Ben Hall
Acting
1899-03-18 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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
Filmography(77)
movieCover Up
as Printer (Uncredited) · 1949 · 6.6
movieThe Noose Hangs High
as Messenger (uncredited) · 1948 · 6.9
movieDick Tracy Meets Gruesome
as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited) · 1947 · 5.5
movieMy Darling Clementine
as Barber (uncredited) · 1946 · 7.5
movieTraffic with the Devil
as Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited) · 1946 · 6.4
movieYoung Widow
as Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited) · 1946 · 4.8
movieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited) · 1946 · 6.2
movieMovie Pests
as Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited) · 1944 · 6.0
movieIt Happened Tomorrow
as · 1944 · 6.8
movieDu Barry Was a Lady
as Waiter (uncredited) · 1943 · 6.5
movieThe Hard Way
as Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited) · 1943 · 6.4
movieThe Incredible Stranger
as Lou Coon (uncredited) · 1942 · 6.7
movieThe Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Attendant · 1942 · 6.5
movieHellzapoppin'
as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited) · 1941 · 7.2
movieSecond Chorus
as Western Union Boy (uncredited) · 1941 · 5.8
moviePride and Prejudice
as Poet · 1940 · 6.9
movieOne Million B.C.
as Shell Person · 1940 · 5.9
movieThe Grapes of Wrath
as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited) · 1940 · 7.8
movieMy Little Chickadee
as Schoolboy (uncredited) · 1940 · 6.5
movieDad for a Day
as Leonard's Father · 1939 · 6.7
movieMarie Antoinette
as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited) · 1938 · 6.6
movieHeld For Ransom
as Hillbilly · 1938 · 6.0
movieRiders of the Black Hills
as Reporter Ethelbert · 1938 · 7.0
movieMusic for Madame
as Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited) · 1937 · 6.3