James Hall (actor)
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James Hall (October 22, 1900 - June 7, 1940) was an American
United States
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 film actor. Born James E. Brown in Dallas, Texas
Texas
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, Hall began his film career during the silent film
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 era. He made his sound film
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 debut in the 1929 film The Canary Murder Case, opposite William Powell
William Powell
William Horatio Powell was an American actor.A major star at MGM, he was paired with Myrna Loy in 14 films, including the popular Thin Man series in which Powell and Loy played Nick and Nora Charles...

 and Louise Brooks
Louise Brooks
Mary Louise Brooks , generally known by her stage name Louise Brooks, was an American dancer, model, showgirl and silent film actress, noted for popularizing the bobbed haircut. Brooks is best known for her three feature roles including two G. W...

. In 1930, Hall co-starred in Howard Hughes
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...

' epic film Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels (film)
Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I...

. His last film role was in the 1932 drama
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 Manhattan Tower
Manhattan Tower (film)
Manhattan Tower is a 1932 film directed by Frank R. Strayer starring Mary Brian and James Hall. Manhattan Tower is currently available via the Internet Archive.- Plot summary :...

.

Hall died of cirrhosis
Cirrhosis
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 on June 7, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey
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. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery
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 in North Arlington, New Jersey
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.

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1923 Man Alone Caspar Dent
1926 The Campus Flirt Denis Adams Alternative title: The College Flirt
Stranded in Paris Robert Van Wye
1927 Hotel Imperial
Hotel Imperial (film)
Hotel Imperial is a 1927 American silent film directed by Mauritz Stiller, set in World War I and starring Pola Negri as a hotel chambermaid...

Lt. Paul Almasy
Love's Greatest Mistake
Love's Greatest Mistake
Love's Greatest Mistake is a 1927 silent American drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starring Evelyn Brent.- Cast :* Evelyn Brent as Jane* William Powell as Don Kendall* James Hall as Harvey Gibbs* Josephine Dunn as Honey McNeil...

Harvey Gibbs
Ritzy Harrington Smith, Duke of Westborough
Señorita Roger Oliveros
Rolled Stockings Jim Treadway
Swim Girl, Swim Jerry Marvin
Silk Legs Phil Barker
1928 Four Sons
Four Sons
Four Sons is a silent drama film directed and produced by John Ford and written for the screen by Philip Klein from a story by I. A. R. Wylie. It is one of only a handful of survivors out of the more than fifty silent films that Ford directed between 1917 and 1928. It starred Margaret Mann, James...

Joseph "Dutch" Bernle
The Fifty-Fifty Girl Jim Donahue
Just Married Bob Adams
The Fleet's In Eddie Briggs
1929 The Case of Lena Smith
The Case of Lena Smith
The Case of Lena Smith is an American film directed by Josef von Sternberg, starring Esther Ralston and James Hall, and released by Paramount Pictures...

Franz Hofrat
The Carary Murder Case Jimmy Spotswoode
This Is Heaven James Stackpoole
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes , known as Hymyilevät silmät in Finland, is a sound American musical film with Technicolor sequences.The film is now considered a lost film, however the Vitaphone discs still exist.-Plot:...

Rory O'More
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid
The Saturday Night Kid is an early talking romantic comedy film about two sisters and the man they both want. It stars Clara Bow, Jean Arthur, and James Hall. The film was based on the play Love 'Em and Leave 'Em by George Abbott and John V. A. Weaver...

Bill Alternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
1930 Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade
Paramount on Parade is a all-star revue released by Paramount Pictures, directed by several directors including Edmund Goulding, Dorothy Arzner, Ernst Lubitsch, Rowland V. Lee, A. Edward Sutherland, Victor Heerman, Lothar Mendes, Otto Brower, Edwin H...

Hunter ("Dream Girl" sequence)
Hell’s Angels
Hell's Angels (film)
Hell's Angels is a 1930 American war film, directed by Howard Hughes and starring Jean Harlow, Ben Lyon, and James Hall. The film, which was produced by Hughes and written by Harry Behn and Howard Estabrook, centers on the combat pilots of World War I...

Roy Rutledge
Dangerous Nan McGrew Bob Dawes
Let's Go Native Wally Wendell
Maybe It's Love Tommy Nelson Alternative title: Eleven Men and a Girl
The Third Alarm Dan
Man to Man Uncredited
Alternative title: Barber John's Boy
Divorce Among Friends George Morris
1931 Millie
Millie (film)
Millie is a Pre-Code drama film directed by John Francis Dillon and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the novel by Donald Henderson Clarke, the movie stars Helen Twelvetrees, Lilyan Tashman, James Hall, and Joan Blondell.-Plot:...

John "Jack" Maitland
Lightning Flyer Jimmie Nelson
The She-Wolf David Talbot Alternative titles: Mother's Millions
The She-Wolf of Wall Street
The Good Bad Girl Bob Henderson
Sporting Chance Phillip Lawrence Alternative title: Aventura Hipica
1932 Manhattan Tower
Manhattan Tower (film)
Manhattan Tower is a 1932 film directed by Frank R. Strayer starring Mary Brian and James Hall. Manhattan Tower is currently available via the Internet Archive.- Plot summary :...

Jimmy Duncan

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