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