama as Sen. Morton1941
Tuxedo Junction as Doug Gordon1941
Where Did You Get That Girl? as Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President1941
Pacific Blackout as Williams1941
Life with Henry as Mr. Woodring (uncredited)1941
Repent at Leisure as Jay Buckingham1941
Design for Scandal as Northcott1941
Swing It Soldier as Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor1941
Accent on Love as T. J. Triton1940
Virginia City as Gen. George Meade (uncredited)1940
The Invisible Woman as Hudson1940
The Great McGinty as Mr. Maxwell1940
City for Conquest as Max Leonard1940
The Blue Bird as Father Time1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Inspector Crane1940
Millionaires in Prison as Harold Kellogg1940
Blondie on a Budget as Brice1940
The Golden Fleecing as Charles Engel1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Inspector Crane1940
Kiddie Kure as Bill "Old Man" Morton1940
Friendly Neighbors as The Governor1940
In Old Missouri as John Pittman Sr.1940
Alias the Deacon as Jim Cunningham1939
Dodge City as Twitchell (uncredited)1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie1939
Each Dawn I Die as Hanley1939
Three Smart Girls Grow Up as Senator1939
Dancing Co-Ed as Henry W. Workman1939
First Love as Anthony Drake1939
Million Dollar Legs as Gregory Melton Sr.1939
The Star Maker as Mr. Proctor1939
Ex-Champ as Mr. Courtney1939
Jeepers Creepers as M.K. Durant1939
Hawaiian Nights as T.C. Hartley1939
Sued for Libel as David Hastings1939
The Day the Bookies Wept as Col. March1939
Mutiny on the Blackhawk as Sam Bailey1939
Money To Burn as Ellis1939
Our Neighbors - The Carters as Mr. Guilfoyle1938
There's Always a Woman as District Attorney1938
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse as Grant1938
Going Places as Col. Withering1938
Spring Madness as Charles Platt1938
Fast Company as Dist. Atty. MacMillen1938
Hard to Get as John Atwater1938
The Affairs of Annabel as Major1938
Out West with the Hardys as H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)1938
Campus Confessions as William Atterbury, Sr.1938
Professor Beware as J.J. Van Buren1938
Squadron of Honor as Bob Metcalf1938
Women Are Like That as Claudius King1938
The Main Event as Captain Phillips1938
Extortion as Prof. Tisdelle1938
No Time to Marry as Pettensall1937
Murder in Greenwich Village as Charles Cabot1937
Counsel for Crime as Sen. Maddox1937
I Promise to Pay as Police Captain Hall1937
Oh, Doctor as 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston1937
Women of Glamour as Mr. Stark1937
We Have Our Moments as Frank Rutherford1937
Venus Makes Trouble as Harlan Darrow1937
Don't Tell the Wife as Major Manning1937
It Can't Last Forever as Fulton1937
Parole Racket as Editor Jamison1936
Theodora Goes Wild as Arthur Stevenson1936
Roaming Lady as E. J. Reid1936
The Man Who Lived Twice as Dr. Clifford L. Schuyler1936
Don't Gamble with Love as Martin Gage1936
Devil's Squadron as Major Metcalf1936
Trapped by Television as John Curtis1936
Shakedown as T. Gregory Stuart1936
The King Steps Out as Major1936
Killer at Large as Inspector O'Hara1936
Lady from Nowhere as James Gordon Barnes1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman as Pop1936
Pride of the Marines as Col. Gage1936
The Three Wise Guys as Hatcher1935
Crime and Punishment as Editor1935
The Black Room as Col. Paul Hassel1935
She Couldn't Take It as Party Guest1935
Case of the Missing Man as Boyle1935
Hooray for Love as Jason Thatcher1935
The Lone Wolf Returns as Inspector Crane1935
Metropolitan as T. Simon Hunter1935
After the Dance as District Attorney1935
A Feather in Her Hat as Sir Elroyd Joyce1935
Guard That Girl as Dr. Silas Hudson1935
Atlantic Adventure as City Editor Rutherford1935
The Public Menace as Captain of Ocean Liner1935
Love Me Forever as Maurizio1935
The Girl Friend as George S. Harmon1935
One Way Ticket as Mr. Ritchie1935
Too Tough to Kill as Jim Whitney1931
A Burglar to the Rescue as The Banker, Steve Corley1924
The Great Well as Peter Starling1924
The Valley of Doubt as Jules1923
The Royal Oak as Colonel Ancketell1922
Fair Lady as Italian banker1921
Mother Eternal as Edward Stevens Sr1921
The Iron Trail as Curtis Gordon1921
A Citrate Special as The Director1919
The Spitfire of Seville as Not available1919
The Exquisite Thief as Algernon P. Smythe1919
The Weaker Vessel as J. Booth Hunter1919
Who Will Marry Me? as Jerome Van Tyne1918
We Can't Have Everything as Peter Cheever1918
The Squaw Man as Henry, Jim's Cousin1918
The Kaiser's Shadow as Hugo Wagner1918
The Brazen Beauty as Kenneth Hyde1918
An Alien Enemy as David J. Hale1918
The One Woman as Governor Morrison1918
The Midnight Patrol as Officer Terrence Shannon1917
Cleopatra as Antony1917
The Price Mark as Dr. Daniel Melfi1917
The Show Down as Not available1917
Love Letters as John Harland1915
Sweeter Than Revenge as Joe Best