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Ben Turpin

Ben Turpin

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

Born

Sep 18, 1869

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died

Jul 01, 1940

Known For

Acting

Movies

158 acting

3 crew

Popularity

1.2

movie

Known For

The Champion

The Champion

1915

as Ringside vendor
Saps at Sea
Saps at Sea
1940 • as Cross-Eyed Plumber
★ 6.8
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951 • as (archive footage)
Our Wife
Our Wife
1931 • as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Champion
The Champion
1915 • as Ringside vendor
★ 6.5
Make Me a Star
Make Me a Star
1932 • as Ben
★ 6.4
A Burlesque on Carmen
A Burlesque on Carmen
1915 • as Remendados
★ 5.8
When Comedy Was King
When Comedy Was King
1960 • as (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.5
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934 • as Bartender
The Show of Shows
The Show of Shows
1929 • as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
★ 6.6
Married Life
Married Life
1920 • as Rodney St. Clair - a Man's Man
★ 9.0
Cracked Nuts
Cracked Nuts
1931 • as Cross-eyed Ben
★ 8.0
The Golden Age of Comedy
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957 • as archive footage
★ 7.1
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942 • as Self (archive footage)
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919 • as A Prussian Guardsman
★ 5.7
The Love Parade
The Love Parade
1929 • as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Starlit Days at the Lido
Starlit Days at the Lido
1935 • as Self
★ 5.7
The Law of the Wild
The Law of the Wild
1934 • as Henry
★ 7.0
Down on the Farm
Down on the Farm
1920 • as The Faithful Wife's Husband
★ 5.8
A Night Out
A Night Out
1915 • as Fellow Reveller
★ 5.8
A Small Town Idol
A Small Town Idol
1921 • as Sam Smith
★ 6.8
The Pride of Pikeville
The Pride of Pikeville
1927 • as Baron Bonamo
★ 7.0
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 8.0
Mr. Flip
Mr. Flip
1909 • as Mr. Flip
★ 4.1
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.5
The Pawnbroker's Heart
The Pawnbroker's Heart
1917 • as The Pawnshop Janitor
Lighthouse Love
Lighthouse Love
1932 • as The Russian Prince
Million Dollar Legs
Million Dollar Legs
1932 • as Mysterious Man
★ 6.8
Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 • as Bartender in Western
★ 6.2
Lifetime of Comedy
Lifetime of Comedy
1960 • as (archive footage)
★ 5.5
The Wife's Relations
The Wife's Relations
1928 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 8.0
Hollywood
Hollywood
1923 • as Ben Turpin
★ 9.0
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
1924 • as The Soda Clerk
★ 5.5
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
1951
★ 10.0
The Shriek of Araby
The Shriek of Araby
1923 • as Bill Poster - The Sheik
★ 5.6
Dance of the Cookoos
Dance of the Cookoos
1982 • as Cross-Eyed Plumber
★ 10.0
movie
Up in Alf's Place
1919 • as Oswald Planter - Mortician
★ 7.0
A Blonde's Revenge
A Blonde's Revenge
1926 • as Gerald Montague
★ 3.0
Trying to Get Along
Trying to Get Along
1919 • as Freeloading Customer
★ 7.0
Pitfalls of a Big City
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 8.0
His New Job
His New Job
1915 • as Film Extra, in Anteroom
★ 5.8
Down Memory Lane
Down Memory Lane
1949 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
A Woman's Way
A Woman's Way
1928
★ 8.0
She Loved Him Plenty
She Loved Him Plenty
1918
★ 5.0
movie
Wedding Yells
1942 • as Jackson Snood
movie
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915
movie
Broncho Billy's Love Affair
1915
★ 7.0
Masked Mirth
Masked Mirth
1917 • as Suffern Phatt
The Wild Goose Chaser
The Wild Goose Chaser
1925 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 4.0
movie
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
1914 • as The Captain
★ 9.0
When a Man's a Prince
When a Man's a Prince
1926 • as Prince Nikolo
★ 8.0
She Sighed by the Seaside
She Sighed by the Seaside
1921 • as The Lifeguard
★ 7.0
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
1918 • as Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her
movie
Cupid's Day Off
1919 • as 1st Shoe Salesman
★ 10.0
movie
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914
Hollywood on Parade
Hollywood on Parade
1932 • as Self
★ 6.5
movie
Running Hollywood
1932 • as Traffic Cop
★ 9.0
movie
Idle Eyes
1928 • as Benjamin Turps
★ 6.0
Asleep at the Switch
Asleep at the Switch
1923 • as The Station Agent
★ 10.0
Sweedie Goes to College
Sweedie Goes to College
1915 • as Sweedie's Romeo
movie
The Eyes Have It
1928
★ 9.0
movie
Sweedie and the Lord
1914
★ 8.0
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
1915
★ 7.0
A Small Town Idol
A Small Town Idol
1939 • as Sam Smith
★ 5.0
Chase Me Charlie
Chase Me Charlie
1918 • as Ben
★ 7.5
The Quack Doctor
The Quack Doctor
1920 • as The Justice of the Peace
★ 9.0
Sweedie's Clean-Up
Sweedie's Clean-Up
1914 • as The Chief of Police
★ 9.0
She Landed a Big One
She Landed a Big One
1914 • as The Chief of Police
★ 10.0
Sweedie Collects for Charity
Sweedie Collects for Charity
1914 • as Mr. Tightwad
★ 7.0
movie
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
1930 • as Self - Guest Host
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017 • as Self (archive footage)
Ambassador Bill
Ambassador Bill
1931 • as The Butcher
★ 6.4
Sweedie and Her Dog
Sweedie and Her Dog
1915 • as Captain of the Dog Catchers
Broke in China
Broke in China
1927 • as Donald Drake
★ 6.7
Roping Her Romeo
Roping Her Romeo
1917 • as Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly
Tag Day
Tag Day
1909 • as The Tramp
★ 10.0
The Fickleness of Sweedie
The Fickleness of Sweedie
1914 • as Police Captain
★ 10.0
The College Hero
The College Hero
1927 • as The Janitor
★ 5.2
Versus Sledge Hammers
Versus Sledge Hammers
1915 • as The Count's Valet
★ 5.7
Sweedie at the Fair
Sweedie at the Fair
1914 • as Captain of the Police
movie
He Died and He Didn't
1916 • as The Gambler
★ 9.0
Sweedie Learns to Swim
Sweedie Learns to Swim
1914 • as Captain of Life Savers
★ 5.0
movie
The Butcher's Nightmare
1917 • as The Butcher
★ 5.0
Swing High
Swing High
1930 • as Bartender
★ 7.7
A Bedroom Blunder
A Bedroom Blunder
1917 • as Hotel Desk Clerk
★ 5.0
Charlie Butts In
Charlie Butts In
1920
★ 5.3
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
1914 • as The Hypnotist
★ 8.0
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
1915 • as Swipes, her husband
★ 9.0
movie
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
1914
★ 8.0
Countess Sweedie
Countess Sweedie
1914 • as The Waiter
★ 7.0
movie
Sweedie Learns to Ride
1915 • as Sweedie's Romeo
★ 9.0
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
1914 • as Captain of the Police
★ 7.0
Yukon Jake
Yukon Jake
1924 • as Sheriff Cyclone Bill
★ 3.8
The Jolly Jilter
The Jolly Jilter
1927 • as Vigil Vancourt
★ 9.0
A Clever Dummy
A Clever Dummy
1917 • as A Romantic Janitor
★ 5.0
movie
A Mexican's Gratitude
1909
★ 1.5
A Royal Romance
A Royal Romance
1930 • as Cossack Guard (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Poultry à la Mode
Poultry à la Mode
1916 • as Ben
A Harem Knight
A Harem Knight
1926 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 8.0
Sweedie's Hero
Sweedie's Hero
1915 • as The Bellboy
★ 10.0
movie
Love and Doughnuts
1921 • as The Baker
★ 7.0
Caught in the End
Caught in the End
1917 • as Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co
★ 4.0
movie
Watch Your Neighbor
1918 • as Banana Peel Victim
Lost: A Cook
Lost: A Cook
1917 • as Pest Guest
The Hollywood Kid
The Hollywood Kid
1924 • as Self
★ 5.4
movie
Any Day in Hollywood
1935 • as Ben (archive footage)
A Prodigal Bridegroom
A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926
★ 7.0
Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes
1921 • as Luke Larson the Oil Magnate
★ 6.5
movie
The Marriage Circus
1925 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 9.0
movie
Bucking the Tiger
1917 • as The Grand Ruin
movie
Snakeville’s Champion
1915 • as Bloggie
★ 8.0
movie
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
1915 • as The Grocery Boy
The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
1914
Big Farewell
Big Farewell
1954 • as Dancer
★ 9.0
movie
Hogan's Alley
1925 • as The Stranger
★ 10.0
movie
Taking the Count
1929
Are Waitresses Safe?
Are Waitresses Safe?
1917 • as Ralph - Who Loved Her So
★ 5.0
movie
Why Babies Leave Home
1928
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
1924 • as Rodney St. Clair / Romeo
★ 8.0
movie
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
1914 • as Mr. Prim
★ 7.0
That Night
That Night
1917
A Christmas Revenge
A Christmas Revenge
1915 • as Loafer
★ 9.0
movie
A Studio Stampede
1917 • as Vic
★ 5.0
The Musical Marvel
The Musical Marvel
1917 • as Dickie, the pianist
★ 4.5
movie
Holding His Own
1928 • as Ben Muggs
★ 3.0
movie
Sweedie in Vaudeville
1915
movie
You Saved My Life
1910
movie
The Hidden Treasure
1912 • as Puddlefoot Pete
★ 10.0
His Bogus Boast
His Bogus Boast
1917
movie
An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers
1907 • as The Hobo
★ 1.0
Keystone Hotel
Keystone Hotel
1935 • as Count Drewa Blanc
★ 8.5
Three Foolish Weeks
Three Foolish Weeks
1924 • as Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair
★ 10.0
Sweedie the Swatter
Sweedie the Swatter
1914
The Cockeyed Family
The Cockeyed Family
1928 • as Amos Gillig
★ 2.5
Sweedie's Suicide
Sweedie's Suicide
1915 • as Police Captain
The Dare-Devil
The Dare-Devil
1923 • as Joe Magee
★ 5.8
When Ben Bolted
When Ben Bolted
1917
★ 5.0
Sweedie's Skate
Sweedie's Skate
1914 • as Captain
★ 8.0
The Laundress
The Laundress
1914 • as His Assistant
★ 6.7
movie
She Said No
1928
movie
Love and Trouble
1915 • as Sweedie's Beau
★ 8.0
movie
Step Forward
1922 • as Rodney Robbin
★ 9.0
Curiosity
Curiosity
1915 • as The Lunatic
★ 10.0
movie
A Coat Tale
1915
★ 10.0
movie
The Stolen Booking
1916 • as Ben
The Raspberry Romance
The Raspberry Romance
1925 • as Rodney St. Clair
★ 7.0
Sweedie's Finish
Sweedie's Finish
1915
★ 9.0
movie
Too Much Turkey
1915 • as The Neighbor
★ 10.0
The Usual Way
The Usual Way
1913 • as Secondary Role
★ 8.0
movie
Seein' Things
1928
★ 7.0
Doctoring a Leak
Doctoring a Leak
1916 • as 1st Plumber
The Neighbors' Kids
The Neighbors' Kids
1909 • as Servant
The Haunted Lounge
The Haunted Lounge
1909 • as Tramp
★ 9.0
Madame Double X
Madame Double X
1914 • as Mr. Von Crooks Jr.
★ 9.0
movie
Oh! What Lungs
1908
★ 7.0
movie
Picture Pirates
1916 • as 2nd Ne'er-Do-Well
movie
The Hobble Skirt
1910 • as Happy Mike
Their Cheap Vacation
Their Cheap Vacation
1914
★ 10.0