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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The Diary of a Chambermaid | Townsman (Uncredited) | 1946-02-15 |
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Young Widow | Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited) | 1946-03-01 |
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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 (uncredited) | 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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Hellzapoppin' | Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited) | 1941-12-25 |
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Second Chorus | Western Union Boy (uncredited) | 1941-01-03 |
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Pride and Prejudice | Poet | 1940-07-26 |
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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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Dad for a Day | Leonard's Father | 1939-10-20 |
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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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Held For Ransom | Hillbilly | 1938-06-17 |
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Music for Madame | Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited) | 1937-10-08 |
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Smoke Tree Range | Pete | 1937-06-05 |
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You Only Live Once | Messenger with Package (uncredited) | 1937-01-23 |
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The Voice of Bugle Ann | Gabe Armstrong (uncredited) | 1936-02-15 |
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An All American Toothache | Dental Student (uncredited) | 1936-01-25 |
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A Million to One | Joe | 1936-12-31 |
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Strike Me Pink | Student kicked by Bully (uncredited) | 1936-01-24 |
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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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The Live Wire | Steve | 1935-11-01 |
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Naughty Marietta | Mama's Boy (uncredited) | 1935-03-29 |
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Men Without Names | Mr. Youngblood (uncredited) | 1935-06-29 |
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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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Hollywood Trouble | 1935-01-01 | |
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Life Begins at Forty | Square Dance Participant | 1935-03-22 |
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Racing Luck | 'Knapsack' | 1935-11-19 |
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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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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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Blondie Johnson | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1933-02-25 |
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The Stranger's Return | Farmhand | 1933-07-28 |
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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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After Tomorrow | Soad Jerk | 1932-03-06 |
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Gorilla Ship | Benny - Cabin Boy | 1932-07-19 |
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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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Alias Mary Smith | Jake | 1932-07-14 |
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Sin's Pay Day | Henchman Rusty (uncredited) | 1932-03-02 |
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The Phantom President | Man at Medicine Show (uncredited) | 1932-09-23 |
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Seas Beneath | Elmer Harrigan (uncredited) | 1931-01-30 |
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The Star Witness | Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited) | 1931-08-22 |
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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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Stranger in Town | XYZ Grocery Clerk | 1931-08-06 |
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Radio Kisses | 1930-05-04 | |
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The Office Wife | Office Boy (uncredited) | 1930-08-23 |
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A Man from Wyoming | Orderly | 1930-07-12 |
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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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The Girl from Woolworth's | Jerry Donelly (uncredited) | 1929-10-27 |
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Nix on Dames | Cliff | 1929-11-24 |
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Harold Teen | Goofy | 1928-04-28 |
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Hot News | Benny | 1928-07-14 |
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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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Baby Brother | Man with glasses | 1927-06-26 |
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Satan Town | Crippy Jack | 1926-08-15 |
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The Skyrocket | Peter Stanton | 1926-02-14 |
