Trivia

Small, bespectacled American character actor with thinning gray hair and wire rims trained at American Academy of Dramatic Arts and maintained a durable presence on Broadway. He later came to Hollywood and showed off his modest versatility in hundreds of minor roles, playing snively, harried and acrid old fellers all over the place during the late 1930s and '40s.

Appears in seven Oscar Best Picture nominees: Dead End (1937), Foreign Correspondent (1940), One Foot in Heaven (1941), Wilson (1944), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and Friendly Persuasion (1956). The Best Years of Our Lives is the only winner.

Halton met his wife Lelah, a widow with three partially grown children after he had moved to Hollywood after doing "Dodsworth" on Broadway. She wrote, "Mr. Halton fell in love with all of us.".

Reputed to use flawless English and have a beautiful speaking voice.

Played a bank examiner in It's a wonderful life and a bank president in 3 Godfathers.