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)
Pride and Prejudice
Poet
My Darling Clementine
Barber (uncredited)
Blondie Johnson
Newsboy (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette
Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
Cover Up
Printer (Uncredited)
Harold Teen
Goofy
Fury
Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
Hellzapoppin'
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta
Mama's Boy (uncredited)
You Only Live Once
Messenger with Package (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Hot News
Benny
Du Barry Was a Lady
Waiter (uncredited)
The Golden West
Pioneer
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Townsman (Uncredited)
Second Chorus
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
One Million B.C.
Shell Person
Salute
Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Young Widow
Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
My Little Chickadee
Schoolboy (uncredited)
A Man from Wyoming
Orderly
The Office Wife
Office Boy (uncredited)
Parole Girl
Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Wall Street
Cliff
The Hard Way
Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
The Live Wire
Steve
Steamboat Round the Bend
Fleety Belle's brother
Lilly Turner
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Messenger (uncredited)
Smoke Tree Range
Pete
Postal Inspector
Mail Clerk (uncredited)
The Stranger's Return
Farmhand
Vanity Street
Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
Sin's Pay Day
Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
Seas Beneath
Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
Music for Madame
Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)