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Ben Hall

Mar 18, 1899 - May 20, 1985 (86 years old) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.

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Known For

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Pride and Prejudice
Poet
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The Grapes of Wrath
Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
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Radio Kisses
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Baby Brother
Man with glasses
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Hellzapoppin'
Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
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Strike Me Pink
Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
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Wall Street
Cliff
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Second Chorus
Western Union Boy (uncredited)
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Satan Town
Crippy Jack
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My Darling Clementine
Barber (uncredited)

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