Complex sentence: Porter Hall (September 19,1888--October 6,1953) was a character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s many times, due to a weak chin and shifty eyes, playing movie villains or comedic incompetent characters.
Split into simpler sentences: Porter Hall (September 19,1888--October 6,1953) was a character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Possessing a weak chin and shifty eyes, Hall played movie villains or comedic incompetent characters.