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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Traffic with the Devil | Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited) | 1946-08-31 |
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My Darling Clementine | Barber (uncredited) | 1946-10-17 |
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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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The Hard Way | Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited) | 1943-01-13 |
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Du Barry Was a Lady | Waiter | 1943-08-13 |
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The Incredible Stranger | Lou Coon (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine | Attendant | 1942-03-27 |
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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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Pride and Prejudice | Poet | 1940-07-26 |
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The Grapes of Wrath | Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited) | 1940-03-15 |
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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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Dad for a Day | Leonard's Father | 1939-10-20 |
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Held For Ransom | Hillbilly | 1938-06-17 |
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Riders of the Black Hills | Reporter Ethelbert | 1938-06-15 |
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Marie Antoinette | Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited) | 1938-08-26 |
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Music for Madame | Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited) | 1937-10-08 |
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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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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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Fury | Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
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Postal Inspector | Mail Clerk (uncredited) | 1936-08-16 |
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A Million to One | Joe | 1936-12-31 |
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An All American Toothache | Dental Student (uncredited) | 1936-01-25 |
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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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The Live Wire | Steve | 1935-11-01 |
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Steamboat Round the Bend | Fleety Belle's brother | 1935-09-06 |
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Sequoia | Joe | 1935-01-16 |
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Racing Luck | 'Knapsack' | 1935-11-19 |
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Life Begins at Forty | Square Dance Participant | 1935-03-22 |
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Naughty Marietta | Mama's Boy (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
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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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Lilly Turner | Western Union Boy (uncredited) | 1933-05-13 |
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Strictly Personal | Holbrook (uncredited) | 1933-03-17 |
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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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The Stranger's Return | Farmhand | 1933-07-28 |
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Parole Girl | Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited) | 1933-03-04 |
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Girl Missing | Service Station Attendant (Uncredited) | 1933-03-04 |
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After Tomorrow | Soad Jerk | 1932-03-06 |
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The Phantom President | Man at Medicine Show (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
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Vanity Street | Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited) | 1932-10-14 |
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The Sport Parade | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1932-11-11 |
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Sin's Pay Day | Henchman Rusty (uncredited) | 1932-03-02 |
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Alias Mary Smith | Jake | 1932-07-14 |
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Gorilla Ship | Benny - Cabin Boy | 1932-07-19 |
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Newly Rich | Toby (uncredited) | 1931-07-02 |
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Stranger in Town | XYZ Grocery Clerk | 1931-08-06 |
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The Star Witness | Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited) | 1931-08-22 |
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Blood and Thunder | Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited) | 1931-01-17 |
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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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Radio Kisses | 1930-05-04 | |
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The Girl from Woolworth's | Jerry Donelly (uncredited) | 1929-10-27 |
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Wall Street | Cliff | 1929-12-01 |
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Salute | Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited) | 1929-09-01 |
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Hot News | Benny | 1928-07-14 |
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Harold Teen | Goofy | 1928-04-28 |
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Baby Brother | Man with glasses | 1927-06-26 |
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Casey at the Bat | Scorekeeper (uncredited) | 1927-03-08 |
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Girls | Irving Wise | 1927-03-27 |
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The Skyrocket | Peter Stanton | 1926-02-14 |
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Satan Town | Crippy Jack | 1926-08-15 |
