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Thurston Hall is a Actor American born on 8 may 1882 at Boston (USA)
Ernest Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film actor. At 22 in 1904 he was in the first stage production of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. He appeared in 250 films between 1915 and 1957 and is remembered for his portrayal, during the later stages of his career, of often pompous or blustering authority figures. Early in his silent career he supported Theda Bara in her vamp-costume dramas.
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). Hall was married to Quenda Hackett (1897–1984).
Au cinéma, après sept courts métrages sortis en 1915, il obtient le rôle de Marc Antoine, dans Cléopâtre (avec Theda Bara tenant le rôle-titre) de J. Gordon Edwards, sorti en 1917 et actuellement réputé perdu. En tout, il contribue à trente-deux films muets, américains, sauf les deux derniers, britanniques, sortis respectivement en 1923 et 1924. Parmi eux figure un autre film réputé perdu, Le Mari de l'Indienne de Cecil B. DeMille (1918, avec Elliott Dexter).
Thurston Hall revient au grand écran à l'occasion de deux courts-métrages en 1930 et 1931, puis tourne régulièrement de 1935 à 1957, participant alors à plus de deux-cents films parlants, comme second rôle de caractère (parfois non crédité).
Parmi ses autres films notables, mentionnons Théodora devient folle de Richard Boleslawski (1936, avec Irene Dunne et Melvyn Douglas), Vivre libre de Jean Renoir (1943, avec Charles Laughton et Maureen O'Hara), ou encore le western Les Conquérants de Carson City d'André De Toth (1952, avec Randolph Scott et Raymond Massey).
Pour la télévision, à partir de 1950, Thurston Hall contribue à dix-neuf séries, dont Topper (vingt épisodes, de 1953 à 1955, dans le rôle récurrent de M. Schuyler). Il tient son ultime rôle dans un épisode de la série-western Maverick, diffusé début février 1958, moins de deux semaines avant sa mort (d'une crise cardiaque).
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Birth name Ernest Thurston Hall
Nationality USA
Birth 8 may 1882 at Boston (USA)
Death 20 february 1958 (at 75 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 8 may 1882 at Boston (USA)
Death 20 february 1958 (at 75 years) at Beverly Hills (USA)
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). Hall was married to Quenda Hackett (1897–1984).
Biography
Thurston Hall débute comme acteur de théâtre, jouant notamment à Broadway (New York) entre 1904 et 1935, dans vingt-deux pièces et trois comédies musicales. Citons la comédie musicale Fifty Million Frenchmen, sur une musique et des lyrics de Cole Porter (1929, avec Helen Broderick et Genevieve Tobin), qui sera adaptée à l'écran en 1931 sous le même titre, ainsi que la pièce Chrysalis (1932, avec Humphrey Bogart et Margaret Sullavan). Parmi ses autres partenaires sur les planches new-yorkaises, nommons Judith Anderson, Ruth Gordon et Warren William.Au cinéma, après sept courts métrages sortis en 1915, il obtient le rôle de Marc Antoine, dans Cléopâtre (avec Theda Bara tenant le rôle-titre) de J. Gordon Edwards, sorti en 1917 et actuellement réputé perdu. En tout, il contribue à trente-deux films muets, américains, sauf les deux derniers, britanniques, sortis respectivement en 1923 et 1924. Parmi eux figure un autre film réputé perdu, Le Mari de l'Indienne de Cecil B. DeMille (1918, avec Elliott Dexter).
Thurston Hall revient au grand écran à l'occasion de deux courts-métrages en 1930 et 1931, puis tourne régulièrement de 1935 à 1957, participant alors à plus de deux-cents films parlants, comme second rôle de caractère (parfois non crédité).
Parmi ses autres films notables, mentionnons Théodora devient folle de Richard Boleslawski (1936, avec Irene Dunne et Melvyn Douglas), Vivre libre de Jean Renoir (1943, avec Charles Laughton et Maureen O'Hara), ou encore le western Les Conquérants de Carson City d'André De Toth (1952, avec Randolph Scott et Raymond Massey).
Pour la télévision, à partir de 1950, Thurston Hall contribue à dix-neuf séries, dont Topper (vingt épisodes, de 1953 à 1955, dans le rôle récurrent de M. Schuyler). Il tient son ultime rôle dans un épisode de la série-western Maverick, diffusé début février 1958, moins de deux semaines avant sa mort (d'une crise cardiaque).
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The Band Wagon (1953)
, 1h52Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, Ava Gardner
Roles Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
Rating73%
Stage and screen star Tony Hunter, a veteran of musical comedy, is concerned that his career might be in decline. His good friends Lester and Lily Marton have written a stage show that they believe is perfect for his comeback.
Carson City (1952)
, 1h27Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Randolph Scott, Lucille Norman, Raymond Massey, Richard Webb, Thurston Hall, James Millican
Roles Charles Crocker
Rating63%
Mine owner William Sharon (Larry Keating) keeps having his gold shipments held up by a gang of bandits. Sharon hires banker Charles Crocker (Thurston Hall), who happens to have connections in the Central Pacific Railroad, to build a spur line from Virginia City to Carson City, so that the gold can be shipped by rail.
It Grows on Trees (1952)
, 1h24Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Richard Crenna, Joan Evans, Les Tremayne, Sandy Descher
Roles Mr. Sleamish
Rating65%
The story is about a couple who discover two trees in their backyard that grow money. One morning a few days after Polly Baxter (Dunne) purchased a couple of trees and planted them in her backyard, a $5 bill floats in through an open window, spurring a curious turn of luck to her family's ongoing financial concerns.
Skirts Ahoy! (1952)
, 1h49Directed by Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Esther Williams, Jeff Donnell, Joan Evans, Vivian Blaine, Roy Roberts, Barry Sullivan
Roles Thatcher Kinston
Rating57%
It Grows on Trees (1952)
, 1h24Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Dean Jagger, Joan Evans, Richard Crenna, Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis
Roles Mr. Sleamish
Rating65%
One Big Affair (1952)
, 1h20Directed by Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Evelyn Keyes, Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Anderson, Connie Gilchrist, Thurston Hall, Gus Schilling
Roles Mr. G
Rating56%
This script must be run from the command line
Texas Carnival (1951)
, 1h17Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Carnaval, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Howard Keel, Hans Conried, Thurston Hall, Ann Miller
Rating55%
A dunk tank at a Texas carnival is operated by Debbie Telford and partner Cornie Quinell. An honest man, Cornie helps the inebriated Dan Sabinas, a millionaire rancher, who is being taken advantage of at another carny booth.
Belle Le Grand (1951)
, 1h35Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors John Carroll, Vera Ralston, William Ching, Hope Emerson, Grant Withers, John Qualen
Roles Parkington
Rating60%
Un propriétaire de mines d'or dans le Montana hésite entre deux sœurs, une chanteuse classique et une tenancière d'une maison de jeu, Belle Le Grand, tout juste sortie de prison après avoir été emprisonnée à la place de son mari.
Bright Leaf (1950)
, 1h50Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Lauren Bacall, Patricia Neal, Jack Carson, Donald Crisp, Gladys George
Roles Phillips
Rating66%
In 1894, poor but arrogant Brant Royle (Gary Cooper) returns to his hometown of Kingsmont, North Carolina, to settle his recently deceased uncle's estate. Years before, he had been driven out by powerful tobacco plantation owner Major Singleton (Donald Crisp) for daring to fall in love with Singleton's daughter Margaret (Patricia Neal).
The Bandit Queen (1950)
, 1h10Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Barbara Britton, Barton MacLane, Phillip Reed, Willard Parker, Victor Kilian, Thurston Hall
Roles Governor
Rating58%
As the lead actress, Britton was the protagonist child of an American father and Spanish mother, Dones Jose and Zara Montalvo, as portrayed by Victor Kilian and Cecil Weston who is credited as Cecile Weston. The Montalvo family possessed land rights or Spanish land grants to a hacienda with gold mines present. Abroad, the daughter came home to California and witnessed her parents being murdered by Hank (John Merton) and an unknown man, Sheriff Jim Harden, who was played by Barton MacLane. Montalvo initially approached Harden about the crimes but eventually recognized him as part of murderers' gang. She teamed up with Phillip Reed, in the role of Joaquin Murietta, to regain her rightful inheritance. Together they assumed false identities with Montalvo hidden behind the alias of a Zorro-like character named Lola Belmont with Murietta as Carlos del Rio.
One Too Many (1950)
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ruth Warrick, Richard Travis, Rhys Williams, Thurston Hall, William Tracy, Onslow Stevens
Roles Kenneth Simes
Rating60%
Belle of Old Mexico (1950)
, 1h10Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Musical films
Actors Estelita Rodríguez, Robert Rockwell, Dorothy Patrick, Thurston Hall, Florence Bates, Dave Willock
Roles Horatio Huntington
Rating63%
An American World War II veteran, fulfills a promise he made to one of his dying comrades by going to Mexico to adopt his daughter. When he gets there, she turns out to not to be the little girl he had imagined but an attractive young woman. He has extreme difficulty convincing his fiancée and employers that their relationship is entirely innocent.
The Fountainhead (1949)
, 1h54Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull
Roles Businessman at Party (uncredited)
Rating69%
Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) is an individualistic architect who follows a new artistic path in the face of conformity and vulgar mediocrity.
Bride for Sale (1949)
, 1h27Directed by William D. Russell, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Claudette Colbert, Robert Young, George Brent, Max Baer Jr., Gus Schilling, Charles Arnt
Roles Trisby
Rating62%
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.
Rim of the Canyon (1949)
, 1h10Directed by Armand Schaefer, John English
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Thurston Hall, Clem Bevans, Walter Sande, Nanette June "Nan" Leslie, Jock Mahoney
Roles Big Tim Hanlon
Rating61%