James Hall

James Hall (born James E. Brown; October 22, 1900 – June 7, 1940) was an American film actor.

Career Hall debuted as an actor at age 15 in the Ziegfeld Follies. 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, at age 39.

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