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Porter Hall

Porter Hall, American actor (died 1953)

Born
September 19, 1888
Died
October 6, 1953
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1888

About Porter Hall

Clifford Porter Hall was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Hall typically played villains or comedic incompetent characters. Clifford Porter Hall (September 19, 1888 – October 6, 1953) was an American character actor known for appearing in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s.

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The world when Porter Hall was born

Porter Hall was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Porter Hall's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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