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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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.676 |
| Birthday | 1899-03-18 |
| Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Also Known As | Benjamin Joseph Hall, Bennie Hall, Master Hall, Benjamin Joseph "Ben" Hall, |
1930
Radio Kisses
10/1
Marjorie Beebe give advice to the lovelorn service over the air, but she almost fails when she tries to get a man of her own.
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Radio Kisses
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
6.429/7
A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to...
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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1935
Hollywood Trouble
10/1
An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.
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Hollywood Trouble
1926
The Skyrocket
10/1
In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but are separated when Sharon is placed in an orphanage....
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The Skyrocket
1934
Love Past Thirty
7/1
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1926
Satan Town
7/1
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1931
The Star Witness
6.882/17
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The Star Witness
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
6.778/72
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It Happened Tomorrow
1938
Held For Ransom
6/4
A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.
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1930
A Man from Wyoming
8/2
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A Man from Wyoming
1928
Harold Teen
7/2
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Harold Teen
1935
Racing Luck
8/2
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1936
An All American Toothache
8/1
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1933
The Stranger's Return
6.224/38
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1933
Parole Girl
6.2/10
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1933
Lilly Turner
5.5/12
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1933
Face in the Sky
5.75/4
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1937
Smoke Tree Range
7/1
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Smoke Tree Range
1936
Fury
7.475/262
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Fury
1940
The Grapes of Wrath
7.8/1146
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The Grapes of Wrath
1936
Postal Inspector
7/5
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
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Postal Inspector
1934
Counsel on De Fence
3/3
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1940
Pride and Prejudice
6.9/157
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Pride and Prejudice
1940
My Little Chickadee
6.389/36
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My Little Chickadee
1931
Blood and Thunder
6/2
Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.
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Blood and Thunder
1936
A Million to One
5/3
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A Million to One
1940
One Million B.C.
5.808/39
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1928
Hot News
7/1
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1944
Movie Pests
6.1/10
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1941
Second Chorus
5.838/40
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Second Chorus
1935
Life Begins at Forty
10/1
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Life Begins at Forty
1938
Riders of the Black Hills
7/1
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Riders of the Black Hills
1942
The Incredible Stranger
6.25/5
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The Incredible Stranger
1933
Girl Missing
5.2/9
Showgirls Kay and June are stranded on Palm Beach when they become involved in the case of a fellow chorine who has gone missing on her wedding night.
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1927
Casey at the Bat
8/2
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1930
The Office Wife
5.1/13
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The Office Wife
1933
Strictly Personal
7.5/2
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Strictly Personal
1932
Alias Mary Smith
6/4
A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy who drinks just a bit too much.
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1927
Baby Brother
6.5/7
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Baby Brother
1946
My Darling Clementine
7.472/502
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My Darling Clementine
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
7.474/19
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Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
Sequoia
6.5/2
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Sequoia
1929
The Girl from Woolworth's
9/1
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1933
Blondie Johnson
5.9/18
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1929
Salute
5.8/5
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
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Salute
1937
Music for Madame
6.333/3
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Music for Madame
1936
Strike Me Pink
6.6/8
Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.
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1935
Men Without Names
6.333/3
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
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1932
The Sport Parade
5.333/9
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The Sport Parade
1932
Vanity Street
7.1/7
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Vanity Street
1932
Sin's Pay Day
6/5
A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.
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Sin's Pay Day
1946
Traffic with the Devil
6.3/10
This "Theater of Life" series short looks at traffic problems in Los Angeles, California, as described and experienced by Sgt. Charles Reineke, a traf...
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Traffic with the Devil
1927
Girls
4.75/4
When the girls on campus learn that Tom Drake is so super-shy that he never kissed a girl, they begin betting which one will kiss him first. So the gi...
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Girls
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady
6.5/18
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Loui...
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Du Barry Was a Lady
1931
Stranger in Town
5/2
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Stranger in Town
1941
Hellzapoppin'
7.2/112
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Hellzapoppin'
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
5.5/6
A Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan) of a neighbor who has killed the farmer's foxhound.
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The Voice of Bugle Ann
1932
After Tomorrow
6.2/5
In the Depression, Pete and Sidney are good kids, working hard, giving money to their parents, and engaged for three years while they save to get marr...
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After Tomorrow
1931
Newly Rich
4.333/3
Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars. The girl is sweet, the boy is a killjoy sis...
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Newly Rich
1948
The Noose Hangs High
6.86/25
Two window washers are mistaken for crooks by gangsters who are missing money.
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The Noose Hangs High
1943
The Hard Way
6.478/23
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.
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The Hard Way
1937
You Only Live Once
7.1/196
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You Only Live Once
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
6.231/39
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
1935
The Live Wire
8.667/3
A sailor (Richard Talmadge) journeys to a remote island in search of a rare urn. The film also stars Alberta Vaughn, Charles K. French and Martin Turn...
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The Live Wire
1949
Cover Up
6.6/27
Insurance investigator Sam Donovan is looking into the apparent suicide of a man in a small Midwestern town. All clues leads him into suspecting murde...
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Cover Up
1938
Marie Antoinette
6.554/37
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the riv...
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Marie Antoinette
1946
Young Widow
4.8/10
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
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Young Widow
1935
Naughty Marietta
5.5/24
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unli...
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Naughty Marietta
1932
Gorilla Ship
6/3
Philip Wells and his wife Helen argue a lot about the attention that Philip thinks Helen and his best friend, Dave Burton, are giving each other, but...
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Gorilla Ship
1929
Wall Street
7/2
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller M...
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Wall Street
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
5.486/35
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formul...
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1939
Dad for a Day
6.667/3
The "Our Gang" kids encourage a shy man to take a widow and her son to a picnic.
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Dad for a Day
1932
The Phantom President
6.5/6
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The Phantom President
1929
Nix on Dames
10/1
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Nix on Dames
1931
Seas Beneath
5.3/10
In the waning days of WWI, a U.S. "Mystery Ship," sets sail for the coast of Spain towing a submarine. Their mission is to find and sink a U-boat that...
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Seas Beneath
1932
The Golden West
5.5/2
Lovers David Lunch and Betty Summers are caught in the feud between their two families. When David kills the Summers son, he escapes to the West. He m...
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The Golden West
1927
Down the Stretch
0/0
Against the wishes of his mother, Marty Kruger becomes a jockey, like his father, and soon gains an outstanding reputation. He joins the Tupper stable...
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