Arch Hall Sr.

Arch Hall Sr.

Born: December 21, 1908
Died: April 28, 1978
in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Archibald Williams Hall (December 21, 1908 – April 28, 1978), known as Arch Hall was an American actor and filmmaker, best known for making a series of B-movies made in the early 1960s starring his son, Arch Hall Jr. Hall used various names throughout his career including Nicholas Merriwether, William Waters, and Archie Hall.

Movies for Arch Hall Sr....

Thieves Like Us
Title: Thieves Like Us
Character: Alvin
Released: February 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Three criminals escape from prison and embark on a robbery spree across USA. Along the way, one of them falls in love while they plan a final heist before going their separate ways.
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Tell It Like It Is
Title: Tell It Like It Is
Character: Morrison Whales
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Episode of fictional late-night television talk show "The Irv Carlson Show," parodying the genre.
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Deadwood '76
Title: Deadwood '76
Character: Boone May (as William Watters)
Released: June 30, 1965
Type: Movie
A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.
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The Nasty Rabbit
Title: The Nasty Rabbit
Character: Marshall Malout / Malcolm McKinley
Released: December 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Russian spies secretly infect rabbits with a deadly bacteria, then let them loose in the U.S.
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The Thrill Killers
Title: The Thrill Killers
Character: Himself (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1964
Type: Movie
Three psychotic murderers escape from a mental institution and stalk women in Los Angeles.
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What's Up Front!
Title: What's Up Front!
Character: Cash Johnson
Released: April 29, 1964
Type: Movie
This is the story of the world's best door-to-door bra salesman. His success causes his rival to use him to win the boss's daughter's hand in marriage.
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The Sadist
Title: The Sadist
Character: Radio Announcer / Narrator (voice)
Released: April 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Three people driving into Los Angeles for a Dodgers game have car trouble and pull off into an old wrecking yard where they are held at bay by a bloodthirsty psycho and his crazy girlfriend.
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Wild Guitar
Title: Wild Guitar
Character: Mike McCauley (as William Watters)
Released: December 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A young rock & roll hopeful is given a shot at the big time by the unscrupulous owner of a small record company.
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Secret File: Hollywood
Title: Secret File: Hollywood
Character: TV Director (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1962
Type: Movie
A private eye (Robert Clarke) takes pictures for the publishers (Francine York, Syd Mason) of a scandal magazine.
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Eegah
Title: Eegah
Character: Robert Miller
Released: April 17, 1962
Type: Movie
Teenagers stumble across a prehistoric caveman, who goes on a rampage.
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The Choppers
Title: The Choppers
Character: Jim Bradford
Released: November 30, 1961
Type: Movie
A gang of teenage delinquents terrorize a small community by stealing cars and stripping them for parts, then selling the parts to a crooked junkyard owner. The police and an insurance company investigator set out to break up the gang.
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Border Badmen
Title: Border Badmen
Character: Banker Gillan (as Archie Hall)
Released: October 10, 1945
Type: Movie
As a 32nd cousin of the recently deceased Silas Stockton, Fuzzy heads for the reading of the will. The bad guys are after the Stockton estate and plan to kidnap Helen Stockton, the primary heir, and replace her with a stooge. When the henchmen catch her she is with Billy and Fuzzy so they kidnap them also. But the three escape and Billy then heads out to find the culprits.
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Apology for Murder
Title: Apology for Murder
Character: Paul (as Archie Hall)
Released: September 27, 1945
Type: Movie
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit his estate, while pinning the murder on another businessman.
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His Brother's Ghost
Title: His Brother's Ghost
Character: Deputy Sheriff Bentley
Released: February 3, 1945
Type: Movie
When a group of gunmen are running sharecroppers off their land, rancher Andy Jones sends for his friend Billy Carson to organise the sharecroppers to fight. Andy is soon mortally wounded by the gunmen, but before his death schemes for his no good twin brother Fuzzy to be sent for to impersonate him. The gunmen, witnessing Andy's funeral fear that Fuzzy is Andy's avenging ghost.
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Texas Justice
Title: Texas Justice
Character: Fake Padre Tremmer
Released: June 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Tom Cameron and Fuzzy Q. Jones come to the aid of their old friend Smoky, who is having trouble with power hungry cattle rancher Huxley.
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Billy the Kid Wanted
Title: Billy the Kid Wanted
Character: Henchman
Released: October 3, 1941
Type: Movie
Billy the Kid and his pal Jeff help their friend Fuzzy Jones escape from jail, and the trio heads for Paradise Valley, where they find the Paradise Land Development Company, ran by Matt Brawley and Jack Saunders, is somewhat less than honest in their dealings with the homesteaders. They devise a plan to cause a split between Brawley and Saunders.
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The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Title: The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
Character: Clyde Barton (as Archie Hall)
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
A honest cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a rancher.
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The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Title: The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Character: Roper
Released: May 16, 1941
Type: Movie
Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, is supposedly haunted by real ghosts. The town is an outlaw gang's hideout, and they scare folks away to protect their mine.
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Two Gun Sheriff
Title: Two Gun Sheriff
Character: Dunn - Henchman (as Archie Hall)
Released: April 9, 1941
Type: Movie
A notorious outlaw is recruited by a cattle buyer, secret boss of a gang of cattle rustlers, to impersonate the town sheriff, who is the outlaw's twin brother; and complications ensue, as the sheriff, now a hostage, is on the eve of his marriage while the outlaw's cantina-dancer girlfriend has followed him to town and is at risk of exposing him.
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The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Title: The Sagebrush Family Trails West
Character: Jim Barton
Released: January 17, 1940
Type: Movie
The story concentrates on a travelling medicine show maintained by Bobby Clark and his relatives Minerva Urecal, Earle Hodgins and Joyce Bryant. Their progress is impeded when Hodgins is framed on a robbery charge, but Clark uses his fancy lariat to hog-tie the genuine crooks.
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Rhythm of the Saddle
Title: Rhythm of the Saddle
Character: Rusty - Henchman in Stage
Released: November 6, 1938
Type: Movie
Gene is the foreman at the ranch owned by wealthy rodeo owner Maureen. She will lose her rodeo contract unless sales improve.
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The Mysterious Rider
Title: The Mysterious Rider
Character: Rancher Andrews
Released: September 21, 1938
Type: Movie
Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.
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Overland Stage Raiders
Title: Overland Stage Raiders
Released: September 20, 1938
Type: Movie
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.