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
Known For
Radio Kisses
Attendant
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Hollywood Trouble
Peter Stanton
The Skyrocket
Junior Burt
Love Past Thirty
Crippy Jack
Satan Town
Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
The Star Witness
It Happened Tomorrow
Hillbilly
Held For Ransom
Orderly
A Man from Wyoming
Goofy
Harold Teen
'Knapsack'
Racing Luck
Dental Student (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
Apartment Telephone Operator
Parole Girl
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Lilly Turner
Farmhand
The Stranger's Return
Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Face in the Sky
Pete
Smoke Tree Range
Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
Fury
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Langdon's Assistant
Counsel on De Fence
Poet
Pride and Prejudice
Schoolboy (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
Blood and Thunder
Joe
A Million to One
Shell Person
One Million B.C.
Benny
Hot News
Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
Movie Pests
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Second Chorus
Square Dance Participant
Life Begins at Forty
Reporter Ethelbert
Riders of the Black Hills
Lou Coon (uncredited)
The Incredible Stranger
Barber (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
Joe
Sequoia
Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
The Girl from Woolworth's
Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
Men Without Names
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Sport Parade
Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
Vanity Street
Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
Sin's Pay Day
Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
Traffic with the Devil
Office Boy (uncredited)
The Office Wife
Newsboy (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Fleety Belle's brother
Steamboat Round the Bend
Man with glasses
Baby Brother
Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Casey at the Bat
Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Salute
Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
Music for Madame
Jake
Alias Mary Smith
Holbrook (uncredited)
Strictly Personal
Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Girl Missing
Irving Wise
Girls
Waiter
Du Barry was a Lady
XYZ Grocery Clerk
Stranger in Town
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Soad Jerk
After Tomorrow
Toby (uncredited)
Newly Rich
Messenger (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
The Hard Way
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Townsman (Uncredited)
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Steve
The Live Wire
Printer (Uncredited)
Cover Up
Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
Young Widow
Mama's Boy (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Benny - Cabin Boy
Gorilla Ship
Cliff
Wall Street
Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Leonard's Father
Dad for a Day
Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
The Phantom President
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
73
Gender
Male
Birthday
1899-03-18
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
Benjamin Joseph Hall