Ben Hall


Biography

Actor Ben Hall was a dynamic talent on the big screen in dramatic roles. Hall's earliest roles were in film, including "The Skyrocket" (1926) with Peggy Hopkins Joyce, the Mae Clarke musical comedy "Nix on Dames" (1929) and "South Sea Rose" (1929). He also appeared in the drama "Wall Street" (1929) with Ralph Ince and the dramatic comedy "The Millionaire" (1931) with George Arliss. ...

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Biography

Actor Ben Hall was a dynamic talent on the big screen in dramatic roles. Hall's earliest roles were in film, including "The Skyrocket" (1926) with Peggy Hopkins Joyce, the Mae Clarke musical comedy "Nix on Dames" (1929) and "South Sea Rose" (1929). He also appeared in the drama "Wall Street" (1929) with Ralph Ince and the dramatic comedy "The Millionaire" (1931) with George Arliss. His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the Bill Boyd drama "Racing Luck" (1935), "Pigskin Parade" (1936) with Stuart Erwin and "Smoke Tree Range" (1937) with Buck Jones. He also appeared in the Henry Fonda crime picture "You Only Live Once" (1937) and the Charles Boyer drama "Algiers" (1938). Hall was most recently credited in "Manhattan" (WGN America, 2014-15). Hall continued to exercise his talent in the forties through the early 2000s, taking on a mix of projects like "My Darling Clementine" (1946) starring Henry Fonda, "Elvis: The Great Performances" (CBS, 1991-92) and "Hotel de Love" (1997) starring Aden Young. His credits also expanded to "Monkey Business" (Showtime, 2000-01). Hall passed away in May 1985 at the age of 86.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918)
Assistant Director
Empty Pockets (1918)
Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Hotel de Love (1996)
Barman
The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
Patient
My Girl Tisa (1948)
Man on boat
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Messenger
The Walls of Jericho (1948)
No Leave, No Love (1946)
Bellhop
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Barber
Rationing (1944)
Customer in barbershop
An American Romance (1944)
Abner
Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Customer
Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Attendant
I Married an Angel (1942)
Delivery boy
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Man at railroad station
Tough As They Come (1942)
Almost Married (1942)
Copy boy
Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Lady Be Good (1941)
Messenger
Tillie the Toiler (1941)
Messenger boy
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Gas station attendant
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Poet
One Million B.C. (1940)
Shell person
They All Come Out (1939)
Hurt head
6,000 Enemies (1939)
Elmer
They Asked for It (1939)
Mark
Freshman Year (1938)
Man in classroom
Riders of the Black Hills (1938)
Ethelbert
Service De Luxe (1938)
Yokel
Held for Ransom (1938)
Hillbilly
Algiers (1938)
Gil
Strange Faces (1938)
Gas station attendant
The Plough and the Stars (1937)
The Toast of New York (1937)
Inventor
Smoke Tree Range (1937)
Pete
You Only Live Once (1937)
Messenger boy
Reported Missing (1937)
Chauffeur
Conquest (1937)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Butcher boy
Girl of the Ozarks (1936)
Clerk
The Voice of Bugle Ann (1936)
Gabe Armstrong
Fury (1936)
Goofy
Freshman Love (1936)
Goofy freshman
Pigskin Parade (1936)
Boy in stadium
The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
Postal Inspector (1936)
Mail clerk
Metropolitan (1935)
Freckled boy
Party Wire (1935)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Mama's boy
The Live Wire (1935)
Steve
Racing Luck (1935)
Knapsack
Sequoia (1935)
Joe
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935)
Fleety Belle's brother
Mystery Woman (1935)
Messenger
George White's 1935 Scandals (1935)
Men Without Names (1935)
Mr. Youngblood
The World Moves On (1934)
English soldier
Love Past Thirty (1934)
Junior Burt
Frontier Marshal (1934)
365 Nights in Hollywood (1934)
Student actor
The Big Bluff (1933)
Strictly Personal (1933)
Holbrook
Gorilla Ship (1932)
Cabin boy [Benny]
Alias Mary Smith (1932)
Jake
Forbidden Adventure (1931)
Toby
The Millionaire (1931)
Al
Seas Beneath (1931)
Harrigan
A Man From Wyoming (1930)
Orderly
Nix on Dames (1929)
Cliff
In the Headlines (1929)
Cub reporter
South Sea Rose (1929)
Cabin boy
Hot Stuff (1929)
Sandy McNab
Wall Street (1929)
Cliff
The Girl From Woolworth's (1929)
Jerry Donnelly
Harold Teen (1928)
Goofy
A Midnight Adventure (1928)
Bertram Wellington Coy
Hot News (1928)
Benny
Down the Stretch (1927)
Pee Wee
For Ladies Only (1927)
Joe Decker
Satan Town (1926)
Crippy Jack
The Skyrocket (1926)
Peter Stanton

Writer (Feature Film)

Monkey Business (2000)
Screenplay

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Tech support, Weta Digital
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
Tech support, Weta Digital

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

King Kong (2005)
System admin, IT Department

Misc. Crew (Special)

Elvis: The Great Performances (1992)
Archival Footage

Cast (Short)

Traffic with the Devil (1946)
Movie Pests (1944)
Mr. Blabbermouth! (1942)
Rover's Big Chance (1942)
The Incredible Stranger (1942)
Wedding Worries (1941)
Goin' Fishin' (1940)
The Story of Doctor Carver (1938)
Dad for a Day (1938)
An All American Toothache (1936)
Service with a Smile (1934)

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