Ben Hall
Actor, Film actor
1899 – 1985
Who was Ben Hall?
Benjamin Joseph Hall 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. 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. Hall left acting in 1949, though he lived for another 36 years. He died in North Hollywood, California in 1985.
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- Born
- Mar 18, 1899
Brooklyn - Also known as
- Benjamin Joseph Hall
- Hall
- Master Hall
- Bennie Hall
- Benn Hall
- Parents
- Siblings
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Brooklyn
(1899/03/18 - 1920) - Los Angeles
(1920 - )
- Brooklyn
- Died
- May 20, 1985
North Hollywood
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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