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