Ben Hall
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-03-18
Day of Death
1985-05-20 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Ben Hall
Biography
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
as Printer (Uncredited)
(1948)
The Noose Hangs High
as Messenger (uncredited)
(1947)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
(1946)
My Darling Clementine
as Barber (uncredited)
(1946)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited)
(1946)
Young Widow
as Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
(1946)
Traffic with the Devil
as Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
(1944)
(1944)
Movie Pests
as Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
(1943)
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Waiter
(1943)
The Hard Way
as Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
(1942)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Attendant
(1942)
The Incredible Stranger
as Lou Coon (uncredited)
(1941)
Hellzapoppin'
as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
(1941)
Second Chorus
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1940)
The Grapes of Wrath
as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
(1940)
Pride and Prejudice
as Poet
(1940)
One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
(1940)
My Little Chickadee
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
(1939)
Dad for a Day
as Leonard's Father
(1938)
Marie Antoinette
as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
(1938)
Riders of the Black Hills
as Reporter Ethelbert
(1938)
Held For Ransom
as Hillbilly
(1937)
You Only Live Once
as Messenger with Package (uncredited)
(1937)
Music for Madame
as Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
(1937)
Smoke Tree Range
as Pete
(1936)
Fury
as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
(1936)
Strike Me Pink
as Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
(1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
(1936)
Postal Inspector
as Mail Clerk (uncredited)
(1936)
An All American Toothache
as Dental Student (uncredited)
(1936)
A Million to One
as Joe
(1935)
Naughty Marietta
as Mama's Boy (uncredited)
(1935)
Men Without Names
as Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
(1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Fleety Belle's brother
(1935)
Sequoia
as Joe
(1935)
Life Begins at Forty
as Square Dance Participant
(1935)
(1935)
The Live Wire
as Steve
(1935)
Racing Luck
as 'Knapsack'
(1934)
Love Past Thirty
as Junior Burt
(1934)
Counsel on De Fence
as Langdon's Assistant
(1933)
Girl Missing
as Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
(1933)
Strictly Personal
as Holbrook (uncredited)
(1933)
Lilly Turner
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
(1933)
Blondie Johnson
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1933)
Parole Girl
as Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
(1933)
The Stranger's Return
as Farmhand
(1933)
Face in the Sky
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
(1932)
Gorilla Ship
as Benny - Cabin Boy
(1932)
The Phantom President
as Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
(1932)
The Sport Parade
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1932)
Alias Mary Smith
as Jake
(1932)
Vanity Street
as Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
(1932)
Sin's Pay Day
as Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
(1932)
After Tomorrow
as Soad Jerk
(1931)
Newly Rich
as Toby (uncredited)
(1931)
The Star Witness
as Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
(1931)
Stranger in Town
as XYZ Grocery Clerk
(1931)
Blood and Thunder
as Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
(1930)
The Office Wife
as Office Boy (uncredited)
(1930)
A Man from Wyoming
as Orderly
(1930)
(1929)
Salute
as Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
(1929)
The Girl from Woolworth's
as Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
(1929)
Wall Street
as Cliff
(1928)
Hot News
as Benny
(1928)
Harold Teen
as Goofy
(1927)
Girls
as Irving Wise
(1927)
Casey at the Bat
as Scorekeeper (uncredited)
(1927)
Baby Brother
as Man with glasses
(1926)
The Skyrocket
as Peter Stanton
(1926)
Satan Town
as Crippy Jack