The Laughing Policeman (song) released in 1955 by Ove Flodin. This song inspired the Telugu language song "Vivaha Bojanambu" in the Indian movie "Mayabazar." The Laughing Policeman (song) "The Laughing Policeman" is a music hall song by Charles Penrose (published under the pseudonym Charles Jolly). In June 1922, Penrose made the first recording of this song, which was released on Regal Records G-7816. The version more usually heard was recorded on 22 April 1926 and released on Columbia Records 4014 and later FB 1184. The composition of the song is officially credited to his wife Mabel under the pseudonym "Billie Grey"; however, the music
Porter Hall probably best remembered for four roles: a senator in "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", an atheist in "Going My Way," the nervous, ill-tempered Granville Sawyer, who administers a psychological test to Kris Kringle in "Miracle on 34th Street", and a train passenger who encounters a man (Fred MacMurray) who has just committed a murder in "Double Indemnity". On October 6, 1953, Hall died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California at the age of 65. His interment was at Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery. Hall had two children, David and Sarah Jane. Director Russ Meyer named one of