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Ben Hall
Actor
Died May 20, 1985 (86 years)
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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Filmography
| 1949 | Cover Up · as Printer (Uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High · as Messenger (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Walls of Jericho · as Wallflower Party Guest |
| 1947 | Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome · as Luke - Police Stooge |
| 1946 | My Darling Clementine · as Barber (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Diary of a Chambermaid · as Townsman (Uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn · as Newpaper Vendor |
| 1944 | It Happened Tomorrow · as Man on Bridge |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady · as Waiter |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel · as Delivery Boy |
| 1942 | The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine · as Attendant |
| 1941 | Hellzapoppin' · as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Rage in Heaven · as Juror |
| 1941 | How Green Was My Valley · as Bit Part |
| 1941 | Lady Be Good · as Messenger with Diamond Ring |
| 1941 | Road Show · as Rube |
| 1941 | Ridin' on a Rainbow · as Showboat Performer |
| 1940 | The Grapes of Wrath · as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited) |
| 1940 | One Million B.C. · as Shell Person |
| 1940 | Second Chorus · as Western Union Boy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | My Little Chickadee · as Schoolboy (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Pride and Prejudice · as Poet |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Marie Antoinette · as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Held for Ransom · as Hillbilly |
| 1938 | Here's Flash Casey · as Man Who Finds Camera in Phone Booth |
| 1938 | Service de Luxe · as Yokel on boat |
| 1937 | Conquest · as Minor Role |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Eternal Flame Inventor |
| 1937 | You Only Live Once · as Messenger with Package (uncredited) |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Courtroom Spectator |
| 1936 | After the Thin Man · as Butcher Boy |
| 1936 | Fury · as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited) |
| 1936 | San Francisco · as Man Searching in the Chaos |
| 1936 | Pigskin Parade · as Football Game Spectator |
| 1936 | Come and Get It · as Barfly |
| 1936 | Postal Inspector · as Mail Clerk |
| 1936 | Strike Me Pink · as Student kicked by Bully (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars · as actor |
| 1936 | The Voice of Bugle Ann · as Gabe Armstrong (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Steamboat Round the Bend · as Fleety Belle's brother |
| 1935 | The Fighting Pilot · as Henry |
| 1935 | Metropolitan · as Freckled Boy |
| 1935 | A Night at the Opera · as Stagehand |
| 1935 | Barbary Coast · as Clarion Printer |
| 1934 | Anne of Green Gables · as Oldest School Boy |
| 1934 | Sequoia · as Joe |
| 1934 | The World Moves On · as English Soldier |
| 1934 | 365 Nights in Hollywood · as Student Actor |
| 1933 | Blondie Johnson · as Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The World Gone Mad · as Newspaper Office Boy |
| 1933 | Girl Missing · as Service Station Attendant (Uncredited) |
| 1932 | Rasputin and the Empress · as Boy About to Be Shot |
| 1932 | The Sport Parade · as Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 1932 | The Phantom President · as Man in Medicine Show Audience |
| 1932 | Gorilla Ship · as Benny - Cabin Boy |
| 1932 | Stranger in Town · as XYZ Grocery Clerk |
| 1932 | Alias Mary Smith · as Jake |
| 1932 | The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood · as Western Union Messenger |
| 1931 | Seas Beneath · as Elmer Harrigan |
| 1927 | Down the Stretch · as Pee Wee |
| 1913 | For Old Love's Sake · as Jerry |
| 1913 | Ben, the Stowaway · as Ben |