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Ben Hall

1899 – 1985 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Active 1926–1949

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...

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One Million B.C.

One Million B.C.

1940 ★ 5.8
as Shell Person

One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.

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Filmography

77 credits
1940s 19 credits
1949
Cover Up as Printer (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1948
The Noose Hangs High as Messenger (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1947
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome as Luke (Police Stooge) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1946
My Darling Clementine as Barber (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1946
Traffic with the Devil as Out-of-Gas Motorist (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1946
The Diary of a Chambermaid as Townsman (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1946
Young Widow as Sailor in Hospital Waiting Room (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.8
1944
Movie ★ 6.8
1944
Movie Pests as Man Next to Peanut-Eating Pest (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Du Barry Was a Lady as Waiter (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1943
The Hard Way as Ice Cream Parlor Counterman (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Movie ★ 6.5
1942
The Incredible Stranger as Lou Coon (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.7
1941
Second Chorus as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1941
Hellzapoppin' as Goofy Man in Betty's Way (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1940
The Grapes of Wrath as Gas Station Attendant in Bakersfield (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.8
1940
Movie ★ 6.9
1940
My Little Chickadee as Schoolboy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1940
One Million B.C. as Shell Person
Movie ★ 5.9
1930s 46 credits
1939
Dad for a Day as Leonard's Father
Movie ★ 6.7
1938
Held For Ransom as Hillbilly
Movie ★ 6.0
1938
Riders of the Black Hills as Reporter Ethelbert
Movie ★ 7.0
1938
Marie Antoinette as Young Man Fetching Priest (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1937
Movie ★ 7.0
1937
Music for Madame as Well-Wisher on Bus (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1937
You Only Live Once as Messenger with Package (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1936
An All American Toothache as Dental Student (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1936
Fury as Walter "Goofy" Gordon (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1936
Postal Inspector as Mail Clerk (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
1936
Movie ★ 5.0
1936
Strike Me Pink as Student kicked by Bully (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.6
1936
The Voice of Bugle Ann as Gabe Armstrong (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.5
1935
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
Racing Luck as 'Knapsack'
Movie ★ 8.0
1935
Life Begins at Forty as Square Dance Participant
Movie ★ 10.0
1935
Sequoia as Joe
Movie ★ 6.5
1935
Men Without Names as Mr. Youngblood (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.3
1935
Steamboat Round the Bend as Fleety Belle's brother
Movie ★ 7.5
1935
Movie ★ 8.7
1935
Naughty Marietta as Mama's Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.4
1934
Love Past Thirty as Junior Burt
Movie ★ 7.0
1934
Counsel on De Fence as Langdon's Assistant
Movie ★ 3.0
1933
Parole Girl as Apartment Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.2
1933
Lilly Turner as Western Union Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1933
Movie ★ 6.2
1933
Face in the Sky as Service Station Attendant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.8
1933
Blondie Johnson as Newsboy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.9
1933
Strictly Personal as Holbrook (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1933
Girl Missing as Service Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.2
1932
The Sport Parade as Newsboy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1932
Vanity Street as Stage Door Johnnie in Bearskin Coat (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1932
Sin's Pay Day as Henchman Rusty (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1932
Movie ★ 6.0
1932
After Tomorrow as Soad Jerk
Movie ★ 6.2
1932
Gorilla Ship as Benny - Cabin Boy
Movie ★ 6.0
1932
The Phantom President as Man at Medicine Show (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.4
1932
Movie ★ 5.5
1931
The Star Witness as Timekeeper at W.P. Randolph (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.9
1931
Blood and Thunder as Mr. C. Mortimer Hickey (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1931
Stranger in Town as XYZ Grocery Clerk
Movie ★ 5.0
1931
Newly Rich as Toby (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.3
1931
Seas Beneath as Elmer Harrigan (uncredited)
Movie ★ 5.3
1930
Movie ★ 10.0
1930
Movie ★ 8.0
1930
The Office Wife as Office Boy (uncredited)
Movie ★ 4.9
1920s 12 credits
1929
The Girl from Woolworth's as Jerry Donelly (uncredited)
Movie ★ 9.0
1929
Salute as Midshipman Joel Farragut Gish (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.0
1929
Wall Street as Cliff
Movie ★ 7.0
1929
Movie ★ 10.0
1928
Harold Teen as Goofy
Movie ★ 7.0
1928
Hot News as Benny
Movie ★ 7.0
1927
Baby Brother as Man with glasses
Movie ★ 6.5
1927
Casey at the Bat as Scorekeeper (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.0
1927
Girls as Irving Wise
Movie ★ 4.8
1927
Movie
1926
The Skyrocket as Peter Stanton
Movie ★ 10.0
1926
Satan Town as Crippy Jack
Movie ★ 7.0