Acting
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
Filmography
Cover Up
Film · 1949
The Noose Hangs High
Film · 1948
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Film · 1947
My Darling Clementine
Film · 1946
Traffic with the Devil
Film · 1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
Film · 1946
Young Widow
Film · 1946
It Happened Tomorrow
Film · 1944
Movie Pests
Film · 1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
Film · 1943
The Hard Way
Film · 1943
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Film · 1942
The Incredible Stranger
Film · 1942
Second Chorus
Film · 1941
Hellzapoppin'
Film · 1941
The Grapes of Wrath
Film · 1940
Pride and Prejudice
Film · 1940
My Little Chickadee
Film · 1940
One Million B.C.
Film · 1940
Dad for a Day
Film · 1939
Held For Ransom
Film · 1938
Riders of the Black Hills
Film · 1938
Marie Antoinette
Film · 1938
Smoke Tree Range
Film · 1937
Music for Madame
Film · 1937
You Only Live Once
Film · 1937
An All American Toothache
Film · 1936
Fury
Film · 1936
Postal Inspector
Film · 1936
A Million to One
Film · 1936
Strike Me Pink
Film · 1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Film · 1936
Hollywood Trouble
Film · 1935
Racing Luck
Film · 1935
Life Begins at Forty
Film · 1935
Steamboat Round the Bend
Film · 1935
Men Without Names
Film · 1935
Sequoia
Film · 1935
The Live Wire
Film · 1935
Naughty Marietta
Film · 1935
Love Past Thirty
Film · 1934
Counsel on De Fence
Film · 1934
Parole Girl
Film · 1933
The Stranger's Return
Film · 1933
Lilly Turner
Film · 1933
Face in the Sky
Film · 1933
Strictly Personal
Film · 1933
Girl Missing
Film · 1933
Blondie Johnson
Film · 1933
The Sport Parade
Film · 1932
Vanity Street
Film · 1932
Alias Mary Smith
Film · 1932
Sin's Pay Day
Film · 1932
After Tomorrow
Film · 1932
Gorilla Ship
Film · 1932
The Phantom President
Film · 1932
The Golden West
Film · 1932
The Star Witness
Film · 1931
Blood and Thunder
Film · 1931
Stranger in Town
Film · 1931
Newly Rich
Film · 1931
Seas Beneath
Film · 1931
Radio Kisses
Film · 1930
A Man from Wyoming
Film · 1930
The Office Wife
Film · 1930
The Girl from Woolworth's
Film · 1929
Salute
Film · 1929
Wall Street
Film · 1929
Nix on Dames
Film · 1929
Harold Teen
Film · 1928
Hot News
Film · 1928
Baby Brother
Film · 1927
Casey at the Bat
Film · 1927
Girls
Film · 1927
Down the Stretch
Film · 1927
The Skyrocket
Film · 1926
Satan Town
Film · 1926