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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Cover Up
Character:Printer (Uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1949
The Noose Hangs High
Character:Messenger (uncredited)
Release Date:05/04/1948
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Character:Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/09/1947
My Darling Clementine
Character:Barber (uncredited)
Release Date:17/10/1946
Traffic with the Devil
Character:Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
Release Date:31/08/1946
Young Widow
Character:Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
Release Date:01/03/1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Character:Townsman (Uncredited)
Release Date:15/02/1946
Movie Pests
Character:Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
Release Date:08/07/1944
It Happened Tomorrow
Character:
Release Date:31/03/1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
Character:Waiter (uncredited)
Release Date:13/08/1943
The Hard Way
Character:Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
Release Date:13/01/1943
The Incredible Stranger
Character:Lou Coon (uncredited)
Release Date:20/06/1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Character:Attendant
Release Date:27/03/1942
Hellzapoppin'
Character:Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/1941
Second Chorus
Character:Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:03/01/1941
Pride and Prejudice
Character:Poet
Release Date:26/07/1940
One Million B.C.
Character:Shell Person
Release Date:05/04/1940
The Grapes of Wrath
Character:Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Release Date:15/03/1940
My Little Chickadee
Character:Schoolboy (uncredited)
Release Date:09/02/1940
Dad for a Day
Character:Leonard's Father
Release Date:20/10/1939
Marie Antoinette
Character:Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
Release Date:26/08/1938
Held For Ransom
Character:Hillbilly
Release Date:17/06/1938
Riders of the Black Hills
Character:Reporter Ethelbert
Release Date:15/06/1938
Music for Madame
Character:Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
Release Date:08/10/1937
Smoke Tree Range
Character:Pete
Release Date:05/06/1937
You Only Live Once
Character:Messenger with Package (uncredited)
Release Date:23/01/1937
A Million to One
Character:Joe
Release Date:31/12/1936
Postal Inspector
Character:Mail Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:16/08/1936
Fury
Character:Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
Release Date:05/06/1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Character:Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
Release Date:15/02/1936
An All American Toothache
Character:Dental Student (uncredited)
Release Date:25/01/1936
Strike Me Pink
Character:Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
Release Date:24/01/1936
Racing Luck
Character:'Knapsack'
Release Date:19/11/1935
The Live Wire
Character:Steve
Release Date:01/11/1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
Character:Fleety Belle's brother
Release Date:06/09/1935
Men Without Names
Character:Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
Release Date:29/06/1935
Naughty Marietta
Character:Mama's Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:29/03/1935
Life Begins at Forty
Character:Square Dance Participant
Release Date:22/03/1935
Sequoia
Character:Joe
Release Date:16/01/1935
Hollywood Trouble
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1935
Counsel on De Fence
Character:Langdon's Assistant
Release Date:24/10/1934
Love Past Thirty
Character:Junior Burt
Release Date:14/02/1934
The Stranger's Return
Character:Farmhand
Release Date:28/07/1933
Lilly Turner
Character:Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:13/05/1933
Strictly Personal
Character:Holbrook (uncredited)
Release Date:17/03/1933
Parole Girl
Character:Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Release Date:04/03/1933
Girl Missing
Character:Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Release Date:04/03/1933
Blondie Johnson
Character:Newsboy (uncredited)
Release Date:25/02/1933
Face in the Sky
Character:Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Release Date:15/01/1933
The Sport Parade
Character:Newsboy (uncredited)
Release Date:11/11/1932
Vanity Street
Character:Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
Release Date:14/10/1932
The Phantom President
Character:Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Release Date:23/09/1932
Gorilla Ship
Character:Benny - Cabin Boy
Release Date:19/07/1932
Alias Mary Smith
Character:Jake
Release Date:14/07/1932
After Tomorrow
Character:Soad Jerk
Release Date:06/03/1932
Sin's Pay Day
Character:Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
Release Date:02/03/1932
The Star Witness
Character:Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
Release Date:22/08/1931
Stranger in Town
Character:XYZ Grocery Clerk
Release Date:06/08/1931
Newly Rich
Character:Toby (uncredited)
Release Date:02/07/1931
Blood and Thunder
Character:Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
Release Date:17/01/1931
The Office Wife
Character:Office Boy (uncredited)
Release Date:23/08/1930
A Man from Wyoming
Character:Orderly
Release Date:12/07/1930
Radio Kisses
Character:
Release Date:04/05/1930
Wall Street
Character:Cliff
Release Date:01/12/1929
Nix on Dames
Character:Cliff
Release Date:24/11/1929
The Girl from Woolworth's
Character:Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
Release Date:27/10/1929
Salute
Character:Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1929
Hot News
Character:Benny
Release Date:14/07/1928
Harold Teen
Character:Goofy
Release Date:28/04/1928
Baby Brother
Character:Man with glasses
Release Date:26/06/1927
Girls
Character:Irving Wise
Release Date:27/03/1927
Casey at the Bat
Character:Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Release Date:08/03/1927
Satan Town
Character:Crippy Jack
Release Date:15/08/1926
The Skyrocket
Character:Peter Stanton
Release Date:14/02/1926