Ben Turpin
Born: 1869-09-18 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Died: 1940-07-01
Known For: Acting
Biography
Bernard "Ben" Turpin was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films.
Filmography
2017
- Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Dance of the Cookoos as Cross-Eyed Plumber
1961
- Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)
1960
- When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)
- Lifetime of Comedy as (archive footage)
1957
- The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage
1954
- Big Farewell as Dancer
1951
- A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
- The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
1949
- Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)
1943
- Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)
1942
- Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)
- Wedding Yells as Jackson Snood
1940
- Saps at Sea as Cross-Eyed Plumber
1939
- Hollywood Cavalcade as Bartender in Western
- A Small Town Idol as Sam Smith
1935
- Keystone Hotel as Count Drewa Blanc
- Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
- Any Day in Hollywood
1934
- Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 as Bartender
- The Law of the Wild as Henry
1932
- Make Me a Star as Ben
- Million Dollar Legs as Mysterious Man
- Lighthouse Love as The Russian Prince
- Hollywood on Parade as Self
- Running Hollywood as Traffic Cop
- Lighthouse Love as The Russian Prince
1931
- Our Wife as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
- Ambassador Bill as The Butcher
- Cracked Nuts as Cross-eyed Ben
1930
- A Royal Romance as Cossack Guard (uncredited)
- Swing High as Bartender
- The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 as Self - Guest Host
1929
- The Love Parade as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
- The Show of Shows as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
- Taking the Count
1928
- A Woman's Way
- Idle Eyes as Benjamin Turps
- Seein' Things
- She Said No
- The Cockeyed Family as Amos Gillig
- The Wife's Relations as Rodney St. Clair
- The Eyes Have It
- Why Babies Leave Home
- Holding His Own as Ben Muggs
1927
- The Jolly Jilter as Vigil Vancourt
- The College Hero as The Janitor
- Broke in China as Donald Drake
- The Pride of Pikeville as Baron Bonamo
1926
- A Harem Knight as Rodney St. Clair
- A Prodigal Bridegroom
- When a Man's a Prince as Prince Nikolo
- A Blonde's Revenge as Gerald Montague
1925
- Hogan's Alley as The Stranger
- The Marriage Circus as Rodney St. Clair
- The Raspberry Romance as Rodney St. Clair
- The Wild Goose Chaser as Rodney St. Clair
1924
- Ten Dollars or Ten Days as The Soda Clerk
- Yukon Jake as Sheriff Cyclone Bill
- Three Foolish Weeks as Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair
- The Hollywood Kid as Self
- Romeo and Juliet as Rodney St. Clair / Romeo
1923
- Hollywood as Ben Turpin
- The Dare-Devil as Joe Magee
- Pitfalls of a Big City as Rodney St. Clair
- Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as Rodney St. Clair
- The Shriek of Araby as Bill Poster - The Sheik
- Asleep at the Switch as The Station Agent
1922
- Step Forward as Rodney Robbin
1921
- A Small Town Idol as Sam Smith
- She Sighed by the Seaside as The Lifeguard
- Bright Eyes as Luke Larson the Oil Magnate
- Love and Doughnuts as The Baker
1920
- Down on the Farm as The Faithful Wife's Husband
- Charlie Butts In
- The Quack Doctor as The Justice of the Peace
- Married Life as Rodney St. Clair - a Man's Man
1919
- Yankee Doodle in Berlin as A Prussian Guardsman
- Up in Alf's Place as Oswald Planter - Mortician
- Cupid's Day Off as 1st Shoe Salesman
- Trying to Get Along as Freeloading Customer
1918
- Sheriff Nell's Tussle as Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her
- She Loved Him Plenty
- Chase Me Charlie as Ben
- Watch Your Neighbor as Banana Peel Victim
1917
- A Bedroom Blunder as Hotel Desk Clerk
- Bucking the Tiger as The Grand Ruin
- Are Waitresses Safe? as Ralph - Who Loved Her So
- The Musical Marvel as Dickie, the pianist
- A Clever Dummy as A Romantic Janitor
- Roping Her Romeo as Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly
- Masked Mirth as Suffern Phatt
- Lost: A Cook as Pest Guest
- A Studio Stampede as Vic
- The Pawnbroker's Heart as The Pawnshop Janitor
- Caught in the End as Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co
- When Ben Bolted
- The Butcher's Nightmare as The Butcher
- That Night
- His Bogus Boast
1916
- The Stolen Booking as Ben
- He Died and He Didn't as The Gambler
- Doctoring a Leak as 1st Plumber
- Picture Pirates as 2nd Ne'er-Do-Well
- Poultry à la Mode as Ben
1915
- The Champion as Ringside vendor
- His New Job as Film Extra, in Anteroom
- A Burlesque on Carmen as Remendados
- Broncho Billy Steps In
- A Night Out as Fellow Reveller
- Broncho Billy's Love Affair
- Sweedie Goes to College as Sweedie's Romeo
- Sweedie and Her Dog as Captain of the Dog Catchers
- Versus Sledge Hammers as The Count's Valet
- Sweedie's Finish
- Sweedie Learns to Ride as Sweedie's Romeo
- A Christmas Revenge as Loafer
- Sweedie's Hero as The Bellboy
- A Coat Tale
- Snakeville’s Champion as Bloggie
- Sweedie's Suicide as Police Captain
- Too Much Turkey as The Neighbor
- Sweedie's Hopeless Love as The Grocery Boy
- Sweedie and the Sultan's Present as Swipes, her husband
- Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
- Love and Trouble as Sweedie's Beau
- Curiosity as The Lunatic
- Sweedie in Vaudeville
1914
- Sweedie's Clean-Up as The Chief of Police
- Sweedie's Skate as Captain
- Sweedie Learns to Swim as Captain of Life Savers
- Sweedie at the Fair as Captain of the Police
- Sweedie and the Lord
- Sweedie Springs a Surprise as Mr. Prim
- Sweedie and the Double Exposure
- Sweedie the Swatter
- Countess Sweedie as The Waiter
- The Fickleness of Sweedie as Police Captain
- The Laundress as His Assistant
- The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
- Sweedie the Trouble Maker as Captain of the Police
- Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie as The Captain
- Madame Double X as Mr. Von Crooks Jr.
- The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
- Sweedie and the Hypnotist as The Hypnotist
- Sweedie Collects for Charity as Mr. Tightwad
- Their Cheap Vacation
- She Landed a Big One as The Chief of Police
1913
- The Usual Way as Secondary Role
1912
- The Hidden Treasure as Puddlefoot Pete
1910
1909
- Tag Day as The Tramp
- Mr. Flip as Mr. Flip
- The Haunted Lounge as Tramp
- A Mexican's Gratitude
- The Neighbors' Kids as Servant
1908
1907
- An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers as The Hobo