No photo available. Represent Ben Turpin? Add or change photos at IMDbPro
STARmeter
SEE RANK
Up 1,324 this week

Ben Turpin (1869–1940)

Actor | Soundtrack | Director

First of all, the cross-eyed comedian of silent days was not born that way. Supposedly his right eye slipped out of alignment while playing the role of the similarly afflicted Happy Hooligan in vaudeville and it never adjusted. Ironically, it was this disability that would enhance his comic value and make him a top name... See full bio »

Born:

Bernard Turpin
in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Died:

(age 70) in Santa Monica, California, USA
2 videos | 3 news articles »

Quick Links:

Related News

Exclusive: We Know Who The Bad Guy Is In ‘Justice League’
2 December 2012 10:15 PM, PST | LatinoReview
The Forgotten: It's a Barnum & Bailey World
18 April 2012 8:34 PM, PDT | MUBI
Mick Garris on "The Comic"
27 July 2010 9:00 AM, PDT | Trailers from Hell
See all 3 related articles »
Create a list  »

Related Lists

image of name
Great classic comedians
a list of 51 people by cookemd created 29 Dec 2011
 
image of name
Old comedians
a list of 102 people by quietgiant2 created 18 Jan 2011
 
image of name
HALL OF FAME - The Comedians
a list of 40 people by gazineo-1 created 10 months ago
 
image of name
Silent Stars
a list of 75 people by timpulley created 20 Dec 2011
 
image of name
Forest Lawn Glendale Memorial Park
a list of 874 people by Syl created 9 months ago
 
See all related lists »

Do you have a demo reel?

Add it to your IMDbPage

Melanie Molnar - Reel -- No description provided.

Melanie Molnar - Reel

Francine Locke Film Reel -- Family Law (Best Actress, Gideon), Stealing Home (Best Supporting Actress-nom.) 168 Project, True Tale Monster (Albert P. Weisman Award), The Discarded (2011 Feature Release).

Francine Locke Film Reel

Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel -- This reel contains Christopher performing in Film and Television. The clips included are from the following: "The Boundary", "The Wire", "Duplicity", "Law & Order(SVU)", "Michael Clayton", "Cost Of A Soul", "HEROES" and "Law & Order (CI)".

Christopher Mann's Theatrical Demo Reel

My Demo Reel -- Includes clips from GLORY DAZE, COMMUNITY and horror film URBAN EXPLORER.

My Demo Reel

Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

Franklin Ojeda Smith -


Find out more at IMDbPro »

Connect with IMDb

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Ben Turpin.
1 win See more awards »

Known For


Show Show all  | 
Show by:
Edit

Filmography

Hide HideActor (235 titles)
1944 Once Over Lightly (short)
(archival footage)
 
1940 Saps at Sea
Cross-Eyed Plumber (uncredited)
 
1939 Hollywood Cavalcade
Bartender
 
1935 Keystone Hotel (short)
Count Drewa Blanc
 
1935 Bring 'Em Back a Lie (short)
 
1935 The Little Big Top (short)
 
1934 The Law of the Wild
Henry
 
1932 Hypnotized
Cameo Appearance (uncredited)
 
1932 Million Dollar Legs
Mysterious Man
 
1932 Make Me a Star
Ben
 
1932 Lighthouse Love (short)
The Russian Prince
 
1932 Running Hollywood (short)
Traffic Cop
 
1931 Ambassador Bill
The Butcher (uncredited)
 
1931 Movie-Town (short)
Ben Turpin - at Night Club (uncredited)
 
1931 Our Wife (short)
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
 
1931 Cracked Nuts
Cross-Eyed Ben (uncredited)
 
1930 A Hollywood Theme Song (short)
Minor Role (scenes deleted)
 
1930 Swing High
Bartender
 
1930 A Royal Romance
Cossack Guard (uncredited)
 
1929 The Show of Shows
Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
 
1929 The Love Parade
Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
 
1929 Taking the Count (short)
 
1929 The Hollywood Dressmaker (short)
Ben
 
1928 A Woman's Way
 
1928 The Wife's Relations
Rodney St. Clair
 
1928 Holding His Own (short)
Ben Muggs
 
1928 Idle Eyes (short)
Benjamin Turps
 
1928 Seein' Things (short)
 
1928 She Said No (short)
 
1928 The Cockeyed Family (short)
Amos Gillig
 
1928 The Eyes Have It (short)
 
1928 Why Babies Leave Home (short)
Ronald - the Wandering Boy/The Old Man
 
1927 Daddy Boy (short)
 
1927 The College Hero
The Janitor
 
1927 Love's Languid Lure (short)
 
1927 The Pride of Pikeville (short)
Baron Bonamo
 
1927 Broke in China (short)
Donald Drake
 
1927 The Jolly Jilter (short)
 
1927 A Hollywood Hero (short)
 
1926 A Blonde's Revenge (short)
Gerald Montague
 
1926 A Harem Knight (short)
Rodney St. Clair
 
1926 A Prodigal Bridegroom (short)
Rodney St. Clair
 
1926 When a Man's a Prince (short)
 
1925 Steel Preferred
Bartender
 
1925 Hogan's Alley
A Stranger
 
1925 The Marriage Circus (short)
 
1925 The Raspberry Romance (short)
 
1925 The Wild Goose Chaser (short)
 
1924 The Reel Virginian (short)
 
1924 Three Foolish Weeks (short)
Rodney St. Clair
 
1924 Romeo and Juliet (short)
Romeo
 
1924 Yukon Jake (short)
Sheriff Cyclone Bill
 
1924 The Hollywood Kid (short)
 
1924 Ten Dollars or Ten Days (short)
A Soda Clerk
 
1923 The Daredevil (short)
Joe Magee
 
1923 Asleep at the Switch (short)
 
1923 Pitfalls of a Big City (short)
 
1923 Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? (short)
 
1923 The Shriek of Araby
Bill Poster - The Sheik
 
1922 Home Made Movies (short)
 
1922 Step Forward (short)
 
1922 Bright Eyes (short)
Oil magnet
 
1921 Love and Doughnuts (short)
 
1921 Molly O' (uncredited)
 
1921 Love's Outcast (short)
 
1921 Home Talent
Stranded Actor
 
1921 She Sighed by the Seaside (short)
 
1921 A Small Town Idol
Sam Smith
 
1920 The Quack Doctor (short)
 
1920 You Wouldn't Believe It (short)
 
1920 Married Life
Rodney St. Clair
 
1920/I Down on the Farm
The Faithful Wife's Husband
 
1920 The Close Shave (short)
 
1920 The Star Boarder (short)
 
1920 The Nutcrackers (short)
 
1920 Bloggie's Vacation (short)
 
1920 Countess Bloggie (short)
 
1919 The Speakeasy (short) ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1919 A Lady's Tailor (short)
 
1919 Salome vs. Shenandoah (short)
 
1919 Uncle Tom Without a Cabin (short)
Uncle Tom
 
1919 The Dentist (short)
 
1919 Treating 'Em Rough (short) ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1919 Trying to Get Along (short)
 
1919 No Mother to Guide Him (short)
A happy married man
 
1919 Love's False Faces (short)
 
1919 When Love Is Blind (short)
First Pal
 
1919 The Foolish Age (short)
Choir member
 
1919 The Village Smithy (short) (uncredited)
 
1919 Yankee Doodle in Berlin
A Guardsman
 
1919 East Lynne with Variations (short)
The Hero
 
1919 Cupid's Day Off (short)
 
1918 Hide and Seek, Detectives (short)
 
1918 Whose Little Wife Are You? (short)
 
1918 Sleuths (short)
 
1918 She Loved Him Plenty (short)
 
1918 Her Screen Idol (short)
 
1918 Two Tough Tenderfeet (short)
First Pal
 
1918 Love Loops the Loop (short)
 
1918 The Battle Royal (short)
 
1918 His Smothered Love (short)
 
1918 Saucy Madeline (short)
A Rolling Stone Out of Work
 
1918 Sheriff Nell's Tussle (short)
Honest Eyed Jack, Still After Her
 
1918 Watch Your Neighbor (short)
 
1917 Taming Target Center (short)
The Old Sheriff
 
1917 That Night (short)
 
1917 Are Waitresses Safe? (short)
Ralph, Who Loved Her So
 
1917 Roping Her Romeo (short)
Honest Eyed Jack, a Poor Butterfly
 
1917 A Bedroom Blunder (short)
Hotel Desk Clerk
 
1917 The Pawnbroker's Heart (short)
 
1917 Lost: A Cook (short)
 
1917 Pete's Pants (short)
Ben Turpin
 
1917 Two Laughs (short)
Special Delivery Boy
 
1917 A Clever Dummy (short)
A Romantic Janitor
 
1917 Sole Mates (short)
 
1917 Cactus Nell (short)
 
1917 Oriental Love (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1917/II Caught in the End (short)
 
1917 Bucking the Tiger (short)
 
1917 Masked Mirth (short)
 
1917 When Ben Bolted (short)
Ben
 
1917 Frightened Flirts (short)
 
1917 His Bogus Boast (short)
 
1917 A Studio Stampede (short)
 
1917 The Butcher's Nightmare (short)
 
1917 The Musical Marvel (short)
 
1917 A Circus Cyclone (short)
 
1916 Jealous Jolts (short)
 
1916 Taking the Count (short)
A Cabin Steward
 
1916 Shot in the Fracas (short)
 
1916 A Waiting Game (short)
A Tramp
 
1916 The Wicked City (short)
 
1916 Some Bravery (short)
A Bellhop
 
1916 Picture Pirates (short)
 
1916 A Safe Proposition (short)
A Burglar
 
1916/II He Did and He Didn't (short)
 
1916 Ducking a Discord (short)
 
1916 Poultry à la Mode (short)
 
1916 Doctoring a Leak (short)
 
1916 The Stolen Booking (short)
 
1916 Some Liars (short)
 
1916 Lost and Found (short)
 
1916 Bungling Bill's Dress Suit (short)
 
1916 For Ten Thousand Bucks (short)
Bloggie
 
1916 A Deep Sea Liar (short)
Bloggie
 
1916/I Hired and Fired (short)
Bloggie
 
1916 Just for a Kid (short)
 
1916 When Papa Died (short)
 
1916 The Iron Mitt (short)
Bloggie
 
1916 Delinquent Bridegrooms (short)
Bloggie
 
1916 His Blowout (short)
Bloggie
 
1916 Nailing on the Lid (short)
 
1916 National Nuts (short)
 
1915 A Christmas Revenge (short)
Loafer
 
1915 Snakeville's Champion (short)
Bloggie
 
1915 The Escape of Broncho Billy (short)
 
1915 Burlesque on Carmen (short)
Remendados - The Smuggler (uncredited)
 
1915 The Merry Models (short)
Bloggie
 
1915 Broncho Billy's Love Affair (short)
 
1915 It Happened in Snakeville (short)
Bloggie
 
1915 Too Much Turkey (short)
The Neighbor
 
1915 When Snakeville Struck Oil (short)
 
1915 The Convict's Threat (short)
Prisoner
 
1915 Snakeville's Hen Medic (short)
Bloggie
 
1915 Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp (short)
 
1915 A Quiet Little Game (short)
The Undertaker
 
1915 Versus Sledge Hammers (short)
The Count's Valet
 
1915 Broncho Billy Steps In (short)
 
1915 The Bell-Hop (short)
The Bell-Hop
 
1915 Snakeville's Twins (short)
The Henpecked Husband
 
1915 Others Started It, But Sophie Finished (short)
The Husband
 
1915 Sweedie's Finish (short)
 
1915 Sophie and the Fakir (short)
Sophie's Husband
 
1915 A Bunch of Matches (short)
Justice of the Piece
 
1915 Sweedie's Hero (short)
The Bellboy
 
1915 Sweedie in Vaudeville (short)
 
1915 How Slippery Slim Saw the Show (short)
 
1915 The Undertaker's Uncle (short)
The Uncle
 
1915 A Coat Tale (short)
Husband
 
1915 Curiosity (short)
The Lunatic
 
1915 Two Bold, Bad Men (short)
First Bad Man
 
1915 Sweedie Learns to Ride (short)
Sweedie's Romeo
 
1915 Love and Trouble (short)
Sweedie's Beau
 
1915 The Champion (short)
Ringside Vendor (uncredited)
 
1915 Sweedie's Hopeless Love (short)
The Grocery Boy
 
1915/I A Night Out (short)
Fellow Reveller (uncredited)
 
1915 Sweedie Goes to College (short)
Sweedie's Romeo
 
1915 His New Job (short)
Film Extra in Anteroom (uncredited)
 
1915 Two Hearts That Beat as Ten (short)
 
1915 Sweedie and Her Dog (short)
Captain of the Dog Catchers
 
1915 The Clubman's Wager (short)
Tramp
 
1915 Sweedie's Suicide (short)
Police Captain
 
1915 Sweedie and the Sultan's Present (short)
The Sultan of Puff-Puff
 
1915 Snakeville's Debutantes (short)
Bloggie
 
1914 Sweedie Collects for Charity (short)
 
1914 Their Cheap Vacation (short)
 
1914 Madame Double X (short)
 
1914 Sweedie and the Hypnotist (short)
 
1914 Sweedie at the Fair (short)
 
1914 Countess Sweedie (short)
The Waiter
 
1914 Sweedie the Trouble Maker (short)
Fritz
 
1914 The Laundress (short)
 
1914 She Landed a Big One (short)
The Chief of Police
 
1914 Sweedie Learns to Swim (short)
Captain of Life Savers
 
1914 The Fickleness of Sweedie (short)
 
1914 Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie (short)
The Captain
 
1914 Sweedie's Clean-Up (short)
 
1914 Sweedie's Skate (short)
 
1914 The Joblot Recruits (short)
Chief of Police
 
1914 Sweedie Springs a Surprise (short)
 
1914 Sweedie and the Double Exposure (short)
 
1914 The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-In (short)
 
1914 Sweedie and the Lord (short)
 
1914 Sweedie the Swatter (short)
 
1913 The Usual Way (short)
Secondary Role
 
1910 The Hobble Skirt (short)
 
1909 A Case of Seltzer (short)
The brother in drag
 
1909 The New Cop (short)
 
1909 The Little Advertiser (short)
The Young Man
 
1909 The Sleeping Tonic (short)
 
1909 Mr. Flip (short)
Mr. Flip
 
1909 A Mexican's Gratitude (short)
 
1909 The Rubes and the Bunco Men (short)
 
1909 Midnight Disturbance (short)
The Burglar
 
1909 The Energetic Street Cleaner (short)
 
1909 Tag Day (short)
The Tramp
 
1909 The Haunted Lounge (short)
A Tramp
 
1909 The Neighbors' Kids (short)
Servant
 
1909 Ben Gets a Duck and Is Ducked
 
1908 Breaking Into Society (short)
 
1908 Oh, What Lungs! (short)
 
1908 The Younger Brothers (short)
 
1907 A Free Lunch (short)
 
1907 Mr. Inquisitive (short)
 
1907 An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers (short)
The Hobo
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1929 The Show of Shows (performer: "What's Become of the Floradora Boys?" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1917 The Musical Marvel (short) (unconfirmed)
 
Show ShowThanks (1 title)
1939 Hollywood Cavalcade (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (11 titles)
1937 Cinema Circus (short)
Himself
 
1935 Starlit Days at the Lido (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (short)
Himself/Bartender
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (short)
Himself - the Observer
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade (short)
Himself (the bartender)
 
1930 The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 (short)
Himself, Guest Host
 
1923 Hollywood
Himself
 
1923 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 17 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 19 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1918 It's a Cinch (short)
Himself
 
1916 Charlie's Life (documentary)
Various
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (27 titles)
2001 Slaphappy (TV series)
Himself (2001)
 
1992 A Tribute to the Boys: Laurel and Hardy (TV movie)
 
1982 Dance of the Cookoos
Cross-Eyed Plumber (uncredited)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1967 The Funniest Man in the World (documentary)
 
1965 Tobo the Happy Clown
Mack Sennett comedian
 
1963 Hollywood and the Stars (TV series)
 
1961 The DuPont Show of the Week (TV series)
 
1961 Silents Please (TV series)
 
1961 Days of Thrills and Laughter (documentary)
Himself
 
1960 When Comedy Was King (documentary)
edited from 'Yukon Jake'
 
1957 The Golden Age of Comedy (documentary)
Rodney St. Clair
 
1953 L'incantevole nemica
 
1952 Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (documentary short)
 
1951 Ça c'est du cinéma
 
1951 ¡Qué tiempos aquéllos! (documentary)
 
1950 Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (documentary)
Himself
 
1949 Down Memory Lane
Poker player
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (short)
Himself
 
1943 Happy Times and Jolly Moments (short)
(uncredited)
 
1939 A Small Town Idol (short)
Sam Smith
 
1938 Personality Parade (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 17, No. 1 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1933 March of the Movies
Himself, film clip (uncredited)
 
1918 Chase Me Charlie
Ben
 
1916 The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916
The property man
 
1915 Mixed Up (short)
 

Related Videos

His New Job -- Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set he is told to help the carpenter... A Clever Dummy -- A Clever Dummy
Edit

Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage, burlesque, and vaudeville actor.

Publicity Listings:

24 Articles  | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia:

As a gag, Ben Turpin had his eyes insured by "Lloyd's Of London" in case they might come uncrossed. See more »

Trademark:

Crossed eyes See more »

Star Sign:

Virgo