Ben Hall
Known for Acting · 77 credits
- Born
- 1899-03-18
- Died
- 1985-05-20
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Benjamin Joseph Hall · Bennie Hall · Master 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
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Newsboy (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Barber (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Waiter (uncredited)
Harold Teen
1928
as Goofy
Movies (77)
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
1933
as Newsboy (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Barber (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Waiter (uncredited)
Harold Teen
1928
as Goofy
Pride and Prejudice
1940
as Poet
Fury
1936
as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Cover Up
1949
as Printer (Uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
1935
as Mama's Boy (uncredited)
The Office Wife
1930
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
1938
as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
The Live Wire
1935
as Steve
You Only Live Once
1937
as Messenger with Package (uncredited)
Hot News
1928
as Benny
Second Chorus
1941
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
as Fleety Belle's brother
Down the Stretch
1927
as Pee Wee
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Townsman (Uncredited)
Salute
1929
as Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Traffic with the Devil
1946
as Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Men Without Names
1935
as Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Junior Burt
Face in the Sky
1933
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Lilly Turner
1933
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
The Phantom President
1932
as Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Girls
1927
as Irving Wise
Music for Madame
1937
as Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Attendant
The Stranger's Return
1933
as Farmhand
The Incredible Stranger
1942
as Lou Coon (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
1940
as Shell Person
The Star Witness
1931
as Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Messenger (uncredited)
Casey at the Bat
1927
as Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
1936
as Mail Clerk (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943
as Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
Strictly Personal
1933
as Holbrook (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
1936
as Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
1940
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Seas Beneath
1931
as Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
1935
as Square Dance Participant
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
as Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
Dad for a Day
1939
as Leonard's Father
Young Widow
1946
as Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
After Tomorrow
1932
as Soad Jerk
Parole Girl
1933
as Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Girl Missing
1933
as Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Stranger in Town
1931
as XYZ Grocery Clerk
Alias Mary Smith
1932
as Jake
Riders of the Black Hills
1938
as Reporter Ethelbert
Held For Ransom
1938
as Hillbilly
The Sport Parade
1932
as Newsboy (uncredited)
A Million to One
1936
as Joe
Newly Rich
1931
as Toby (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936
as Dental Student (uncredited)
Movie Pests
1944
as Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Orderly
Gorilla Ship
1932
as Benny - Cabin Boy
Smoke Tree Range
1937
as Pete
Counsel on De Fence
1934
as Langdon's Assistant
Vanity Street
1932
as Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
Sequoia
1935
as Joe
Baby Brother
1927
as Man with glasses
Blood and Thunder
1931
as Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
Racing Luck
1935
as 'Knapsack'
Sin's Pay Day
1932
as Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
Wall Street
1929
as Cliff
Radio Kisses
1930
The Girl from Woolworth's
1929
as Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
The Skyrocket
1926
as Peter Stanton
Nix on Dames
1929
as Cliff
Hollywood Trouble
1935
The Golden West
1932
as Pioneer
Satan Town
1926
as Crippy Jack
About Ben Hall
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 m… With 77 credits spanning from 1926 to 1949, Ben Hall has appeared in 77 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
- Blondie Johnson (1933) — as Newsboy (uncredited)
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- Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) — as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) — as Waiter (uncredited)
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