About

Known credits:
73
Birthday:
1899-03-18
Place of birth:
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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Ben Hall

Overview

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.

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Known for

Acting

1949 Cover Up Actor Printer (Uncredited) 59
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1948 The Noose Hangs High Actor Messenger (uncredited) 59
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1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Actor Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited) 58
Average
1946 My Darling Clementine Actor Barber (uncredited) 65
Fair
1946 Traffic with the Devil Actor Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited) 58
Average
1946 Young Widow Actor Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited) 58
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1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid Actor Townsman (Uncredited) 59
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1944 Movie Pests Actor Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited) 58
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1944 It Happened Tomorrow Actor 59
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1943 Du Barry was a Lady Actor Waiter 58
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1943 The Hard Way Actor Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited) 59
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1942 The Incredible Stranger Actor Lou Coon (uncredited) 58
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1942 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine Actor Attendant 58
Average
1941 Hellzapoppin' Actor Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited) 60
Fair
1941 Second Chorus Actor Western Union Boy (uncredited) 58
Average
1940 Pride and Prejudice Actor Poet 61
Fair
1940 One Million B.C. Actor Shell Person 58
Average
1940 The Grapes of Wrath Actor Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited) 71
Good
1940 My Little Chickadee Actor Schoolboy (uncredited) 59
Average
1939 Dad for a Day Actor Leonard's Father 58
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1938 Marie Antoinette Actor Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited) 59
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1938 Held For Ransom Actor Hillbilly 58
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1938 Riders of the Black Hills Actor Reporter Ethelbert N/A
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1937 Music for Madame Actor Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited) 59
Average
1937 Smoke Tree Range Actor Pete N/A
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1937 You Only Live Once Actor Messenger with Package (uncredited) 61
Fair
1936 A Million to One Actor Joe 58
Average
1936 Postal Inspector Actor Mail Clerk (uncredited) 59
Average
1936 Fury Actor Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited) 63
Fair
1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann Actor Gabe Armstrong (uncredited) 59
Average
1936 An All American Toothache Actor Dental Student (uncredited) N/A
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1936 Strike Me Pink Actor Student kicked by Bully (uncredited) 58
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1935 Racing Luck Actor 'Knapsack' 58
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1935 The Live Wire Actor Steve 59
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1935 Steamboat Round the Bend Actor Fleety Belle's brother 59
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1935 Men Without Names Actor Mr. Youngblood (uncredited) 58
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1935 Naughty Marietta Actor Mama's Boy (uncredited) 58
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1935 Life Begins at Forty Actor Square Dance Participant N/A
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1935 Sequoia Actor Joe 59
Average
1935 Hollywood Trouble Actor N/A
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1934 Counsel on De Fence Actor Langdon's Assistant 58
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1934 Love Past Thirty Actor Junior Burt N/A
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1933 The Stranger's Return Actor Farmhand 58
Average
1933 Lilly Turner Actor Western Union Boy (uncredited) 58
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1933 Strictly Personal Actor Holbrook (uncredited) 59
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1933 Parole Girl Actor Apartment Telephone Operator 59
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1933 Girl Missing Actor Service Station Attendant (Uncredited) 58
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1933 Blondie Johnson Actor Newsboy (uncredited) 59
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1933 Face in the Sky Actor Service Station Attendant (uncredited) 58
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1932 The Sport Parade Actor Newsboy (uncredited) 58
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1932 Vanity Street Actor Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited) 59
Average
1932 The Phantom President Actor Man at Medicine Show (uncredited) 58
Average
1932 Gorilla Ship Actor Benny - Cabin Boy N/A
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1932 Alias Mary Smith Actor Jake 58
Average
1932 After Tomorrow Actor Soad Jerk 59
Average
1932 Sin's Pay Day Actor Henchman Rusty (uncredited) 58
Average
1931 The Star Witness Actor Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited) 59
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1931 Stranger in Town Actor XYZ Grocery Clerk 58
Average
1931 Newly Rich Actor Toby (uncredited) 58
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1931 Blood and Thunder Actor Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited) 59
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1930 The Office Wife Actor Office Boy (uncredited) 58
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1930 A Man from Wyoming Actor Orderly 59
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1930 Radio Kisses Actor N/A
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1929 Wall Street Actor Cliff 59
Average
1929 The Girl from Woolworth's Actor Jerry Donelly (uncredited) N/A
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1929 Salute Actor Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited) 59
Average
1928 Hot News Actor Benny N/A
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1928 Harold Teen Actor Goofy 58
Average
1927 Baby Brother Actor Man with glasses 59
Average
1927 Girls Actor Irving Wise 59
Average
1927 Casey at the Bat Actor Scorekeeper (uncredited) 59
Average
1926 Satan Town Actor Crippy Jack N/A
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1926 The Skyrocket Actor Peter Stanton N/A
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