Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1899-03-18
Day of Death
1985-05-20
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Ben Hall
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
Filmography (77)
Cover Up
1949
The Noose Hangs High
1948
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
1947
My Darling Clementine
1946
Traffic with the Devil
1946
Young Widow
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946
Movie Pests
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
The Hard Way
1943
The Incredible Stranger
1942
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
Hellzapoppin'
1941
