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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Cast

Radio Kisses

The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

(Attendant)

Hollywood Trouble

The Skyrocket

(Peter Stanton)

Love Past Thirty

(Junior Burt)

Satan Town

(Crippy Jack)

The Star Witness

(Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited))

It Happened Tomorrow

Held For Ransom

(Hillbilly)

A Man from Wyoming

(Orderly)

Harold Teen

(Goofy)

Racing Luck

('Knapsack')

An All American Toothache

(Dental Student (uncredited))

The Stranger's Return

(Farmhand)

Parole Girl

(Apartment Telephone Operator)

Lilly Turner

(Western Union Boy (uncredited))

Face in the Sky

(Service Station Attendant (uncredited))

Smoke Tree Range

(Pete)

Fury

(Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited))

The Grapes of Wrath

(Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited))

Postal Inspector

(Mail Clerk (uncredited))

Counsel on De Fence

(Langdon's Assistant)

Pride and Prejudice

(Poet)

My Little Chickadee

(Schoolboy (uncredited))

Blood and Thunder

(Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited))

A Million to One

(Joe)

One Million B.C.

(Shell Person)

Hot News

(Benny)

Movie Pests

(Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited))

Second Chorus

(Western Union Boy (uncredited))

Life Begins at Forty

(Square Dance Participant)

Riders of the Black Hills

(Reporter Ethelbert)

The Incredible Stranger

(Lou Coon (uncredited))

Girl Missing

(Service Station Attendant (Uncredited))

Casey at the Bat

(Scorekeeper (uncredited))

The Office Wife

(Office Boy (uncredited))

Strictly Personal

(Holbrook (uncredited))

Alias Mary Smith

(Jake)

Baby Brother

(Man with glasses)

My Darling Clementine

(Barber (uncredited))

Steamboat Round the Bend

(Fleety Belle's brother)

Sequoia

(Joe)

The Girl from Woolworth's

(Jerry Donelly (uncredited))

Blondie Johnson

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Salute

(Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited))

Music for Madame

(Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited))

Strike Me Pink

(Student kicked by Bully (uncredited))

Men Without Names

(Mr. Youngblood (uncredited))

The Sport Parade

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Vanity Street

(Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited))

Sin's Pay Day

(Henchman Rusty (uncredited))

Traffic with the Devil

(Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited))

Girls

(Irving Wise)

Du Barry was a Lady

(Waiter)

Stranger in Town

(XYZ Grocery Clerk)

Hellzapoppin'

(Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited))

The Voice of Bugle Ann

(Gabe Armstrong (uncredited))

After Tomorrow

(Soad Jerk)

Newly Rich

(Toby (uncredited))

The Noose Hangs High

(Messenger (uncredited))

The Hard Way

(Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited))

You Only Live Once

(Messenger with Package (uncredited))

The Diary of a Chambermaid

(Townsman (Uncredited))

The Live Wire

(Steve)

Cover Up

(Printer (Uncredited))

Marie Antoinette

(Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited))

Young Widow

(Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited))

Naughty Marietta

(Mama's Boy (uncredited))

Gorilla Ship

(Benny - Cabin Boy)

Wall Street

(Cliff)

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome

(Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited))

Dad for a Day

(Leonard's Father)

The Phantom President

(Man at Medicine Show (uncredited))