Biography
Charles D. Hall (April 20, 1888 – April 8, 1970) was a British-American art director and production designer. He is perhaps best remembered for his tenure at Universal Pictures, where he began his career during the silent era. He was art director for many of Universal's most famous productions of the 1920s and '30's: The Phantom of the Opera (1925), All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), the original Bela Lugosi Dracula (1931), the original Magnificent Obsession (1935), and the 1936 My Man Godfrey among them, as well as eleven films directed by James Whale, including the original Boris Karloff Frankenstein (1931), The Invisible Man (1933), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), and the 1936 film version of Show Boat. Hall also worked on the 1929 part-talkie film version of Show Boat, directed by Harry A. Pollard.
Hall left Universal in the late 1930s and went to United Artists, where he worked for producer Hal Roach on such films as Topper Takes a Trip, the first of the two sequels to 1937's Topper. He then worked for a time on mostly B-films.
Hall later moved into working in television. He ended his career as art director for the pioneering 1955 TV series Medic.
Hall bought a house from John Wayne in which he lived until his death. From the late 1950s–1960s, Hall was known for his watercolor paintings.He was nominated for two Academy Awards, but neither nomination was for one of his famous films. They were for the films Captain Fury and Merrily We Live.
Filmography
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Movies 99
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Big House, U.S.A (1955)
Shield for Murder (1954)
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
The Moonlighter (1953)
Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
Ruby Gentry (1952)
The Fighter (1952)
Red Planet Mars (1952)
Two Lost Worlds (1951)
The Flying Saucer (1950)
Not Wanted (1949)
Son of Lassie (1945)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Nazty Nuisance (1943)
Yanks Ahoy (1943)
Prairie Chickens (1943)
Taxi, Mister (1943)
Calaboose (1943)
The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942)
Fall In (1942)
The Devil with Hitler (1942)
Flying with Music (1942)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Hay Foot (1942)
Fiesta (1941)
All-American Co-Ed (1941)
Niagara Falls (1941)
Tanks a Million (1941)
Road Show (1941)
Saps at Sea (1940)
One Million B.C. (1940)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
Captain Fury (1939)
Topper Takes a Trip (1938)
Merrily We Live (1938)
The Road Back (1937)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Show Boat (1936)
Modern Times (1936)
Next Time We Love (1936)
Magnificent Obsession (1935)
East of Java (1935)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Night Life of the Gods (1935)
The Good Fairy (1935)
Imitation of Life (1934)
There's Always Tomorrow (1934)
One More River (1934)
Little Man, What Now? (1934)
The Black Cat (1934)
Glamour (1934)
The Poor Rich (1934)
Counsellor at Law (1933)
By Candlelight (1933)
King for a Night (1933)
The Invisible Man (1933)
Only Yesterday (1933)
Don't Bet on Love (1933)
The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)
The World Gone Mad (1933)
The Vampire Bat (1933)
The Old Dark House (1932)
Back Street (1932)
Scandal for Sale (1932)
The Impatient Maiden (1932)
The Land of Oz, a Sequel to the 'Wizard of Oz’ (1932)
Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
Frankenstein (1931)
The Spirit of Notre Dame (1931)
Waterloo Bridge (1931)
East of Borneo (1931)
Up for Murder (1931)
Iron Man (1931)
Drácula (1931)
Dracula (1931)
City Lights (1931)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Last Performance (1929)
The Love Trap (1929)
Show Boat (1929)
Broadway (1929)
The Last Warning (1928)
Lonesome (1928)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Sensation Seekers (1927)
The Cohens and Kellys (1926)
A Woman of the Sea (1926)
The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
Pay Day (1922)
The Idle Class (1921)
The Kid (1921)
The Midlanders (1920)
A Day's Pleasure (1919)
The Professor (1919)
Shoulder Arms (1918)
The Bond (1918)
A Dog's Life (1918)
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GenderMale
Birthday1888-04-20
Deathday1970-04-08 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceNorwich, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known AsCharles Daniel Hall, Chas. D. Hall, C. Daniel Hall, Charles Hall, Daniel Hall, Danny Hall, Dan Hall, Denny Hall
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