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Occupation
  
Actor

Name
  
Ben Hall


Role
  
Actor

Siblings
  
George Jr. Hall

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Born
  
March 18, 1899 (
1899-03-18
)
Brooklyn, New York

Died
  
May 20, 1985, North Hollywood, California, United States

Movies
  
Anne of Green Gables, Sequoia, Hot Stuff, Strictly Personal, The Girl from Woolworth's, The Skyrocket

Parents
  
Constance L. Fletcher, George E. Hall

Similar People
  
John Ford, W S Van Dyke, Edwin L Marin, Rowland V Lee, William Beaudine

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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.

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Biography

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.

Selected filmography

  • Kindling (1915)
  • Hot News (1928)
  • In the Headlines (1929)
  • The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
  • Gorilla Ship (1932)
  • Algiers (1938)
  • Service de Luxe (1938)
  • Tillie the Toiler (1941)
  • References

    Ben Hall (actor) Wikipedia