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