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

Most Known For

Harold Teen

as Goofy

My Darling Clementine

as Barber (uncredited)

Naughty Marietta

as Mama's Boy (uncredited)

Blondie Johnson

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Cover Up

as Printer (Uncredited)

Salute

as Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath

as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)

Pride and Prejudice

as Poet

Fury

as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)

Hellzapoppin'

as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette

as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)

The Diary of a Chambermaid

as Townsman (Uncredited)

It Happened Tomorrow

You Only Live Once

as Messenger with Package (uncredited)

Girls

as Irving Wise

One Million B.C.

as Shell Person

Second Chorus

as Western Union Boy (uncredited)

My Little Chickadee

as Schoolboy (uncredited)

Hot News

as Benny

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Waiter (uncredited)