Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall
Ernest Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film, stage and television actor.
Career
Stage
Hall toured with various New England stage companies during his teens, then went onto London, where he formed a small stage troupe. He also toured New Zealand and South Africa."
At 22 in 1904, Hall was in the first stage production of Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. His Broadway credits include The Only Girl (1914), Have a Heart (1917), Civilian Clothes (1919), The French Doll (1922), Still Waters (1926), Buy, Buy, Baby (1926), Mixed Doubles (1927), Behold the Bridegroom (1927), The Common Sin (1928), Sign of the Leopard (1928), Security (1929), Fifty Million Frenchmen (1929), Everything's Jake (1930), Philip Goes Forth (1931), Chrysalis (1932), Thoroughbred (1933), Re-echo (1934), They Shall Not Die (1934), Spring Freshet (1934), All Rights Reserved (1934), and Rain from Heaven (1934).
In 1925, Hall took a troupe to Australia to perform the play So This Is London.
Film and television
Hall's film career began with his work in silent films in 1915. 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).
Personal life
Hall was married to Quenda Hackett at the time of his death.
Filmography
The Mirror (1915, Short) - The Rival
Cleopatra (1917) - Antony
The Price Mark (1917) - Dr. Daniel Melfi
Love Letters (1917) - John Harland
Flare-Up Sal (1918) - The Red Rider
An Alien Enemy (1918) - David J. Hale
Tyrant Fear (1918) - Harley Dane
The Mating of Marcella (1918) - Robert Underwood
The Kaiser's Shadow (1918) - Hugo Wagner
We Can't Have Everything (1918) - Peter Cheever
The Brazen Beauty (1918) - Kenneth Hyde
The Squaw Man (1918) - Henry, Jim's Cousin
The Midnight Patrol (1918) - Officer Terrence Shannon
Who Will Marry Me? (1919) - Jerome Van Tyne
The Exquisite Thief (1919) - Algernon P. Smythe
The Unpainted Woman (1919) - Martin O'Neill
The Weaker Vessel (1919) - J. Booth Hunter
The Spitfire of Seville (1919) - Kent Staunton
Empty Arms (1920) - Bruce Gordon
The Valley of Doubt (1920) - Jules
Mother Eternal (1921) - Edward Stevens Sr
Idle Hands (1921) - Henry Livingston
The Iron Trail (1921) - Curtis Gordon
Fair Lady (1922) - Italian banker
Wildness of Youth (1922) - Edward Grayton
The Royal Oak (1923) - Colonel Ancketell
The Great Well (1924) - Peter Starling
Hooray for Love (1935) - Commodore Jason Thatcher
Love Me Forever (1935) - Maurizio
The Black Room (1935) - Col. Paul Hassel
After the Dance (1935) - District Attorney
Atlantic Adventure (1935) - City Editor Rutherford (uncredited)
The Public Menace (1935) - Captain of Ocean Liner
The Girl Friend (1935) - George S. Harmon
She Couldn't Take It (1935) - Party Guest (uncredited)
Metropolitan (1935) - T. Simon Hunter
The Case of the Missing Man (1935) - Boyle
A Feather in Her Hat (1935) - Sir Elroyd Joyce
Guard That Girl (1935) - Dr. Silas Hudson
Crime and Punishment (1935) - Editor
One Way Ticket (1935) - Mr. Ritchie
Super-Speed (1935) - Investor
Too Tough to Kill (1935) - Jim Whitney
The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) - Inspector Crane
Don't Gamble with Love (1936) - Martin Gage
Pride of the Marines (1936) - Col. Gage
Devil's Squadron (1936) - Major Metcalf
Roaming Lady (1936) - E. J. Reid
The King Steps Out (1936) - Major
The Three Wise Guys (1936) - Hatcher
Trapped by Television (1936) - John Curtis
Shakedown (1936) - T. Gregory Stuart
Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936) - Pop
The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) - Dr. Clifford L. Schuyler
Killer at Large (1936) - Inspector O'Hara
Theodora Goes Wild (1936) - Arthur Stevenson
Lady from Nowhere (1936) - James Gordon Barnes
Don't Tell the Wife (1937) - Maj. Manning
Women of Glamour (1937) - Mr. Stark
Parole Racket (1937) - Jameson
We Have Our Moments (1937) - Frank Rutherford
Oh, Doctor (1937) - 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
I Promise to Pay (1937) - Police Captain Hall
Venus Makes Trouble (1937) - Harlan Darrow
It Can't Last Forever (1937) - Fulton
Counsel for Crime (1937) - Sen. Maddox
Murder in Greenwich Village (1937) - Charles Cabot
Paid to Dance (1937) - State Governor
All American Sweetheart (1937) - R.O. Davis (uncredited)
Little Miss Roughneck (1938) - Joe Crowley
Penitentiary (1938) - Judge (uncredited)
No Time to Marry (1938) - Pettensall
Women in Prison (1938) - Chairman of the Board (uncredited)
There's Always a Woman (1938) - District Attorney
Women Are Like That (1938) - Claudius King
Extortion (1938) - Prof. Tisdelle
Professor Beware (1938) - Mr. Van Buren
The Main Event (1938) - Captain Phillips
Squadron of Honor (1938) - Bob Metcalf
Fast Company (1938) - Dist. Atty. MacMillen
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) - Grant
The Affairs of Annabel (1938) - Major
Campus Confessions (1938) - Wayne Atterbury, Sr.
Hard to Get (1938) - Atwater
Spring Madness (1938) - Charles Platt (uncredited)
Out West with the Hardys (1938) - H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
Going Places (1938) - Col. Withering
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) - Mr. Bel-Goodie
Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) - Senator (uncredited)
Dodge City (1939) - Twitchell (uncredited)
Ex-Champ (1939) - Mr. Courtney
Million Dollar Legs (1939) - Gregory Melton Sr.
Each Dawn I Die (1939) - Hanley
Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) - Sam Bailey
The Star Maker (1939) - Mr. Proctor
Hawaiian Nights (1939) - T.C. Hartley
The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) - Colonel March
Dancing Co-Ed (1939) - H.W. Workman
Sued for Libel (1939) - David Hastings
Jeepers Creepers (1939) - M.K. Durant
First Love (1939) - Anthony Drake
Our Neighbors – The Carters (1939) - Mr. Guilfoyle
Money to Burn (1939) - Ellis
The Blue Bird (1940) - Father Time
Blondie on a Budget (1940) - Brice
Virginia City (1940) - Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
Rancho Grande (1940) - John Dodge (voice, uncredited)
In Old Missouri (1940) - John Pittman Sr.
Alias the Deacon (1940) - Jim Cunningham
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) - Inspector M.L. Crane
Millionaires in Prison (1940) - Harold Kellogg
The Great McGinty (1940) - Mr. Maxwell
The Golden Fleecing (1940) - Charles Engel
City for Conquest (1940) - Max Leonard
Life with Henry (1940) - Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
Friendly Neighbors (1940) - The Governor
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) - Inspector Crane
Kiddie Kure (1940, Our Gang short) - Bill 'Old Man' Morton
The Invisible Woman (1940) - Hudson
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941) - Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
Four Mothers (1941) - Mr. Davis (uncredited)
Flight from Destiny (1941) - Dean Somers
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) - Inspector Crane
Repent at Leisure (1941) - Jay Buckingham
The Great Lie (1941) - Oscar Worthington James
Washington Melodrama (1941) - Senator Morton
She Knew All the Answers (1941) - J.D. Sutton
In the Navy (1941) - Lead Senator (uncredited)
Accent on Love (1941) - T.J. Triton
Hold That Ghost (1941) - Alderman Birch (uncredited)
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) - H.S.Huntley (uncredited)
Unexpected Uncle (1941) - Jerry Carter (uncredited)
Swing It Soldier (1941) - Oscar Simms, Wheezies Sponsor
Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941) - Inspector Crane
Tuxedo Junction (1941) - Doug Gordon
Remember the Day (1941) - Gov. Teller
Design for Scandal (1941) - Northcott
Pacific Blackout (1941) - Williams - Civil Defense Official
We Were Dancing (1942) - Senator Quimby (uncredited)
Sleepytime Gal (1942) - Mr. Adams
The Night Before the Divorce (1942) - Bert 'Mousey' Harriman
Rings on Her Fingers (1942) - Mr. Harvey Beasley
Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942) - James Maloney
Hello, Annapolis (1942) - Capt. Wendall
The Great Man's Lady (1942) - Mr. Sempler
Twin Beds (1942) - Horace Touchstone (uncredited)
Her Cardboard Lover (1942) - Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
Call of the Canyon (1942) - Grantley B. Johnson
Counter-Espionage (1942) - Inspector Crane
The Great Gildersleeve (1942) - Governor John Stafford
The Hard Way (1943) - Harry - Motion Picture Executive (uncredited)
One Dangerous Night (1943) - Inspector Crane
The Youngest Profession (1943) - Mr. Drew
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) - Senator Henry Babcock
He Hired the Boss (1943) - Mr. Bates
Crash Dive (1943) - Senator from Texas (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine (1943) - Mayor Henry Manville
Hoosier Holiday (1943) - Henry P. Fairchild
I Dood It (1943) - Kenneth Lawlor
Footlight Glamour (1943) - Randolph Wheeler (uncredited)
Here Comes Elmer (1943) - P. J. Ellis
Cover Girl (1944) - Tony Pastor (uncredited)
Follow the Boys (1944) - Man (uncredited)
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) - Politician (uncredited)
Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944) - Judge James Rutherford
The Great Moment (1944) - Senator Borland
Wilson (1944) - Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
Song of Nevada (1944) - John Barrabee
In Society (1944) - Mr. Van Cleve
Ever Since Venus (1944) - Edgar Pomeroy
Something for the Boys (1944) - Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
Bring On the Girls (1945) - Rutledge
Brewster's Millions (1945) - Colonel Drew
Thrill of a Romance (1945) - J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan (1945) - First Judge
Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) - 'Colonel' Hubert Farnsworth
Lady on a Train (1945) - Josiah Waring
The Gay Senorita (1945) - J.J. Frentiss
West of the Pecos (1945) - Colonel Lambeth
Song of the Prairie (1945) - Jerome Wingate
Saratoga Trunk (1945) - Mr. Pound (uncredited)
Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946) - Ed - the Mayor
Two Sisters from Boston (1946) - Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr.
Without Reservations (1946) - Baldwin
One More Tomorrow (1946) - Thomas Rufus Collier II
She Wrote the Book (1946) - Horace Van Cleve
Dangerous Business (1946) - B.J. Calhoun
Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) - Colonel Clay (uncredited)
The Farmer's Daughter (1947) - Wilbur Johnson
Welcome Stranger (1947) - Congressman Beeker
Swing the Western Way (1947) - Jasper Jim Bandy
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) - Bruce Pierce
The Son of Rusty (1947) - Franklyn B. Gibson
Black Gold (1947) - Colonel Caldwell
The Unfinished Dance (1947) - Mr. Ronsell
Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) - Dr. Blake
It Had to Be You (1947) - Mr. Ned Harrington
Three Daring Daughters (1948) - Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
King of the Gamblers (1948) - 'Pop' Morton
Up in Central Park (1948) - Governor Motley
Miraculous Journey (1948) - Kendricks
Blondie's Secret (1948) - Mr. George Whiteside
Rusty Saves a Life (1949) - Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
Manhattan Angel (1949) - Everett H. Burton
Stagecoach Kid (1949) - Peter Arnold
The Fountainhead (1949) - Businessman at Party (uncredited)
Rim of the Canyon (1949) - Big Tim Hanlon
Square Dance Jubilee (1949) - G.K.
Bride for Sale (1949) - Mr. Trisby (uncredited)
Tell It to the Judge (1949) - Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
Girls' School (1950) - Colonel Selby Matthews
Belle of Old Mexico (1950) - Horatio Huntington
Federal Agent at Large (1950) - 'Big Bill' Dixon
Bright Leaf (1950) - Phillips
Chain Gang (1950) - John McKelvey
One Too Many (1950) - Kenneth Simes
The Bandit Queen (1950) - Governor
Belle Le Grand (1951) - Parkington
Whirlwind (1951) - Big Jim Lassiter
Texas Carnival (1951) - Mr. Gaytes
One Big Affair (1952) - Mr. 'G'
Night Stage to Galveston (1952) - Colonel James Bellamy
Skirts Ahoy! (1952) - Thatcher Kinston
Carson City (1952) - Charles Crocker
It Grows on Trees (1952) - John Sleamish--Bank President (uncredited)
Woman of the North Country (1952) - Mayor Spencer (uncredited)
The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) - Col. Mayfield
The Band Wagon (1953) - Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
Wonder Valley (1953)
Affair in Reno (1956) - J.B. Del Monte
The Go-Getter (1956) - Mr. Higgins
References
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1882 births
1958 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American male stage actors
Male actors from Boston
20th-century American male actors
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills)