Ben Hall
Acting
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
Known for
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movieCover Up
1949
Printer (Uncredited)
movieThe Noose Hangs High
1948
Messenger (uncredited)
movieDick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
movieMy Darling Clementine
1946
Barber (uncredited)
movieTraffic with the Devil
1946
Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
movieYoung Widow
1946
Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
movieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
Townsman (Uncredited)
movieMovie Pests
1944
Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
Waiter (uncredited)
movieThe Hard Way
1943
Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
movieThe Incredible Stranger
1942
Lou Coon (uncredited)
movieHellzapoppin'
1941
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
movieSecond Chorus
1941
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
movieOne Million B.C.
1940
Shell Person
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
movieMy Little Chickadee
1940
Schoolboy (uncredited)
movieDad for a Day
1939
Leonard's Father
movieMarie Antoinette
1938
Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
movieHeld For Ransom
1938
Hillbilly
movieRiders of the Black Hills
1938
Reporter Ethelbert
movieMusic for Madame
1937
Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
movieYou Only Live Once
1937
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
moviePostal Inspector
1936
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
movieFury
1936
Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
movieThe Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936
Dental Student (uncredited)
movieStrike Me Pink
1936
Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
movieRacing Luck
1935
'Knapsack'
movieSteamboat Round the Bend
1935
Fleety Belle's brother
movieMen Without Names
1935
Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
movieNaughty Marietta
1935
Mama's Boy (uncredited)
movieLife Begins at Forty
1935
Square Dance Participant
movieCounsel on De Fence
1934
Langdon's Assistant
Love Past Thirty
1934
Junior Burt
movieThe Stranger's Return
1933
Farmhand
movieLilly Turner
1933
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
movieStrictly Personal
1933
Holbrook (uncredited)
movieParole Girl
1933
Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
movieGirl Missing
1933
Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
movieBlondie Johnson
1933
Newsboy (uncredited)
movieFace in the Sky
1933
Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
movieThe Sport Parade
1932
Newsboy (uncredited)
movieThe Golden West
1932
Pioneer
movieVanity Street
1932
Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
movieThe Phantom President
1932
Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
movieGorilla Ship
1932
Benny - Cabin Boy
movieAfter Tomorrow
1932
Soad Jerk
movieSin's Pay Day
1932
Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
movieThe Star Witness
1931
Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
movieStranger in Town
1931
XYZ Grocery Clerk
movieNewly Rich
1931
Toby (uncredited)
movieSeas Beneath
1931
Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
movieBlood and Thunder
1931
Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
movieThe Office Wife
1930
Office Boy (uncredited)
movieA Man from Wyoming
1930
Orderly
movieWall Street
1929
Cliff
movieThe Girl from Woolworth's
1929
Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
movieSalute
1929
Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
movieHot News
1928
Benny
movieHarold Teen
1928
Goofy
movieBaby Brother
1927
Man with glasses
movieGirls
1927
Irving Wise
movieCasey at the Bat
1927
Scorekeeper (uncredited)
movieSatan Town
1926
Crippy Jack
movieThe Skyrocket
1926
Peter Stanton