Ben Turpin
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.
Filmography
Movies
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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 |
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Days of Thrills and Laughter | Unknown (Character) | - | 1961 |
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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 |
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Million Dollar Legs | Mysterious Man (Character) | - | 1932 |
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Make Me a Star | Ben (Character) | - | 1932 |
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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 |
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A Burlesque on Carmen | Unknown (Character) | - | 1916 |
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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 |