Actor

Ben Turpin

Birthday: September 18, 1869

Born in: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

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

Movie Credits

Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay (2017) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 147
Dance of the Cookoos (1982) as Cross-Eyed Plumber
Age: 112
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 91
When Comedy Was King (1960) as edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)
Age: 90
Lifetime of Comedy (1960) as (archive footage)
Age: 90
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957) as archive footage
Age: 88
Big Farewell (1954) as Dancer
Age: 84
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951) as (archive footage)
Age: 81
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen" (1951)
Age: 81
Down Memory Lane (1949) as (archive footage)
Age: 79
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943) as (archive footage)
Age: 73
Wedding Yells (1942) as Jackson Snood
Age: 72
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) (1942) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 72
Saps at Sea (1940) as Cross-Eyed Plumber
Age: 70
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939) as Bartender in Western
Age: 70
A Small Town Idol (1939) as Sam Smith
Age: 69
Starlit Days at the Lido (1935) as Self
Age: 66
Keystone Hotel (1935) as Count Drewa Blanc
Age: 66
Any Day in Hollywood (1935)
Age: 65
The Law of the Wild (1934) as Henry
Age: 64
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (1934) as Bartender
Age: 64
Million Dollar Legs (1932) as Mysterious Man
Age: 62
Make Me a Star (1932) as Ben
Age: 62
Hollywood on Parade (1932) as Self
Age: 62
Lighthouse Love (1932) as The Russian Prince
Age: 62
Lighthouse Love (1932) as The Russian Prince
Age: 62
Running Hollywood (1932) as Traffic Cop
Age: 62
Ambassador Bill (1931) as The Butcher
Age: 62
Our Wife (1931) as Justice of the Peace
Age: 61
Cracked Nuts (1931) as Cross-eyed Ben
Age: 61
Swing High (1930) as Bartender
Age: 60
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 (1930) as Self - Guest Host
Age: 60
A Royal Romance (1930) as Cossack Guard (uncredited)
Age: 60
The Love Parade (1930) as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
Age: 60
The Show of Shows (1929) as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
Age: 60
Taking the Count (1929)
Age: 59
The Cockeyed Family (1928) as Amos Gillig
Age: 58
Holding His Own (1928) as Ben Muggs
Age: 58
The Eyes Have It (1928)
Age: 58
She Said No (1928)
Age: 58
Idle Eyes (1928) as Benjamin Turps
Age: 58
Seein' Things (1928)
Age: 58
A Woman's Way (1928)
Age: 58
The Wife's Relations (1928) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 58
Why Babies Leave Home (1928)
Age: 58
The College Hero (1927) as The Janitor
Age: 58
The Pride of Pikeville (1927) as Baron Bonamo
Age: 57
Broke in China (1927) as Donald Drake
Age: 57
The Jolly Jilter (1927) as Vigil Vancourt
Age: 57
A Blonde's Revenge (1926) as Gerald Montague
Age: 57
A Harem Knight (1926) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 57
When a Man's a Prince (1926) as Prince Nikolo
Age: 56
A Prodigal Bridegroom (1926)
Age: 56
Hogan's Alley (1925) as The Stranger
Age: 56
The Marriage Circus (1925) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 55
The Raspberry Romance (1925) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 55
The Wild Goose Chaser (1925) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 55
Three Foolish Weeks (1924) as Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair
Age: 54
Romeo and Juliet (1924) as Rodney St. Clair / Romeo
Age: 54
Yukon Jake (1924) as Sheriff Cyclone Bill
Age: 54
The Hollywood Kid (1924) as Self
Age: 54
Ten Dollars or Ten Days (1924) as The Soda Clerk
Age: 54
The Dare-Devil (1923) as Joe Magee
Age: 54
Asleep at the Switch (1923) as The Station Agent
Age: 54
Pitfalls of a Big City (1923) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 53
Hollywood (1923) as Ben Turpin
Age: 53
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (1923) as Rodney St. Clair
Age: 53
The Shriek of Araby (1923) as Bill Poster - The Sheik
Age: 53
Step Forward (1922) as Rodney Robbin
Age: 52
Bright Eyes (1921) as Luke Larson the Oil Magnate
Age: 52
Love and Doughnuts (1921) as The Baker
Age: 51
She Sighed by the Seaside (1921) as The Lifeguard
Age: 51
A Small Town Idol (1921) as Sam Smith
Age: 51
The Quack Doctor (1920) as The Justice of the Peace
Age: 50
Married Life (1920) as Rodney St. Clair - a Man's Man
Age: 50
Down on the Farm (1920) as The Faithful Wife's Husband
Age: 50
Charlie Butts In (1920)
Age: 50
Up in Alf's Place (1919) as Oswald Planter - Mortician
Age: 50
Trying to Get Along (1919) as Freeloading Customer
Age: 49
Yankee Doodle in Berlin (1919) as A Prussian Guardsman
Age: 49
Cupid's Day Off (1919) as 1st Shoe Salesman
Age: 49
She Loved Him Plenty (1918)
Age: 48
Chase Me Charlie (1918) as Ben
Age: 48
Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918) as Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her
Age: 48
That Night (1917)
Age: 48
Are Waitresses Safe? (1917) as Ralph - Who Loved Her So
Age: 48
Roping Her Romeo (1917) as Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly
Age: 48
A Bedroom Blunder (1917) as Hotel Desk Clerk
Age: 48
The Pawnbroker's Heart (1917) as The Pawnshop Janitor
Age: 47
Lost: A Cook (1917) as Pest Guest
Age: 47
A Clever Dummy (1917) as A Romantic Janitor
Age: 47
Caught in the End (1917) as Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co
Age: 47
Bucking the Tiger (1917) as The Grand Ruin
Age: 47
Masked Mirth (1917) as Suffern Phatt
Age: 47
When Ben Bolted (1917)
Age: 47
His Bogus Boast (1917)
Age: 47
A Studio Stampede (1917) as Vic
Age: 47
The Butcher's Nightmare (1917) as The Butcher
Age: 47
The Musical Marvel (1917) as Dickie, the pianist
Age: 47
Picture Pirates (1916) as 2nd Ne'er-Do-Well
Age: 47
He Died and He Didn't (1916) as The Gambler
Age: 47
Poultry à la Mode (1916) as Ben
Age: 47
Doctoring a Leak (1916) as 1st Plumber
Age: 46
The Stolen Booking (1916) as Ben
Age: 46
A Burlesque on Carmen (1915) as Remendados
Age: 46
A Christmas Revenge (1915) as Loafer
Age: 46
Snakeville’s Champion (1915) as Bloggie
Age: 46
Broncho Billy's Love Affair (1915)
Age: 46
Too Much Turkey (1915) as The Neighbor
Age: 46
Versus Sledge Hammers (1915) as The Count's Valet
Age: 45
Broncho Billy Steps In (1915)
Age: 45
Sweedie's Finish (1915)
Age: 45
Sweedie's Hero (1915) as The Bellboy
Age: 45
Sweedie in Vaudeville (1915)
Age: 45
A Coat Tale (1915)
Age: 45
Curiosity (1915) as The Lunatic
Age: 45
Sweedie Learns to Ride (1915) as Sweedie's Romeo
Age: 45
Love and Trouble (1915) as Sweedie's Beau
Age: 45
The Champion (1915) as Ringside vendor
Age: 45
Sweedie's Hopeless Love (1915) as The Grocery Boy
Age: 45
A Night Out (1915) as Fellow Reveller
Age: 45
Sweedie Goes to College (1915) as Sweedie's Romeo
Age: 45
His New Job (1915) as Film Extra, in Anteroom
Age: 45
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten (1915)
Age: 45
Sweedie and Her Dog (1915) as Captain of the Dog Catchers
Age: 45
Sweedie's Suicide (1915) as Police Captain
Age: 45
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (1915) as Swipes, her husband
Age: 45
Sweedie Collects for Charity (1914) as Mr. Tightwad
Age: 45
Their Cheap Vacation (1914)
Age: 45
Madame Double X (1914) as Mr. Von Crooks Jr.
Age: 45
Sweedie and the Hypnotist (1914) as The Hypnotist
Age: 45
Sweedie at the Fair (1914) as Captain of the Police
Age: 45
Countess Sweedie (1914) as The Waiter
Age: 45
Sweedie the Trouble Maker (1914) as Captain of the Police
Age: 45
The Laundress (1914) as His Assistant
Age: 45
The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer' (1914)
Age: 45
She Landed a Big One (1914) as The Chief of Police
Age: 45
Sweedie Learns to Swim (1914) as Captain of Life Savers
Age: 45
The Fickleness of Sweedie (1914) as Police Captain
Age: 45
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie (1914) as The Captain
Age: 45
Sweedie's Clean-Up (1914) as The Chief of Police
Age: 45
Sweedie's Skate (1914) as Captain
Age: 45
Sweedie Springs a Surprise (1914) as Mr. Prim
Age: 44
Sweedie and the Double Exposure (1914)
Age: 44
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in (1914)
Age: 44
Sweedie the Swatter (1914)
Age: 44
Sweedie and the Lord (1914)
Age: 44
The Usual Way (1913) as Secondary Role
Age: 44
The Hidden Treasure (1912) as Puddlefoot Pete
Age: 43
You Saved My Life (1910)
Age: 40
Mr. Flip (1909) as Mr. Flip
Age: 39
A Mexican's Gratitude (1909)
Age: 39
Tag Day (1909) as The Tramp
Age: 39
The Haunted Lounge (1909) as Tramp
Age: 39
The Neighbors' Kids (1909) as Servant
Age: 39
Oh! What Lungs (1908)
Age: 38
An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers (1907) as The Hobo
Age: 37