Full Name James E. Brown Role Film actor Name James Hall | Years active 1923-1932 Occupation Actor Ex-spouse Irene Gardner | |
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Born October 22, 1900 ( 1900-10-22 ) Dallas, Texas, U.S. Movies Hell's Angels, The Canary Murder C, The Saturday Night Kid, Manhattan Tower, Hotel Imperial Similar People Malcolm St Clair, Edmund Goulding, A Edward Sutherland, Frank Tuttle, Mauritz Stiller | ||
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James Hall (October 22, 1900 – June 7, 1940) was an American film actor.
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Career
Born James E. Brown in Dallas, Texas, he 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 (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.
Death
Hall died of cirrhosis on June 7, 1940 in Jersey City, New Jersey. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington, New Jersey.