Biography
Benjamin Joseph Hall (March 18, 1899 β 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
all 88
Movies 88
Cover Up (1949)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Traffic with the Devil (1946)
Young Widow (1946)
The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)
Movie Pests (1944)
The Hard Way (1943)
Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942)
The Incredible Stranger (1942)
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Wedding Worries (1941)
Second Chorus (1941)
Goin' Fishin' (1940)
One Million B.C. (1940)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
My Little Chickadee (1940)
Dad for a Day (1939)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Held For Ransom (1938)
Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Music for Madame (1937)
You Only Live Once (1937)
Postal Inspector (1936)
Fury (1936)
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
An All American Toothache (1936)
Strike Me Pink (1936)
Racing Luck (1935)
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Men Without Names (1935)
Flying Down to Zero (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Life Begins at Forty (1935)
Counsel on De Fence (1934)
Love Past Thirty (1934)
Flirting in the Park (1933)
Lilly Turner (1933)
Strictly Personal (1933)
Girl Missing (1933)
Parole Girl (1933)
Blondie Johnson (1933)
Face in the Sky (1933)
The Sport Parade (1932)
Vanity Street (1932)
The Phantom President (1932)
Gorilla Ship (1932)
After Tomorrow (1932)
Sin's Pay Day (1932)
The Star Witness (1931)
Stranger in Town (1931)
Newly Rich (1931)
Blood and Thunder (1931)
The Office Wife (1930)
Radio Kisses (1930)
South Sea Rose (1929)
The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
Salute (1929)
In the Headlines (1929)
Dad's Day (1929)
Hot Stuff (1929)
Hot News (1928)
For Ladies Only (1927)
Baby Brother (1927)
Girls (1927)
Casey at the Bat (1927)
Satan Town (1926)
The Skyrocket (1926)
Kindling (1915)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1899-03-18
Deathday1985-05-20 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceBrooklyn, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsBenjamin Joseph Hall, Bennie Hall, Master Hall
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