Ben Hall
Acting
Born: 1899-03-18 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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
Known For
The Grapes of Wrath
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
My Darling Clementine
Barber (uncredited)
Fury
Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
Pride and Prejudice
Poet
Hellzapoppin'
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
Second Chorus
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Shell Person
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Townsman (Uncredited)
The Stranger's Return
Farmhand
Marie Antoinette
Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Schoolboy (uncredited)
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Cover Up
Printer (Uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Messenger (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Mama's Boy (uncredited)
The Hard Way
Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle's brother
Blondie Johnson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Du Barry Was a Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
The Star Witness
Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
The Office Wife
Office Boy (uncredited)
Lilly Turner
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Parole Girl
Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Movie Pests
Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
Traffic with the Devil
Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
Young Widow
Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
Seas Beneath
Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
Girl Missing
Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
The Sport Parade
Newsboy (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Attendant
Vanity Street
Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
Baby Brother
Man with glasses
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
The Phantom President
Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
The Incredible Stranger
Lou Coon (uncredited)
Sin's Pay Day
Henchman Rusty (uncredited)