James Hall (actor)
{{short description|American actor}}
{{Infobox person
| name = James Hall
| image = James Hall Stars of the Photoplay.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Hall in 1930
| birth_name = James E. Brown
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1900|10|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place =
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|6|7|1900|10|22|mf=y}}
| death_place = Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1923–1932
| spouse = Irene Gardner
| resting_place =
}}
James Hall (born James E. Brown; October 22, 1900 – June 7, 1940) was an American film actor.
Career
Hall debuted as an actor at age 15 in the Ziegfeld Follies.
Hall began his film career during the silent film era. He made his sound film debut in the 1929 film The Canary Murder Case, opposite William Powell and Louise Brooks.
In 1930, he co-starred in Howard Hughes' epic film, Hell's Angels.{{cite news |title=Former Star Dies |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22967671/james_hall/ |work=The Indianapolis Star |agency=Associated Press |date=June 8, 1940 |location=Indiana, Indianapolis |page=8|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 19, 2018}} {{Open access}} His last film role was in the 1932 drama Manhattan Tower. In the following years, he headlined in vaudeville at the Loew's State Theatres in 1932 and 1933 and in such independent stage productions as Ches Davis's 1934 edition of the Chicago Follies and in another show, the Showboat Follies at the Deadwood Theatre in South Dakota (1934).
At the time of his death, he had fallen into obscurity and had been earning his livelihood by performing in small nightclubs and cabarets in New Jersey and New York.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}
Death
Hall died of cirrhosis on June 7, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at age 39.{{cite news |title=James Hall, Film Idol, Cast in 'Hell's Angels' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/22967199/james_hall/ |work=The Brooklyn Daily Eagle |agency=Associated Press |date=June 8, 1940 |location=New York, Brooklyn |page=9|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 19, 2018}} {{Open access}}
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 1923
| Man Alone | Caspar Dent | |
| rowspan=2|1926
| Denis Adams | Alternative title: The College Flirt |
| Stranded in Paris
| Robert Van Wye | Lost film |
| rowspan=7|1927
| Lt. Paul Almasy | |
| Love's Greatest Mistake
| Harvey Gibbs | Lost film |
| Señorita
| Roger Oliveros | |
| Ritzy
| Harrington Smith, Duke of Westborough | Lost film |
| Rolled Stockings
| Jim Treadway | Lost film |
| Swim Girl, Swim
| Jerry Marvin | Lost film |
| Silk Legs
| Phil Barker | Lost film |
| rowspan=4|1928
| Joseph "Dutch" Bernle | |
| The Fifty-Fifty Girl
| Jim Donahue | Lost film |
| Just Married
| Bob Adams | Lost film |
| The Fleet's In
| Eddie Briggs | Lost film |
| rowspan=5|1929
| Franz Hofrat | Lost film |
| The Canary Murder Case
|Jimmy Spotswoode | |
| This Is Heaven
|James Stackpoole | |
| Smiling Irish Eyes
|Rory O'More | Lost film |
| The Saturday Night Kid
|William Taylor |Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em |
| rowspan=9|1930
|Hunter |("Dream Girl" sequence) |
| Hell's Angels
|Roy Rutledge | |
| Dangerous Nan McGrew
|Bob Dawes | |
| Let's Go Native
|Wally Wendell | |
| Galas de la Paramount
| |Episode 'Dream Girl' |
| Maybe It's Love
|Tommy Nelson |Alternative title: Eleven Men and a Girl |
| The Third Alarm
|Dan | |
| Man to Man
| |Uncredited |
| Divorce Among Friends
|George Morris | |
| rowspan=5|1931
|John "Jack" Maitland | |
| The Lightning Flyer
|Jimmie Nelson | |
| The She-Wolf
|David Talbot |Alternative titles: Mother's Millions |
| The Good Bad Girl
|Bob Henderson | |
| Sporting Chance
|Phillip Lawrence |Alternative title: Aventura Hipica |
| 1932
|Jimmy Duncan |(final film role) |
References
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External links
{{commons category|James Hall (actor)}}
- {{IMDb name|0355671|James Hall}}
- [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=796 Photographs and literature]
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Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male silent film actors
Category:Deaths from cirrhosis
Category:Alcohol-related deaths in New Jersey
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