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