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Ben Turpin

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Birthday: Sep 19, 1869

Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ben Turpin was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Turpin began his acting career appearing in various films, such as the Hope Drown anthology "Hollywood" (1923), "Hogan's Alley" (1925) and "The Pride Of Pikeville" (1927). He also appeared in the adaptation "The Love Parade" (1929) with Maurice Chevalier. He kept working in film throughout the twenties and the thirties, starring in "The Show of Shows" (1929) with Frank Fay, "Make Me a Star" (1932) and the Jack Oakie sports comedy "Million Dollar Legs" (1932). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "The Law of the Wild" (1934), the dramatic comedy "Hollywood Cavalcade" (1939) with Alice Faye and the comedy "Saps at Sea" (1940) with Stan Laurel. Turpin was most recently credited in "Oh, Men! Oh, Women!" (1957) with Dan Dailey. Turpin passed away in July 1940 at the age of 66.

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Highest rated movies

42% Make Me a Star
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A Harem Knight
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Yukon Jake
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40% Days of Thrills and Laughter
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Bright Eyes
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Mr. Flip
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A Clever Dummy
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The Daredevil
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14% Cracked Nuts
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74% Million Dollar Legs
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Chaplin's Art of Comedy Unknown (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Funniest Man in the World Unknown (Character) - 1967
No Score Yet 40% Days of Thrills and Laughter Unknown (Character) - 1961
No Score Yet 71% Saps at Sea Cross-Eyed Plumber (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Small Town Idol Sam Smith (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Keystone Hotel Count Drewa Blanc (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 74% Million Dollar Legs Mysterious Man (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 42% Make Me a Star Ben (Character) - 1932
No Score Yet 14% Cracked Nuts Cross-Eyed Ben (Character) - 1931
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Pride of Pikeville The Pride of Pikeville (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet Broke in China Donald Drake (Character) - 1927
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Harem Knight Rodney St. Clair (Character) - 1926
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hogan's Alley The Stranger (Character) - 1925
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ten Dollars or Ten Days The Soda Clerk (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet Yukon Jake Sheriff Cyclone Bill (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Hollywood Kid Unknown (Character) - 1924
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Daredevil Joe Magee, Actor (Character) - 1923
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bright Eyes Oil Magnet (Character) - 1922
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Small Town Idol Unknown (Character) - 1921
No Score Yet No Score Yet Down on the Farm Her Husband (Character) - 1920
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Clever Dummy Unknown (Character) - 1917
No Score Yet No Score Yet A Studio Stampede The Boob (Character) - 1917
No Score Yet 38% A Burlesque on Carmen Unknown (Character) - 1916
No Score Yet 37% A Night Out Unknown (Character) - 1915
No Score Yet No Score Yet Versus Sledge Hammers The Count's Valet (Character) - 1915
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Flip Unknown (Character) - 1909