1899-03-18 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Benjamin Joseph Hall (March 18, 1899 – May 20, 1985) was an American actor who started performing as a boy and worked for three and a half decades, mainly in small parts. Born in Brooklyn, New York as the eldest child of American stevedore George E. Hall and his English wife Constance L. Fletcher, Ben Hall began making appearances in films when he was little more than ten years old. After a handful of movies, his family moved to Weehawken, New Jersey, and in 1918 Ben took work as a bank clerk in Manhattan. But by 1920, Ben and his mother had moved to Los Angeles (where they were joined later by his younger brother George Jr.). Hall worked as a property man for the studios for a time, but eventually began to get small roles and was eking out a living as an actor again by 1926. He became a minor but fairly frequently-used member of the John Ford Stock Company, and did eight films for John Ford between 1929 and 1946. Most memorable among these bit roles was probably that of the barber who slicks down and perfumes Wyatt Earp's hair in My Darling Clementine (1946). Hall left acting in 1949, though he lived for another 36 years. He died in North Hollywood, California in 1985. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cover Up | Printer (Uncredited) | 1949-02-25 |
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The Noose Hangs High | Messenger (uncredited) | 1948-04-05 |
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome | Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited) | 1947-09-26 |
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My Darling Clementine | Barber (uncredited) | 1946-10-17 |
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Traffic with the Devil | Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited) | 1946-08-31 |
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Young Widow | Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited) | 1946-03-01 |
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The Diary of a Chambermaid | Townsman (Uncredited) | 1946-02-15 |
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Movie Pests | Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited) | 1944-07-08 |
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It Happened Tomorrow | 1944-03-31 | |
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Du Barry was a Lady | Waiter | 1943-08-13 |
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The Hard Way | Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited) | 1943-01-13 |
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Attendant | 1942-03-27 |
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The Incredible Stranger | Lou Coon (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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Second Chorus | Western Union Boy (uncredited) | 1941-01-03 |
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Hellzapoppin' | Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited) | 1941-12-25 |
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My Little Chickadee | Schoolboy (uncredited) | 1940-02-09 |
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One Million B.C. | Shell Person | 1940-04-05 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
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Pride and Prejudice | Poet | 1940-07-26 |
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Held For Ransom | Hillbilly | 1938-06-17 |
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Marie Antoinette | Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
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Riders of the Black Hills | Reporter Ethelbert | 1938-06-15 |
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You Only Live Once | Messenger with Package (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
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Smoke Tree Range | Pete | 1937-06-05 |
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Music for Madame | Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited) | 1937-10-08 |
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The Voice of Bugle Ann | Gabe Armstrong (uncredited) | 1936-02-15 |
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Strike Me Pink | Student kicked by Bully (uncredited) | 1936-01-24 |
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A Million to One | Joe | 1936-12-31 |
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Postal Inspector | Mail Clerk (uncredited) | 1936-08-16 |
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Fury | Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
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An All American Toothache | Dental Student (uncredited) | 1936-01-25 |
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Racing Luck | 'Knapsack' | 1935-11-19 |
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Naughty Marietta | Mama's Boy (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
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The Live Wire | Steve | 1935-11-01 |
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Life Begins at Forty | Square Dance Participant | 1935-03-22 |
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Sequoia | Joe | 1935-01-16 |
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Steamboat Round the Bend | Fleety Belle's brother | 1935-09-06 |
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Men Without Names | Mr. Youngblood (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
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Hollywood Trouble | 1935-01-01 | |
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Love Past Thirty | Junior Burt | 1934-02-14 |
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Counsel on De Fence | Langdon's Assistant | 1934-10-24 |
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Girl Missing | Service Station Attendant (Uncredited) | 1933-03-04 |
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Strictly Personal | Holbrook (uncredited) | 1933-03-17 |
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Parole Girl | Apartment Telephone Operator | 1933-03-04 |
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Face in the Sky | Service Station Attendant (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
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Blondie Johnson | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1933-02-25 |
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Lilly Turner | Western Union Boy (uncredited) | 1933-05-13 |
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The Stranger's Return | Farmhand | 1933-07-28 |
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Gorilla Ship | Benny - Cabin Boy | 1932-07-19 |
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Sin's Pay Day | Henchman Rusty (uncredited) | 1932-03-02 |
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Vanity Street | Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited) | 1932-10-14 |
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Alias Mary Smith | Jake | 1932-07-14 |
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The Sport Parade | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1932-11-11 |
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After Tomorrow | Soad Jerk | 1932-03-06 |
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Newly Rich | Toby (uncredited) | 1931-07-02 |
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Blood and Thunder | Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited) | 1931-01-17 |
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The Star Witness | Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited) | 1931-08-22 |
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Stranger in Town | XYZ Grocery Clerk | 1931-08-06 |
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Radio Kisses | 1930-05-04 | |
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A Man from Wyoming | Orderly | 1930-07-12 |
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The Office Wife | Office Boy (uncredited) | 1930-08-23 |
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Wall Street | Cliff | 1929-12-01 |
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The Girl from Woolworth's | Jerry Donelly (uncredited) | 1929-10-27 |
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Salute | Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited) | 1929-09-01 |
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Harold Teen | Goofy | 1928-04-28 |
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Girls | Irving Wise | 1927-03-27 |
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Casey at the Bat | Scorekeeper (uncredited) | 1927-03-08 |
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Baby Brother | Man with glasses | 1927-06-26 |
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The Skyrocket | Peter Stanton | 1926-02-14 |
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Satan Town | Crippy Jack | 1926-08-15 |
