Ben Turpin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1869-09-18 (71 years old)

Deathday

1940-07-01

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Ben Turpin

Biography

Bernard "Ben" Turpin was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films.

Acting

1917

The Musical Marvel

as Dickie, the pianist

1921

1918

Sheriff Nell's Tussle

as Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her

1916

He Died and He Didn't

as The Gambler

1915

The Champion

as Ringside vendor

1914

Countess Sweedie

as The Waiter

1914

1915

Sweedie's Hero

as The Bellboy

1914

The Fickleness of Sweedie

as Police Captain

1914

Sweedie at the Fair

as Captain of the Police

1914

Sweedie the Trouble Maker

as Captain of the Police

1914

1914

Madame Double X

as Mr. Von Crooks Jr.

1915

Sweedie and the Sultan's Present

as Swipes, her husband

1915

Sweedie's Suicide

as Police Captain

1915

Sweedie and Her Dog

as Captain of the Dog Catchers

1914

Sweedie's Skate

as Captain

1914

Sweedie's Clean-Up

as The Chief of Police

1914

She Landed a Big One

as The Chief of Police

1915

Sweedie's Hopeless Love

as The Grocery Boy

1915

Love and Trouble

as Sweedie's Beau

1915

Sweedie Learns to Ride

as Sweedie's Romeo

1913

The Usual Way

as Secondary Role

1915

Curiosity

as The Lunatic

1931

Our Wife

as Justice of the Peace

1909

Tag Day

as The Tramp

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Bartender in Western

1915

His New Job

as Film Extra, in Anteroom

1915

A Night Out

as Fellow Reveller

1915

1942

Wedding Yells

as Jackson Snood

1915

Too Much Turkey

as The Neighbor

1915

1923

Hollywood

as Ben Turpin

1923

Pitfalls of a Big City

as Rodney St. Clair

1923

Asleep at the Switch

as The Station Agent

1925

The Raspberry Romance

as Rodney St. Clair

1925

The Marriage Circus

as Rodney St. Clair

1960

When Comedy Was King

as edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)

1932

Million Dollar Legs

as Mysterious Man

1932

1926

A Harem Knight

as Rodney St. Clair

1927

Broke in China

as Donald Drake

1954

Big Farewell

as Dancer

1951

1925

The Wild Goose Chaser

as Rodney St. Clair

1935

Keystone Hotel

as Count Drewa Blanc

1917

Masked Mirth

as Suffern Phatt

1909

1921

A Small Town Idol

as Sam Smith

1928

Idle Eyes

as Benjamin Turps

1923

The Dare-Devil

as Joe Magee

1923

The Shriek of Araby

as Bill Poster - The Sheik

1924

Yukon Jake

as Sheriff Cyclone Bill

1924

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

as The Soda Clerk

1909

1926

A Blonde's Revenge

as Gerald Montague

1930

The Voice of Hollywood No. 8

as Self - Guest Host

1942

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

as Self (archive footage)

1932

Running Hollywood

as Traffic Cop

1909

Mr. Flip

as Mr. Flip

1928

Holding His Own

as Ben Muggs

1926

When a Man's a Prince

as Prince Nikolo

1931

Ambassador Bill

as The Butcher

1927

The Pride of Pikeville

as Baron Bonamo

1927

The Jolly Jilter

as Vigil Vancourt

1930

Swing High

as Bartender

1919

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

as A Prussian Guardsman

1917

A Bedroom Blunder

as Hotel Desk Clerk

1917

A Clever Dummy

as A Romantic Janitor

1920

Down on the Farm

as The Faithful Wife's Husband

1925

Hogan's Alley

as The Stranger

1921

Bright Eyes

as Luke Larson the Oil Magnate

1921

Love and Doughnuts

as The Baker

1940

Saps at Sea

as Cross-Eyed Plumber

1917

Bucking the Tiger

as The Grand Ruin

1914

Sweedie Learns to Swim

as Captain of Life Savers

1924

Three Foolish Weeks

as Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair

1917

Caught in the End

as Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co

1916

Picture Pirates

as 2nd Ne'er-Do-Well

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter

as Self (archive footage)

1924

Romeo and Juliet

as Rodney St. Clair / Romeo

1919

Trying to Get Along

as Freeloading Customer

1927

The College Hero

as The Janitor

1929

The Show of Shows

as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

1912

The Hidden Treasure

as Puddlefoot Pete

1928

The Cockeyed Family

as Amos Gillig

1914

The Laundress

as His Assistant

1915

Versus Sledge Hammers

as The Count's Valet

1930

The Love Parade

as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)

1960

Lifetime of Comedy

as (archive footage)

1930

A Royal Romance

as Cossack Guard (uncredited)

1916

Doctoring a Leak

as 1st Plumber

1917

1920

The Quack Doctor

as The Justice of the Peace

1922

Step Forward

as Rodney Robbin

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)

1917

Are Waitresses Safe?

as Ralph - Who Loved Her So

1957

The Golden Age of Comedy

as archive footage

1932

Lighthouse Love

as The Russian Prince

1919

Up in Alf's Place

as Oswald Planter - Mortician

1931

Cracked Nuts

as Cross-eyed Ben

1932

Lighthouse Love

as The Russian Prince

1939

A Small Town Idol

as Sam Smith

1982

Dance of the Cookoos

as Cross-Eyed Plumber

1915

Sweedie Goes to College

as Sweedie's Romeo

2017

1949

Down Memory Lane

as (archive footage)

1919

Cupid's Day Off

as 1st Shoe Salesman

1917

The Pawnbroker's Heart

as The Pawnshop Janitor

1917

Lost: A Cook

as Pest Guest

1917

Roping Her Romeo

as Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly

Production

1917

1917

The Musical Marvel

as Screenplay

1917

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