Ben Hall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Mar 18, 1899
- Died
- May 20, 1985 (aged 86)
- Place of birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 77
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
1940Movie
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946Movie
Barber (uncredited)
Fury
1936Movie
Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
1937Movie
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
Pride and Prejudice
1940Movie
Poet
Hellzapoppin'
1941Movie
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Filmography
Cover Up
1949Movie
Printer (Uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
1948Movie
Messenger (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947Movie
Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
1946Movie
Barber (uncredited)
Traffic with the Devil
1946Movie
Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
Young Widow
1946Movie
Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946Movie
Townsman (Uncredited)
Movie Pests
1944Movie
Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
1944Movie
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943Movie
Waiter (uncredited)
The Hard Way
1943Movie
Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
The Incredible Stranger
1942Movie
Lou Coon (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942Movie
Attendant
Hellzapoppin'
1941Movie
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Second Chorus
1941Movie
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Pride and Prejudice
1940Movie
Poet
One Million B.C.
1940Movie
Shell Person
The Grapes of Wrath
1940Movie
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
1940Movie
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Dad for a Day
1939Movie
Leonard's Father
Marie Antoinette
1938Movie
Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
Held For Ransom
1938Movie
Hillbilly
Riders of the Black Hills
1938Movie
Reporter Ethelbert
Music for Madame
1937Movie
Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
Smoke Tree Range
1937Movie
Pete
You Only Live Once
1937Movie
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
A Million to One
1936Movie
Joe
Postal Inspector
1936Movie
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
Fury
1936Movie
Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
1936Movie
Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936Movie
Dental Student (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
1936Movie
Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
Racing Luck
1935Movie
'Knapsack'
The Live Wire
1935Movie
Steve
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935Movie
Fleety Belle's brother
Men Without Names
1935Movie
Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
1935Movie
Mama's Boy (uncredited)
Life Begins at Forty
1935Movie
Square Dance Participant
Sequoia
1935Movie
Joe
Hollywood Trouble
1935Movie
Counsel on De Fence
1934Movie
Langdon's Assistant
Love Past Thirty
1934Movie
Junior Burt
The Stranger's Return
1933Movie
Farmhand
Lilly Turner
1933Movie
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Strictly Personal
1933Movie
Holbrook (uncredited)
Parole Girl
1933Movie
Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Girl Missing
1933Movie
Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
1933Movie
Newsboy (uncredited)
Face in the Sky
1933Movie
Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
The Sport Parade
1932Movie
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Golden West
1932Movie
Pioneer
Vanity Street
1932Movie
Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
The Phantom President
1932Movie
Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Gorilla Ship
1932Movie
Benny - Cabin Boy
Alias Mary Smith
1932Movie
Jake
After Tomorrow
1932Movie
Soad Jerk
Sin's Pay Day
1932Movie
Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
The Star Witness
1931Movie
Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
Stranger in Town
1931Movie
XYZ Grocery Clerk
Newly Rich
1931Movie
Toby (uncredited)
Seas Beneath
1931Movie
Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
Blood and Thunder
1931Movie
Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
The Office Wife
1930Movie
Office Boy (uncredited)
A Man from Wyoming
1930Movie
Orderly
Radio Kisses
1930Movie
Wall Street
1929Movie
Cliff
Nix on Dames
1929Movie
Cliff
The Girl from Woolworth's
1929Movie
Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
Salute
1929Movie
Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Hot News
1928Movie
Benny
Harold Teen
1928Movie
Goofy
Baby Brother
1927Movie
Man with glasses
Down the Stretch
1927Movie
Pee Wee
Girls
1927Movie
Irving Wise
Casey at the Bat
1927Movie
Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Satan Town
1926Movie
Crippy Jack
The Skyrocket
1926Movie
Peter Stanton