James Hall (actor)


James Hall 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. 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.
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.

Death

Hall died of cirrhosis on June 7, 1940, in Jersey City, New Jersey, at age 39.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1923Man AloneCaspar Dent
1926The Campus FlirtDenis AdamsAlternative title: The College Flirt
Lost film
1926Stranded in ParisRobert Van WyeLost film
1927Hotel ImperialLt. Paul Almasy
1927Love's Greatest MistakeHarvey GibbsLost film
1927SeñoritaRoger Oliveros
1927RitzyHarrington Smith, Duke of WestboroughLost film
1927Rolled StockingsJim TreadwayLost film
1927Swim Girl, SwimJerry MarvinLost film
1927Silk LegsPhil BarkerLost film
1928Four SonsJoseph "Dutch" Bernle
1928The Fifty-Fifty GirlJim DonahueLost film
1928Just MarriedBob AdamsLost film
1928The Fleet's InEddie BriggsLost film
1929The Case of Lena SmithFranz HofratLost film
A four minute fragment is preserved
1929The Canary Murder CaseJimmy Spotswoode
1929This Is HeavenJames Stackpoole
1929Smiling Irish EyesRory O'MoreLost film
Vitaphone soundtrack exists
1929The Saturday Night KidWilliam TaylorAlternative title: Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
1930Paramount on ParadeHunter
1930Hell's AngelsRoy Rutledge
1930Dangerous Nan McGrewBob Dawes
1930Let's Go NativeWally Wendell
1930Galas de la ParamountEpisode 'Dream Girl'
1930Maybe It's LoveTommy NelsonAlternative title: Eleven Men and a Girl
1930The Third AlarmDan
1930Man to ManUncredited
Alternative title: Barber John's Boy
1930Divorce Among FriendsGeorge Morris
1931MillieJohn "Jack" Maitland
1931The Lightning FlyerJimmie Nelson
1931The She-WolfDavid TalbotAlternative titles: Mother's Millions
The She-Wolf of Wall Street
1931The Good Bad GirlBob Henderson
1931Sporting ChancePhillip LawrenceAlternative title: Aventura Hipica
1932Manhattan TowerJimmy Duncan