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