Thurston Hall: movies and TV shows
Thurston Hall has 236 credits in the archive: 222 films and 14 TV series, from 1915 to 1957. Highest rated: The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (7.3/10).
Career timeline
1915 – 1957 · busiest year: 1941 (20 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Maverick | Judge | TV | 6.9 | 75 |
| 1957 | Affair in Reno | J.B. Del Monte | Film | 5.0 | 75 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Hiram Holliday | Harrison Prentice | TV | 7.3 | 74 |
| 1956 | The Go-Getter | Mr. Higgins | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 1954 | Lassie | TV | 6.3 | 72 | |
| 1954 | The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin | TV | 7.0 | 72 | |
| 1954 | Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake | James M. Townsend | Film | 7.0 | 72 |
| 1953 | Letter to Loretta | Judge | TV | 6.6 | 71 |
| 1953 | Topper | TV | 6.1 | 71 | |
| 1953 | Topper | Mr. Schuyler | TV | 6.1 | 71 |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon | Colonel Tripp (uncredited) | Film | 7.2 | 71 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Judge | TV | 6.8 | 70 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Mr. Smith | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | J. Peter Stuyvesant | TV | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | TV | 5.4 | 70 | |
| 1952 | Dangerous Assignment | TV | 5.3 | 70 | |
| 1952 | My Little Margie | TV | 5.0 | 70 | |
| 1952 | Carson City | Charles Crocker | Film | 6.2 | 70 |
| 1952 | One Big Affair | Mr. G | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1952 | Skirts Ahoy! | Thatcher Kinston | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 1952 | It Grows on Trees | Mr. Sleamish (uncredited) | Film | 8.4 | 70 |
| 1952 | The WAC from Walla Walla | Col. Mayfield | Film | 10.0 | 70 |
| 1952 | Night Stage to Galveston | Colonel James Bellamy | Film | 5.8 | 70 |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 69 | |
| 1951 | Whirlwind | Big Jim Lassiter | Film | 6.0 | 69 |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival | Mr. Gaytes | Film | 5.4 | 69 |
| 1951 | Belle Le Grand | Parkington | Film | 5.3 | 69 |
| 1951 | Knights of the Bath | Master of the House (archive footage) | Film | 9.0 | 69 |
| 1950 | Bright Leaf | Phillips | Film | 5.9 | 68 |
| 1950 | One Too Many | Kenneth Simes | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1950 | Federal Agent at Large | 'Big Bill' Dixon | Film | 5.8 | 68 |
| 1950 | The Bandit Queen | Governor | Film | 4.4 | 68 |
| 1950 | Chain Gang | John McKelvey, news publisher | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1950 | Belle of Old Mexico | Horatio Huntington | Film | 9.0 | 68 |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Businessman at Party (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1949 | Rusty Saves a Life | Counsellor Frank A. Gibson | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1949 | Bride for Sale | Trisby (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Sen. Caswell (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 67 |
| 1949 | Rim of the Canyon | Big Tim Hanlon | Film | 5.2 | 67 |
| 1949 | Square Dance Jubilee | G.K. | Film | 5.0 | 67 |
| 1949 | Manhattan Angel | Everett H. Burton | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1949 | Stagecoach Kid | Peter Arnold | Film | 7.3 | 67 |
| 1948 | Three Daring Daughters | Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 66 |
| 1948 | King of the Gamblers | Pop' Morton | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1948 | Miraculous Journey | Kendricks | Film | 5.2 | 66 |
| 1948 | Blondie's Secret | George Whiteside | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1948 | Up in Central Park | Governor Motley | Film | 6.4 | 66 |
| 1947 | Welcome Stranger | Congressman Beeker (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Bruce Pierce | Film | 6.8 | 65 |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You | Ned Harrington | Film | 7.8 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Son of Rusty | Franklyn B. Gibson | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Unfinished Dance | Mr. Ronsell | Film | 6.4 | 65 |
| 1947 | Mourning Becomes Electra | Dr. Blake | Film | 6.1 | 65 |
| 1947 | The Farmer's Daughter | Wilbur Johnson | Film | 7.1 | 65 |
| 1947 | Black Gold | Colonel Caldwell | Film | 7.0 | 65 |
| 1947 | Swing the Western Way | Jasper Jim Bandy | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1946 | Without Reservations | Henry Baldwin | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1946 | Two Sisters from Boston | Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson, Sr. | Film | 6.3 | 64 |
| 1946 | One More Tomorrow | Thomas Rufus Collier II | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book | Horace Van Cleve | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1946 | Three Little Girls in Blue | Col. Clay | Film | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1946 | Colonel Effingham's Raid | Ed - the Mayor | Film | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1946 | Dangerous Business | B.J. Calhoun | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 1945 | West of the Pecos | Col. Lambeth | Film | 4.6 | 63 |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk | Mr. Pound (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1945 | Thrill of a Romance | J.P. Bancroft (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 63 |
| 1945 | The Gay Senorita | J.J. Frentiss | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | Josiah Waring | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1945 | Blonde from Brooklyn | "Colonel" Hubert Farnsworth | Film | 6.7 | 63 |
| 1945 | Don Juan Quilligan | First Judge | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1945 | Brewster's Millions | Colonel Drew | Film | 6.8 | 63 |
| 1945 | Bring on the Girls | Rutledge | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1945 | Song of the Prairie | Jerome Wingate | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1944 | Cover Girl | Tony Pastor (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 62 |
| 1944 | In Society | Mr. Van Cleve | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys | Man (uncredited) | Film | 5.7 | 62 |
| 1944 | The Great Moment | Senator Borland | Film | 5.8 | 62 |
| 1944 | Wilson | Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones | Film | 5.6 | 62 |
| 1944 | Something for the Boys | Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1944 | Song of Nevada | John Barrabee | Film | 6.3 | 62 |
| 1944 | Goodnight, Sweetheart | Judge James Rutherford | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1944 | Ever Since Venus | Edgar Pomeroy | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1943 | The Youngest Profession | Mr. Drew | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1943 | This Land Is Mine | Mayor Henry Manville | Film | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1943 | Sherlock Holmes in Washington | Sen. Henry Babcock | Film | 6.8 | 61 |
| 1943 | Here Comes Elmer | P. J. Ellis | Film | 10.0 | 61 |
| 1943 | Crash Dive | Senator from Texas | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1943 | The Hard Way | Harry (Uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 61 |
| 1943 | I Dood It | Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1943 | One Dangerous Night | Inspector Crane | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 1943 | Footlight Glamour | Randolph Wheeler | Film | 8.0 | 61 |
| 1943 | Hoosier Holiday | Henry P. Fairchild | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1943 | He Hired the Boss | Mr. Bates | Film | 5.3 | 61 |
| 1942 | Hello, Annapolis | Capt. Wendall | Film | 8.5 | 60 |
| 1942 | Twin Beds | Horace Touchstone | Film | 3.8 | 60 |
| 1942 | Rings on Her Fingers | Film | 6.8 | 60 | |
| 1942 | Her Cardboard Lover | Mr. Garthwaite - Barling's Lawyer (uncredited) | Film | 4.9 | 60 |
| 1942 | The Great Gildersleeve | Governor Jonathan Stafford | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1942 | Counter-Espionage | Insp. Crane | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1942 | Shepherd of the Ozarks | James Maloney | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1942 | Sleepytime Gal | Mr. Adams | Film | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1942 | The Night Before the Divorce | Bert Harriman | Film | 5.6 | 60 |
| 1942 | Call of the Canyon | Grantley B. Johnson | Film | 8.5 | 60 |
| 1941 | Remember the Day | Gov. Teller | Film | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Alderman Birch | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Oscar Worthington James | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Huntley (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 59 |
| 1941 | She Knew All the Answers | J. D. Sutton | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1941 | In the Navy | Lead Senator (uncredited) | Film | 6.4 | 59 |
| 1941 | Four Mothers | Mr. Davis (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 59 |
| 1941 | The Great Man's Lady | Mr. Sempler | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Williams | Film | 6.6 | 59 |
| 1941 | Flight from Destiny | Dean Somers | Film | 5.8 | 59 |
| 1941 | Design for Scandal | Northcott | Film | 5.1 | 59 |
| 1941 | Tuxedo Junction | Doug Gordon | Film | 10.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Washington Melodrama | Sen. Morton | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Life with Henry | Mr. Woodring (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Inspector Crane | Film | 6.1 | 59 |
| 1941 | Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Inspector Crane | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Where Did You Get That Girl? | Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1941 | Repent at Leisure | Jay Buckingham | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1941 | Accent on Love | T. J. Triton | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1941 | Swing It Soldier | Oscar Simms- Wheezies Sponsor | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Max Leonard | Film | 6.9 | 58 |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Gen. George Meade (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1940 | The Blue Bird | Father Time | Film | 5.8 | 58 |
| 1940 | The Invisible Woman | Hudson | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1940 | Kiddie Kure | Bill "Old Man" Morton | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1940 | Alias the Deacon | Jim Cunningham | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison | Harold Kellogg | Film | 6.1 | 58 |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Charles Engel | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1940 | The Great McGinty | Mr. Maxwell | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1940 | Blondie on a Budget | Brice | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Inspector Crane | Film | 6.4 | 58 |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Inspector Crane | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1940 | Friendly Neighbors | The Governor | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1940 | In Old Missouri | John Pittman Sr. | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Twitchell (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 57 |
| 1939 | First Love | Anthony Drake | Film | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1939 | Each Dawn I Die | Hanley | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1939 | Three Smart Girls Grow Up | Senator | Film | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1939 | The Star Maker | Mr. Proctor | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Col. March | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1939 | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man | Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Ex-Champ | Mr. Courtney | Film | 7.3 | 57 |
| 1939 | Dancing Co-Ed | Henry W. Workman | Film | 6.6 | 57 |
| 1939 | Sued for Libel | David Hastings | Film | 6.3 | 57 |
| 1939 | Million Dollar Legs | Gregory Melton Sr. | Film | 6.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Sam Bailey | Film | 8.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Hawaiian Nights | T.C. Hartley | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Our Neighbors - The Carters | Mr. Guilfoyle | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1939 | Jeepers Creepers | M.K. Durant | Film | 4.9 | 57 |
| 1939 | Money To Burn | Ellis | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Grant | Film | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1938 | Going Places | Col. Withering | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1938 | Out West with the Hardys | H.R. Bruxton (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman | District Attorney | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | Professor Beware | J.J. Van Buren | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel | Major | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1938 | Spring Madness | Charles Platt | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 1938 | Fast Company | Dist. Atty. MacMillen | Film | 5.4 | 56 |
| 1938 | No Time to Marry | Pettensall | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | Hard to Get | John Atwater | Film | 6.3 | 56 |
| 1938 | Women Are Like That | Claudius King | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1938 | Campus Confessions | William Atterbury, Sr. | Film | 4.8 | 56 |
| 1938 | The Main Event | Captain Phillips | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | Extortion | Prof. Tisdelle | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1938 | Squadron of Honor | Bob Metcalf | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1937 | Oh, Doctor | 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | We Have Our Moments | Frank Rutherford | Film | 7.2 | 55 |
| 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife | Major Manning | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | Women of Glamour | Mr. Stark | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1937 | Murder in Greenwich Village | Charles Cabot | Film | 5.8 | 55 |
| 1937 | It Can't Last Forever | Fulton | Film | 6.5 | 55 |
| 1937 | Counsel for Crime | Sen. Maddox | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1937 | Parole Racket | Editor Jamison | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | I Promise to Pay | Police Captain Hall | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1937 | Venus Makes Trouble | Harlan Darrow | Film | 5.0 | 55 |
| 1936 | The Man Who Lived Twice | Dr. Schuyler | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild | Arthur Stevenson | Film | 6.6 | 54 |
| 1936 | Don't Gamble with Love | Martin Gage | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Pride of the Marines | Col. Gage | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Trapped by Television | John Curtis | Film | 6.9 | 54 |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out | Major | Film | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Killer at Large | Inspector O'Hara | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Roaming Lady | E. J. Reid | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Two-Fisted Gentleman | Pop | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | The Three Wise Guys | Hatcher | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Shakedown | T. Gregory Stuart | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Devil's Squadron | Major Metcalf | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1936 | Lady from Nowhere | James Gordon Barnes | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1935 | The Case of the Missing Man | Boyle | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Super Speed | Investor | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment | Editor | Film | 6.2 | 53 |
| 1935 | Guard That Girl | Dr. Silas Hudson | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | The Black Room | Col. Paul Hassel | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | The Lone Wolf Returns | Inspector Crane | Film | 6.1 | 53 |
| 1935 | Love Me Forever | Maurizio | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | A Feather in Her Hat | Sir Elroyd Joyce | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It | Party Guest | Film | 5.3 | 53 |
| 1935 | Too Tough to Kill | Jim Whitney | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | Atlantic Adventure | City Editor Rutherford | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Hooray for Love | Jason Thatcher | Film | 5.8 | 53 |
| 1935 | The Girl Friend | George S. Harmon | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | The Public Menace | Captain of Ocean Liner | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | Metropolitan | T. Simon Hunter | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1935 | After the Dance | District Attorney | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1935 | One Way Ticket | Mr. Ritchie | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1931 | A Burglar to the Rescue | The Banker, Steve Corley | Film | 7.5 | 49 |
| 1924 | The Great Well | Peter Starling | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1924 | The Valley of Doubt | Jules | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1923 | The Royal Oak | Colonel Ancketell | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1922 | Fair Lady | Italian banker | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1922 | Wildness of Youth | Edward Grayton | Film | 10.0 | 40 |
| 1921 | Idle Hands | Henry Livingston | Film | 7.0 | 39 |
| 1921 | Mother Eternal | Edward Stevens Sr | Film | 10.0 | 39 |
| 1921 | A Citrate Special | The Director | Film | — | 39 |
| 1921 | The Iron Trail | Curtis Gordon | Film | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1919 | The Exquisite Thief | Algernon P. Smythe | Film | 6.5 | 37 |
| 1919 | The Unpainted Woman | Martin O'Neill | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1919 | The Spitfire of Seville | Film | 8.0 | 37 | |
| 1919 | Who Will Marry Me? | Jerome Van Tyne | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1919 | The Weaker Vessel | J. Booth Hunter | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1918 | Tyrant Fear | Harley Dane | Film | — | 36 |
| 1918 | We Can't Have Everything | Peter Cheever | Film | — | 36 |
| 1918 | The Brazen Beauty | Kenneth Hyde | Film | — | 36 |
| 1918 | An Alien Enemy | David J. Hale | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1918 | The Squaw Man | Henry, Jim's Cousin | Film | 5.8 | 36 |
| 1918 | The One Woman | Governor Morrison | Film | — | 36 |
| 1918 | The Kaiser's Shadow | Hugo Wagner | Film | — | 36 |
| 1918 | The Midnight Patrol | Officer Terrence Shannon | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1917 | Love Letters | John Harland | Film | — | 35 |
| 1917 | Cleopatra | Antony | Film | 4.2 | 35 |
| 1917 | The Price Mark | Dr. Daniel Melfi | Film | — | 35 |
| 1917 | The Show Down | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1915 | Sweeter Than Revenge | Joe Best | Film | 10.0 | 33 |