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Charlie Hall
Acting
Born:August 18, 1899
Died:December 7, 1959(aged 60)
Birthplace:Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, UK
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charlie Hall (19 August 1899 – 7 December 1959) was an English film actor. He is best known as the "Little Nemesis" of Laurel and Hardy and appeared in nearly 50 films with them, so that Hall was the most frequent supporting actor of their films. Hall was born in Ward End, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager, he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens, he visited his sister in New York and stayed there, finding employment as a stagehand. While working behind the scenes, he met the comic actor Bobby Dunn and they became friends; Dunn convinced Hall to take a stab again at acting, which he did. By the mid-1920s, Hall was working for Hal Roach. Stan Laurel, one of Roach's comedy stars, was also a graduate of the Karno troupe. As an actor, Hall worked with such comedians as Buster Keaton and Charley Chase, but is best remembered as a comic foil for Laurel and Hardy. He appeared in nearly 50 of their films, sometimes in bit parts, but often as a mean landlord or opponent in many of their memorable tit-for-tat sequences. Unlike the usual villains in Laurel and Hardy films, who were big and burly, Charlie Hall (billed as "Charley" Hall in the Roach comedies) was of short stature, standing 5 ft 5 in tall. His height and slight English accent allowed him to be convincingly cast as a college student, despite being 40 years old, in Laurel and Hardy's A Chump at Oxford. Hall almost never played starring roles; the exception was in 1941, when he was teamed with character comedian Frank Faylen by Monogram Pictures. Hall continued to play bits and supporting roles in short subjects and features through the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally on TV, appearing very briefly in Charlie Chaplin's final American film, Limelight (1952). In 1956 he played a small but important part in the TV show Cheyenne, season 1, episode 11, "Quicksand", starring Clint Walker, with Dennis Hopper, John Alderson, Wright King and Peggy Webber. His last role was in a Joe McDoakes short film starring George O'Hanlon, So You Want to Play the Piano, in 1956. Hall died in North Hollywood, California, on 7 December 1959. A J D Wetherspoon's public house in Erdington, is named The Charlie Hall as a tribute to him.
Filmography (174 movies)
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Rough Necking
1934
as Postman
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Too Many Women
1932
as Man on Street (uncredited)
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Babes in the Goods
1934
as Spectator (uncredited)
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Mama Loves Papa
1931
as Milkman (uncredited)
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The Undie-World
1934
as T.N.T. Room Busboy
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The Milkman
1950
as Ed (uncredited)
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Hi'–Neighbor!
1934
as Window Washer
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Haunted at Midnight
1931
as Man on Train
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A Pair of Tights
1929
as Man in Fender-Bender (uncredited)
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The Music Box
1932
as Postman (uncredited)
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Them Thar Hills
1934
as Mr. Hall
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Let's Go Native
1930
as Mover (uncredited)
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Busy Bodies
1933
Writer
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Curtain Call
1940
as Second Waiter
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Thicker Than Water
1935
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
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Laughing Gravy
1931
as Landlord (uncredited)
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Shall We Dance
1937
as Bartender (uncredited)
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Blotto
1930
as Cabdriver
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The Night Life
1930
as Cabdriver (uncredited)
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The Live Ghost
1934
as Sailor at Table (as Charles Hall)
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Come Clean
1931
Writer
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Sons of the Desert
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
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Diplomaniacs
1933
as Shaffner the Valet (uncredited)
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The Pajama Party
1931
as Inebriated Party Guest (uncredited)
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San Antonio Rose
1941
as Waitress
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Our Relations
1936
as Man in Pawnshop (uncredited)
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Playing at Politics
1931
as Elevator Operator
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Any Old Port!
1932
as Stan's Second
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A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Student
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Hey! Hey! USA
1938
as Leary's pal
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The Battle of the Century
1927
as Pie Delivery Man (uncredited)
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Tit for Tat
1935
as Mr. Hall
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Niagara Falls
1941
as Bellhop (uncredited)
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Saps at Sea
1940
as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
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They Go Boom!
1929
as Landlord
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College
1927
as Coxswain (uncredited)
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Shivering and Shaking
1930
as Street Cleaner (uncredited)
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Men O' War
1929
as Boater (uncredited)
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Be Big!
1931
as Bellboy
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On the Loose
1931
as Shooting Gallery Attendant (uncredited)
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Mighty Like a Moose
1926
as Shoe Shine Man
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Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Janitor (uncredited)
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Berth Marks
1929
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Twice Two
1933
Writer
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Double Whoopee
1929
as Cabdriver
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That's My Wife
1929
as Waiter (uncredited)
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The Chiselers
1931
as Bellboy / Landlord
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Wrong Again
1929
as Neighbor
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Two Tars
1928
as Shopkeeper
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The Hoose-Gow
1929
as Treetop Lookout (uncredited)
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Bonnie Scotland
1935
as Native Henchman (uncredited)
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Dressed to Kill
1946
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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The Real McCoy
1930
as Mountain Man (uncredited)
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The Midnight Patrol
1933
as Tire thief's partner
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Came the Dawn
1928
as Little Moving Man (uncredited)
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Below Zero
1930
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Snappy Sneezer
1929
as Streetcar passenger (uncredited)
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Me and My Pal
1933
as Delivery Boy (uncredited)
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Angora Love
1929
as Neighbor
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Should Married Men Go Home?
1928
as Soda Jerk (uncredited)
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The Lodger
1944
as Comedian
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Kentucky Kernels
1934
as Cigarette Stand Owner (uncredited)
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Babes in Toyland
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
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Bacon Grabbers
1929
as Truck driver
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The Pip from Pittsburg
1931
as Kay's Dancing Partner (uncredited)
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The Second 100 Years
1927
as Convict (uncredited)
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Duck Soup
1927
as Moving man (uncredited)
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Five Came Back
1939
as Airport Worker (uncredited)
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Little Mother
1929
as Taxi driver
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The Soilers
1932
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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Seeing the World
1927
as English chauffeur
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The Skulls
1931
as The Landlord
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With Love and Hisses
1927
as Soldier (uncredited)
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Eve's Love Letters
1927
as Cab driver (uncredited)
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One of the Smiths
1931
as Dancer (uncredited)
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Night of Goblins
1930
as Passenger
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Boxing Gloves
1929
as Sidewalk diner attendant
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967
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Man From Headquarters
1942
as Newspaper Photographer
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Dollar Dizzy
1930
as Bellhop
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Sing Sister Sing
1935
as Porter (uncredited)
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Movie Night
1929
as Audience Member (uncredited)
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Show Business
1932
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
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Near Dublin
1924
as Villager
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Unfriendly Enemies
1925
as First Soldier Over the Top
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Leave 'Em Laughing
1928
as The Landlord
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Sugar Daddies
1927
as Hotel extra
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Isn't Life Terrible?
1925
as Steward Who Drops Plates
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You're Darn Tootin'
1928
as Musician
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Mike Fright
1934
as Elevator Operator
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Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Asylum Inmate
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Bromo and Juliet
1926
as Stagehand (uncredited)
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Thundering Fleas
1926
as Musician
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Vigil in the Night
1940
as Courtroom Spectator
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Love 'Em and Weep
1927
as Tillsbury's Butler
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Air Fright
1933
as Pilot (uncredited)
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Sealskins
1932
as Sealnapper's Accomplice (uncredited)
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Strictly Unreliable
1932
as The Stage Manager (as Charley Hall)
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Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
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Only Saps Work
1930
as Waiter (uncredited)
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Mr. Bride
1932
as Tipsy Ship Passenger
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Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
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Bear Shooters
1930
as Charlie
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Postage Due
1924
as Customer
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Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934
as Coach Driver
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Mother's Joy
1923
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Smithy
1924
as Worker
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Fluttering Hearts
1927
as Man under car
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Men of the North
1930
as Townsman at Hearing (uncredited)
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Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941
as Budd Doolittle
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Backs to Nature
1933
as Hunter (uncredited)
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Do Me a Favor
1922
as A Fireman
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A Ten-Minute Egg
1924
as First Bellhop (uncredited)
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The Cowboy Sheik
1924
as Party guest
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Cynara
1932
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Mexican Spitfire
1940
as Elevator Operator
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Sweepstakes
1931
as Little Cook
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You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Ritz Amsterdam Bellboy
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The Ape Man
1943
as Barney
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Fifty Million Husbands
1930
as Neighbor (uncredited)
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
as Nightclub Waiter
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So You Want to Play the Piano
1956
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Another Wild Idea
1934
as Man Pushed into Fountain
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Bridal Bail
1934
as Irate Movie Patron
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Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932
as Servant
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Father Steps Out
1941
as Short Hobo 'Nap', aka Napoleon
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Forgotten Sweeties
1927
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Skirt Shy
1929
as Postman (uncredited)
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The Kick-Off!
1931
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
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The Panic Is On
1931
as Man on the Street (uncredited)
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Madame Sans Jane
1925
as Steward
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Maids a la Mode
1933
as Party Guest (uncredited)
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Wild Babies!
1932
as Explorer's Man, Wellington (as Charley Hall)
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Love on a Ladder
1934
as Pool Hall Patron
Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944
as Apartment House Waiter
Dance of the Cookoos
1982
as Receptionist / Postman / Delivery Man
The Janitor
1921
A Slip at the Switch
1932
as Second Tramp
Ocean Swells
1934
as Sailor
What Fur
1933
Maid in Hollywood
1934
as Cameraman (uncredited)
Leaping Love
1929
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Hot Money
1935
as Tenant (uncredited)
One-Horse Farmers
1934
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
Opened by Mistake
1934
as Intern (uncredited)
Soup and Fish
1934
as Second Butler, Announcing Guests (uncredited)
The Fighting Parson
1930
as The Waiter (uncredited)
War Mamas
1931
as Doughboy (uncredited)
Twin Triplets
1935
as Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Treasure Blues
1935
as Moving Man (uncredited)
Sneak Easily
1932
as Page
One Track Minds
1933
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
Let's Do Things
1931
as Waiter (uncredited)
Beauty and the Bus
1933
as Theatre Usher (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936
as (uncredited)
Abie's Irish Rose
1946
as Hotel Porter (as Charles Hall)
Los cazadores de osos
1930
as Bootlegger
Framing Father
1942
as Silver Slipper Waiter
Must We Marry?
1928
Love Pains
1932
as Unimpressed Party Guest (uncredited)
Rhapsody in Brew
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
Keg o' My Heart
1933
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968
as Annoyed Shopkeeper (archive footage) (uncredited)
An Apple in His Eye
1941
as Dan - Edgar's Neighbor
Captain Swagger
1928
as Messenger
The Druggist's Dilemma
1933
as Charlie Zeno
Nature in the Wrong
1933
as Organ Grinder
In Love at 40
1935
as Man Getting Shave
I'll Fix It
1941
as The Laundry Man
A Quiet Fourth
1941
as Edgar's Neighbor
A Trailer Tragedy
1940
as Homeless Thief in Washroom
Radio Rampage
1944
as Jack - Radio Repairman
Hold Your Temper
1933
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