Thurston Hall

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Thurston Hall (May 10, 1882 – February 20, 1958) was an American film actor. He appeared in 250 films between 1915 and 1957 and is probably best remembered for his portrayal, during the later stages of his career, of often pompous or blustering authority figures.

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).

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Known For

The Band Wagon

Colonel Tripp (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

Businessman at Party (uncredited)

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Bruce Pierce

Dodge City

Twitchell (uncredited)

Cover Girl

Tony Pastor (uncredited)

The Invisible Woman

Hudson

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

Sen. Henry Babcock

The Great McGinty

Mr. Maxwell

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1957	Maverick TV	Judge
1957	Affair in Reno MOVIE	J.B. Del Monte
1956	The Adventures of Hiram Holliday TV	Harrison Prentice
1956	The Go-Getter MOVIE	Mr. Higgins
1954	The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV	Self
1954	Lassie TV	Self
1954	Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake MOVIE	James M. Townsend
1953	Topper TV	Self
1953	Topper TV	Mr. Schuyler
1953	Letter to Loretta TV	Judge
1953	The Band Wagon MOVIE	Colonel Tripp (uncredited)
1952	The Abbott and Costello Show TV	Mr. Smith
1952	The Abbott and Costello Show TV	J. Peter Stuyvesant
1952	The WAC from Walla Walla MOVIE	Col. Mayfield
1952	Four Star Playhouse TV	Judge
1952	Hopalong Cassidy TV	Self
1952	It Grows on Trees MOVIE	Mr. Sleamish (uncredited)
1952	My Little Margie TV	Self
1952	Carson City MOVIE	Charles Crocker
1952	Skirts Ahoy! MOVIE	Thatcher Kinston
1952	Night Stage to Galveston MOVIE	Colonel James Bellamy
1952	One Big Affair MOVIE	Mr. G
1952	Dangerous Assignment TV	Self
1951	Texas Carnival MOVIE	Mr. Gaytes
1951	Racket Squad TV	Self
1951	Whirlwind MOVIE	Big Jim Lassiter
1951	Knights of the Bath MOVIE	Master of the House (archive footage)
1951	Belle Le Grand MOVIE	Parkington
1950	The Bandit Queen MOVIE	Governor
1950	One Too Many MOVIE	Kenneth Simes
1950	Chain Gang MOVIE	John McKelvey, news publisher
1950	Bright Leaf MOVIE	Phillips
1950	Federal Agent at Large MOVIE	'Big Bill' Dixon
1950	Belle of Old Mexico MOVIE	Horatio Huntington
1949	Tell It to the Judge MOVIE	Sen. Caswell (uncredited)
1949	Bride for Sale MOVIE	Trisby (uncredited)
1949	Square Dance Jubilee MOVIE	G.K.
1949	Rim of the Canyon MOVIE	Big Tim Hanlon
1949	The Fountainhead MOVIE	Businessman at Party (uncredited)
1949	Stagecoach Kid MOVIE	Peter Arnold
1949	Manhattan Angel MOVIE	Everett H. Burton
1949	Rusty Saves a Life MOVIE	Counsellor Frank A. Gibson
1948	Blondie's Secret MOVIE	George Whiteside
1948	Miraculous Journey MOVIE	Kendricks
1948	Up in Central Park MOVIE	Governor Motley
1948	King of the Gamblers MOVIE	Pop' Morton
1948	Three Daring Daughters MOVIE	Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited)
1947	It Had to Be You MOVIE	Ned Harrington
1947	Mourning Becomes Electra MOVIE	Dr. Blake
1947	The Unfinished Dance MOVIE	Mr. Ronsell
1947	Black Gold MOVIE	Colonel Caldwell
1947	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty MOVIE	Bruce Pierce
1947	The Son of Rusty MOVIE	Franklyn B. Gibson
1947	Swing the Western Way MOVIE	Jasper Jim Bandy
1947	Welcome Stranger MOVIE	Congressman Beeker (uncredited)
1947	The Farmer's Daughter MOVIE	Wilbur Johnson
1946	Three Little Girls in Blue MOVIE	Col. Clay
1946	Dangerous Business MOVIE	B.J. Calhoun
1946	Two Sisters from Boston MOVIE	Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr.
1946	She Wrote the Book MOVIE	Horace Van Cleve
1946	One More Tomorrow MOVIE	Thomas Rufus Collier II
1946	Without Reservations MOVIE	Henry Baldwin
1946	Colonel Effingham's Raid MOVIE	Ed - the Mayor
1945	Saratoga Trunk MOVIE	Mr. Pound (uncredited)
1945	Song of the Prairie MOVIE	Jerome Wingate
1945	West of the Pecos MOVIE	Col. Lambeth
1945	The Gay Senorita MOVIE	J.J. Frentiss
1945	Lady on a Train MOVIE	Josiah Waring
1945	Blonde from Brooklyn MOVIE	"Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth
1945	Don Juan Quilligan MOVIE	First Judge
1945	Thrill of a Romance MOVIE	J.P. Bancroft (uncredited)
1945	Brewster's Millions MOVIE	Colonel Drew
1945	Bring on the Girls MOVIE	Rutledge
1944	Something for the Boys MOVIE	Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited)
1944	Ever Since Venus MOVIE	Edgar Pomeroy
1944	In Society MOVIE	Mr. Van Cleve
1944	Song of Nevada MOVIE	John Barrabee
1944	Wilson MOVIE	Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
1944	The Great Moment MOVIE	Senator Borland
1944	Goodnight, Sweetheart MOVIE	Judge James Rutherford
1944	Follow the Boys MOVIE	Man (uncredited)
1944	Cover Girl MOVIE	Tony Pastor (uncredited)
1943	Here Comes Elmer MOVIE	P. J. Ellis
1943	Footlight Glamour MOVIE	Randolph Wheeler
1943	Hoosier Holiday MOVIE	Henry P. Fairchild
1943	I Dood It MOVIE	Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
1943	This Land Is Mine MOVIE	Mayor Henry Manville
1943	Crash Dive MOVIE	Senator from Texas
1943	He Hired the Boss MOVIE	Mr. Bates
1943	Sherlock Holmes in Washington MOVIE	Sen. Henry Babcock
1943	The Youngest Profession MOVIE	Mr. Drew
1943	One Dangerous Night MOVIE	Inspector Crane
1943	The Hard Way MOVIE	Harry (Uncredited)
1942	The Great Gildersleeve MOVIE	Governor Jonathan Stafford
1942	Counter-Espionage MOVIE	Insp. Crane
1942	Call of the Canyon MOVIE	Grantley B. Johnson
1942	Her Cardboard Lover MOVIE	Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited)
1942	Twin Beds MOVIE	Horace Touchstone
1942	Hello, Annapolis MOVIE	Capt. Wendall
1942	Shepherd of the Ozarks MOVIE	James Maloney
1942	Rings on Her Fingers MOVIE	Self
1942	The Night Before the Divorce MOVIE	Bert Harriman
1942	Sleepytime Gal MOVIE	Mr. Adams
1941	Pacific Blackout MOVIE	Williams
1941	Remember the Day MOVIE	Gov. Teller
1941	Design for Scandal MOVIE	Northcott
1941	Tuxedo Junction MOVIE	Doug Gordon
1941	Secrets of the Lone Wolf MOVIE	Inspector Crane
1941	Swing It Soldier MOVIE	Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor
1941	The Great Man's Lady MOVIE	Mr. Sempler
1941	Nine Lives Are Not Enough MOVIE	Huntley (uncredited)
1941	Hold That Ghost MOVIE	Alderman Birch
1941	Accent on Love MOVIE	T. J. Triton
1941	In the Navy MOVIE	Lead Senator (uncredited)
1941	She Knew All the Answers MOVIE	J. D. Sutton
1941	Washington Melodrama MOVIE	Sen. Morton
1941	The Great Lie MOVIE	Oscar Worthington James
1941	Repent at Leisure MOVIE	Jay Buckingham
1941	The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance MOVIE	Inspector Crane
1941	Flight from Destiny MOVIE	Dean Somers
1941	Life with Henry MOVIE	Mr. Woodring (uncredited)
1941	Four Mothers MOVIE	Mr. Davis (uncredited)
1941	Where Did You Get That Girl? MOVIE	Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
1940	The Invisible Woman MOVIE	Hudson
1940	Kiddie Kure MOVIE	Bill "Old Man" Morton
1940	Friendly Neighbors MOVIE	The Governor
1940	The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date MOVIE	Inspector Crane
1940	City for Conquest MOVIE	Max Leonard
1940	The Golden Fleecing MOVIE	Charles Engel
1940	The Great McGinty MOVIE	Mr. Maxwell
1940	Millionaires in Prison MOVIE	Harold Kellogg
1940	The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady MOVIE	Inspector Crane
1940	Alias the Deacon MOVIE	Jim Cunningham
1940	In Old Missouri MOVIE	John Pittman Sr.
1940	Virginia City MOVIE	Gen. George Meade (uncredited)
1940	Blondie on a Budget MOVIE	Brice
1940	The Blue Bird MOVIE	Father Time
1939	Money To Burn MOVIE	Ellis
1939	Our Neighbors - The Carters MOVIE	Mr. Guilfoyle
1939	First Love MOVIE	Anthony Drake
1939	Sued for Libel MOVIE	David Hastings
1939	Jeepers Creepers MOVIE	M.K. Durant
1939	Dancing Co-Ed MOVIE	Henry W. Workman
1939	The Day the Bookies Wept MOVIE	Col. March
1939	Hawaiian Nights MOVIE	T.C. Hartley
1939	The Star Maker MOVIE	Mr. Proctor
1939	Each Dawn I Die MOVIE	Hanley
1939	Mutiny on the Blackhawk MOVIE	Sam Bailey
1939	Million Dollar Legs MOVIE	Gregory Melton Sr.
1939	Ex-Champ MOVIE	Mr. Courtney
1939	Dodge City MOVIE	Twitchell (uncredited)
1939	Three Smart Girls Grow Up MOVIE	Senator
1939	You Can't Cheat an Honest Man MOVIE	Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
1938	Going Places MOVIE	Col. Withering
1938	Out West with the Hardys MOVIE	H.R. Bruxton (uncredited)
1938	Spring Madness MOVIE	Charles Platt
1938	Hard to Get MOVIE	John Atwater
1938	Campus Confessions MOVIE	William Atterbury, Sr.
1938	The Affairs of Annabel MOVIE	Major
1938	Professor Beware MOVIE	J.J. Van Buren
1938	The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse MOVIE	Grant
1938	Fast Company MOVIE	Dist. Atty. MacMillen
1938	Squadron of Honor MOVIE	Bob Metcalf
1938	The Main Event MOVIE	Captain Phillips
1938	Extortion MOVIE	Prof. Tisdelle
1938	Women Are Like That MOVIE	Claudius King
1938	There's Always a Woman MOVIE	District Attorney
1938	No Time to Marry MOVIE	Pettensall
1937	Murder in Greenwich Village MOVIE	Charles Cabot
1937	Counsel for Crime MOVIE	Sen. Maddox
1937	It Can't Last Forever MOVIE	Fulton
1937	Venus Makes Trouble MOVIE	Harlan Darrow
1937	I Promise to Pay MOVIE	Police Captain Hall
1937	Oh, Doctor MOVIE	'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
1937	We Have Our Moments MOVIE	Frank Rutherford
1937	Parole Racket MOVIE	Editor Jamison
1937	Women of Glamour MOVIE	Mr. Stark
1937	Don't Tell the Wife MOVIE	Major Manning
1936	Lady from Nowhere MOVIE	James Gordon Barnes
1936	Theodora Goes Wild MOVIE	Arthur Stevenson
1936	Killer at Large MOVIE	Inspector O'Hara
1936	The Man Who Lived Twice MOVIE	Dr. Schuyler
1936	Two-Fisted Gentleman MOVIE	Pop
1936	Shakedown MOVIE	T. Gregory Stuart
1936	Trapped by Television MOVIE	John Curtis
1936	The King Steps Out MOVIE	Major
1936	The Three Wise Guys MOVIE	Hatcher
1936	Roaming Lady MOVIE	E. J. Reid
1936	Devil's Squadron MOVIE	Major Metcalf
1936	Pride of the Marines MOVIE	Col. Gage
1936	Don't Gamble with Love MOVIE	Martin Gage
1935	The Lone Wolf Returns MOVIE	Inspector Crane
1935	Too Tough to Kill MOVIE	Jim Whitney
1935	Super Speed MOVIE	Investor
1935	One Way Ticket MOVIE	Mr. Ritchie
1935	Crime and Punishment MOVIE	Editor
1935	Guard That Girl MOVIE	Dr. Silas Hudson
1935	A Feather in Her Hat MOVIE	Sir Elroyd Joyce
1935	Case of the Missing Man MOVIE	Boyle
1935	Metropolitan MOVIE	T. Simon Hunter
1935	She Couldn't Take It MOVIE	Party Guest
1935	The Public Menace MOVIE	Captain of Ocean Liner
1935	The Girl Friend MOVIE	George S. Harmon
1935	Atlantic Adventure MOVIE	City Editor Rutherford
1935	The Black Room MOVIE	Col. Paul Hassel
1935	Love Me Forever MOVIE	Maurizio
1935	After the Dance MOVIE	District Attorney
1935	Hooray for Love MOVIE	Jason Thatcher
1931	A Burglar to the Rescue MOVIE	The Banker, Steve Corley
1924	The Valley of Doubt MOVIE	Jules
1924	The Great Well MOVIE	Peter Starling
1923	The Royal Oak MOVIE	Colonel Ancketell
1922	Wildness of Youth MOVIE	Edward Grayton
1922	Fair Lady MOVIE	Italian banker
1921	The Iron Trail MOVIE	Curtis Gordon
1921	Idle Hands MOVIE	Henry Livingston
1921	Mother Eternal MOVIE	Edward Stevens Sr
1921	A Citrate Special MOVIE	The Director
1919	The Spitfire of Seville MOVIE	Self
1919	The Weaker Vessel MOVIE	J. Booth Hunter
1919	The Unpainted Woman MOVIE	Martin O'Neill
1919	The Exquisite Thief MOVIE	Algernon P. Smythe
1919	Who Will Marry Me? MOVIE	Jerome Van Tyne
1918	The Squaw Man MOVIE	Henry, Jim's Cousin
1918	The Midnight Patrol MOVIE	Officer Terrence Shannon
1918	The One Woman MOVIE	Governor Morrison
1918	The Brazen Beauty MOVIE	Kenneth Hyde
1918	We Can't Have Everything MOVIE	Peter Cheever
1918	The Kaiser's Shadow MOVIE	Hugo Wagner
1918	Tyrant Fear MOVIE	Harley Dane
1918	An Alien Enemy MOVIE	David J. Hale
1917	Love Letters MOVIE	John Harland
1917	The Price Mark MOVIE	Dr. Daniel Melfi
1917	Cleopatra MOVIE	Antony
1917	The Show Down MOVIE	Self
1915	Sweeter Than Revenge MOVIE	Joe Best

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