Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born March 18, 1899
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
MovieCover Up
1949
as Printer (Uncredited)
MovieThe Noose Hangs High
1948
as Messenger (uncredited)
MovieDick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
MovieMy Darling Clementine
1946
as Barber (uncredited)
MovieTraffic with the Devil
1946
as Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
MovieYoung Widow
1946
as Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
MovieThe Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
as Townsman (Uncredited)
MovieMovie Pests
1944
as Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
MovieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944
MovieDu Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Waiter (uncredited)
MovieThe Hard Way
1943
as Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
MovieThe Incredible Stranger
1942
as Lou Coon (uncredited)
MovieThe Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
as Attendant
MovieHellzapoppin'
1941
as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
MovieSecond Chorus
1941
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
MoviePride and Prejudice
1940
as Poet
MovieOne Million B.C.
1940
as Shell Person
MovieThe Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
MovieMy Little Chickadee
1940
as Schoolboy (uncredited)
MovieDad for a Day
1939
as Leonard's Father
MovieMarie Antoinette
1938
as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
MovieHeld For Ransom
1938
as Hillbilly
MovieRiders of the Black Hills
1938
as Reporter Ethelbert
MovieMusic for Madame
1937
as Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
MovieSmoke Tree Range
1937
as Pete
MovieYou Only Live Once
1937
as Messenger with Package (uncredited)
MovieA Million to One
1936
as Joe
MoviePostal Inspector
1936
as Mail Clerk (uncredited)
MovieFury
1936
as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
MovieThe Voice of Bugle Ann
1936
as Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
An All American Toothache
1936
as Dental Student (uncredited)
MovieStrike Me Pink
1936
as Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
MovieRacing Luck
1935
as 'Knapsack'
MovieThe Live Wire
1935
as Steve
MovieSteamboat Round the Bend
1935
as Fleety Belle's brother
MovieMen Without Names
1935
as Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
MovieNaughty Marietta
1935
as Mama's Boy (uncredited)
MovieLife Begins at Forty
1935
as Square Dance Participant
MovieSequoia
1935
as Joe
Hollywood Trouble
1935
MovieCounsel on De Fence
1934
as Langdon's Assistant
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Junior Burt
MovieThe Stranger's Return
1933
as Farmhand
MovieLilly Turner
1933
as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
MovieStrictly Personal
1933
as Holbrook (uncredited)
MovieParole Girl
1933
as Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
MovieGirl Missing
1933
as Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
MovieBlondie Johnson
1933
as Newsboy (uncredited)
MovieFace in the Sky
1933
as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
MovieThe Sport Parade
1932
as Newsboy (uncredited)
MovieThe Golden West
1932
as Pioneer
MovieVanity Street
1932
as Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
MovieThe Phantom President
1932
as Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
MovieGorilla Ship
1932
as Benny - Cabin Boy
MovieAlias Mary Smith
1932
as Jake
MovieAfter Tomorrow
1932
as Soad Jerk
MovieSin's Pay Day
1932
as Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
MovieThe Star Witness
1931
as Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
MovieStranger in Town
1931
as XYZ Grocery Clerk
MovieNewly Rich
1931
as Toby (uncredited)
MovieSeas Beneath
1931
as Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
MovieBlood and Thunder
1931
as Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
MovieThe Office Wife
1930
as Office Boy (uncredited)
MovieA Man from Wyoming
1930
as Orderly
Radio Kisses
1930
MovieWall Street
1929
as Cliff
MovieNix on Dames
1929
as Cliff
MovieThe Girl from Woolworth's
1929
as Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
MovieSalute
1929
as Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
MovieHot News
1928
as Benny
MovieHarold Teen
1928
as Goofy
MovieBaby Brother
1927
as Man with glasses
Down the Stretch
1927
as Pee Wee
MovieGirls
1927
as Irving Wise
MovieCasey at the Bat
1927
as Scorekeeper (uncredited)
MovieSatan Town
1926
as Crippy Jack
MovieThe Skyrocket
1926
as Peter Stanton
