Ben 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Movies (50)
Cover Up
as Printer (Uncredited)
1949
The Noose Hangs High
as Messenger (uncredited)
1948
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
1947
My Darling Clementine
as Barber (uncredited)
1946
Traffic with the Devil
as Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
1946
Young Widow
as Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited)
1946
Movie Pests
as Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
as Waiter (uncredited)
1943
The Hard Way
as Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
1943
The Incredible Stranger
as Lou Coon (uncredited)
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Attendant
1942
Hellzapoppin'
as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
1941
Second Chorus
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1941
Pride and Prejudice
as Poet
1940
One Million B.C.
as Shell Person
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
1940
My Little Chickadee
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
1940
Dad for a Day
as Leonard's Father
1939
Marie Antoinette
as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
1938
Held For Ransom
as Hillbilly
1938
Riders of the Black Hills
as Reporter Ethelbert
1938
Music for Madame
as Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
1937
Smoke Tree Range
as Pete
1937
You Only Live Once
as Messenger with Package (uncredited)
1937
A Million to One
as Joe
1936
Postal Inspector
as Mail Clerk (uncredited)
1936
Fury
as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
as Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
1936
An All American Toothache
as Dental Student (uncredited)
1936
Strike Me Pink
as Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
1936
Racing Luck
as 'Knapsack'
1935
The Live Wire
as Steve
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
as Fleety Belle's brother
1935
Men Without Names
as Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
1935
Naughty Marietta
as Mama's Boy (uncredited)
1935
Life Begins at Forty
as Square Dance Participant
1935
Sequoia
as Joe
1935
Hollywood Trouble
1935
Counsel on De Fence
as Langdon's Assistant
1934
Love Past Thirty
as Junior Burt
1934
The Stranger's Return
as Farmhand
1933
Lilly Turner
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
1933
Strictly Personal
as Holbrook (uncredited)
1933
Parole Girl
as Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
1933
Girl Missing
as Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
1933
Blondie Johnson
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1933
Face in the Sky
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
1933
The Sport Parade
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1932