Biografie

Hall appeared in more Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy movies than any other actor, including Mae Busch, Billy Gilbert or James Finlayson.

In most of his appearances in the Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy films, Hall doesn't have a lot of dialogue, and what lines he has are usually growled or barked angrily at either Laurel or Hardy. That was to disguise his British accent, which was more pronounced than Laurel's. Laurel thought it would be a bit too implausible and distract from the scene to have two Englishmen fighting in the middle of an American comedy, so he had Hall disguise his voice whenever possible (although there are times when his English accent is quite obvious).

In 1937 Charlie returned to England probably hoping to get work in the British studios. This may have been due to being sacked by Hal Roach for not turning up at the studio, probably due to over socialising with Stan or to get away from his wife or to see his mother who was very ill. However things didn't turn out well for him as little filming was being done in London and with money running out he eventually moved to his family in Birmingham where the only work he was able to get was in a gas mask factory. He eventually wrote to his friend, director George Stevens, in the States, asking for a loan of $200 so that he could return to America but then he met up with his friend Edgar Kennedy, who'd come over to make 'Hey. Hey USA' with Will Hay, and who got him a few days work on the film which earned him enough for him to get back to the States.

By the mid-1950s, Hall's health was declining due to increasing liver problems as he aged and an inability to continue working as an extra and bit player. Returning to his carpentry skills, he took a job as a prop-maker at Warner Brothers.

In the Laurel and Hardy short "Laughing Gravy" (1930) he played a dog-hating landlord who would mercilessly throw a little dog, whose real name was Laughing Gravy, out into the frigid cold. In real life, he reportedly adopted one of Laughing Gravy's puppies.