Ben Turpin

Ben Turpin

Birthday: 1869-09-18
Deathday: 1940-07-01
Place of birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Also know as: Bernard Turpin

Bio

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

Movies with Ben Turpin

The Musical Marvel

1917
As Dickie, the pianist
She Sighed by the Seaside

1921
As The Lifeguard
Sheriff Nell's Tussle

1918
As Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her
He Died and He Didn't

1916
As The Gambler
The Champion

1915
As Ringside vendor
Sweedie the Swatter

1914
As
Countess Sweedie

1914
As The Waiter
Sweedie Collects for Charity

1914
As Mr. Tightwad
Sweedie at the Fair

1914
As Captain of the Police
The Fickleness of Sweedie

1914
As Police Captain
Sweedie the Trouble Maker

1914
As Captain of the Police
Sweedie's Hero

1915
As The Bellboy
Their Cheap Vacation

1914
As
Sweedie and the Hypnotist

1914
As The Hypnotist
Madame Double X

1914
As Mr. Von Crooks Jr.
Sweedie's Suicide

1915
As Police Captain
Sweedie and Her Dog

1915
As Captain of the Dog Catchers
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten

1915
As
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present

1915
As Swipes, her husband
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

1914
As
Sweedie and the Double Exposure

1914
As
She Landed a Big One

1914
As The Chief of Police
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie

1914
As The Captain
Sweedie Springs a Surprise

1914
As Mr. Prim
Sweedie's Skate

1914
As Captain
Sweedie and the Lord

1914
As
Sweedie's Clean-Up

1914
As The Chief of Police
Sweedie's Finish

1915
As
Sweedie in Vaudeville

1915
As
Love and Trouble

1915
As Sweedie's Beau
Sweedie Learns to Ride

1915
As Sweedie's Romeo
Sweedie's Hopeless Love

1915
As The Grocery Boy
That Night

1917
As
The Usual Way

1913
As Secondary Role
Curiosity

1915
As The Lunatic
Our Wife

1931
As Justice of the Peace
A Woman's Way

1928
As
Tag Day

1909
As The Tramp
A Mexican's Gratitude

1909
As
Hollywood Cavalcade

1939
As Bartender in Western
His New Job

1915
As Film Extra, in Anteroom
A Burlesque on Carmen

1915
As Remendados
A Night Out

1915
As Fellow Reveller
The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

1914
As
Wedding Yells

1942
As Jackson Snood
Broncho Billy Steps In

1915
As
Broncho Billy's Love Affair

1915
As
Too Much Turkey

1915
As The Neighbor
A Christmas Revenge

1915
As Loafer
Hollywood

1923
As Ben Turpin
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923
As Rodney St. Clair
Pitfalls of a Big City

1923
As Rodney St. Clair
Asleep at the Switch

1923
As The Station Agent
The Raspberry Romance

1925
As Rodney St. Clair
The Marriage Circus

1925
As Rodney St. Clair
When Comedy Was King

1960
As edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)
Million Dollar Legs

1932
As Mysterious Man
The Eyes Have It

1928
As
Make Me a Star

1932
As Ben
A Coat Tale

1915
As
A Harem Knight

1926
As Rodney St. Clair
Broke in China

1927
As Donald Drake
The Law of the Wild

1934
As Henry
Big Farewell

1954
As Dancer
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951
As (archive footage)
The Wild Goose Chaser

1925
As Rodney St. Clair
Keystone Hotel

1935
As Count Drewa Blanc
Masked Mirth

1917
As Suffern Phatt
The Haunted Lounge

1909
As Tramp
A Studio Stampede

1917
As Vic
When Ben Bolted

1917
As
A Prodigal Bridegroom

1926
As
A Small Town Idol

1921
As Sam Smith
Seein' Things

1928
As
The Dare-Devil

1923
As Joe Magee
She Said No

1928
As
Idle Eyes

1928
As Benjamin Turps
The Shriek of Araby

1923
As Bill Poster - The Sheik
Yukon Jake

1924
As Sheriff Cyclone Bill
Ten Dollars or Ten Days

1924
As The Soda Clerk
The Neighbors' Kids

1909
As Servant
You Saved My Life

1910
As
Any Day in Hollywood

1935
As
A Blonde's Revenge

1926
As Gerald Montague
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8

1930
As Self - Guest Host
The Hollywood Kid

1924
As Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942
As Self (archive footage)
Running Hollywood

1932
As Traffic Cop
Mr. Flip

1909
As Mr. Flip
Holding His Own

1928
As Ben Muggs
When a Man's a Prince

1926
As Prince Nikolo
Ambassador Bill

1931
As The Butcher
The Pride of Pikeville

1927
As Baron Bonamo
The Jolly Jilter

1927
As Vigil Vancourt
Swing High

1930
As Bartender
Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919
As A Prussian Guardsman
A Bedroom Blunder

1917
As Hotel Desk Clerk
A Clever Dummy

1917
As A Romantic Janitor
Down on the Farm

1920
As The Faithful Wife's Husband
Hogan's Alley

1925
As The Stranger
Bright Eyes

1921
As Luke Larson the Oil Magnate
Love and Doughnuts

1921
As The Baker
Hollywood on Parade

1932
As Self
Saps at Sea

1940
As Cross-Eyed Plumber
Bucking the Tiger

1917
As The Grand Ruin
Oh! What Lungs

1908
As
The Stolen Booking

1916
As Ben
Sweedie Learns to Swim

1914
As Captain of Life Savers
Three Foolish Weeks

1924
As Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair
Caught in the End

1917
As Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co
Picture Pirates

1916
As 2nd Ne'er-Do-Well
Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961
As Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet

1924
As Rodney St. Clair / Romeo
Trying to Get Along

1919
As Freeloading Customer
Charlie Butts In

1920
As
Why Babies Leave Home

1928
As
Snakeville’s Champion

1915
As Bloggie
The College Hero

1927
As The Janitor
The Show of Shows

1929
As Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
His Bogus Boast

1917
As
The Hidden Treasure

1912
As Puddlefoot Pete
The Cockeyed Family

1928
As Amos Gillig
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934
As Bartender
Versus Sledge Hammers

1915
As The Count's Valet
The Laundress

1914
As His Assistant
The Love Parade

1930
As Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
Lifetime of Comedy

1960
As (archive footage)
A Royal Romance

1930
As Cossack Guard (uncredited)
Starlit Days at the Lido

1935
As Self
Doctoring a Leak

1916
As 1st Plumber
Poultry à la Mode

1916
As Ben
The Butcher's Nightmare

1917
As The Butcher
The Quack Doctor

1920
As The Justice of the Peace
Step Forward

1922
As Rodney Robbin
Taking the Count

1929
As
Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943
As (archive footage)
Are Waitresses Safe?

1917
As Ralph - Who Loved Her So
The Golden Age of Comedy

1957
As archive footage
Lighthouse Love

1932
As The Russian Prince
Up in Alf's Place

1919
As Oswald Planter - Mortician
Cracked Nuts

1931
As Cross-eyed Ben
Lighthouse Love

1932
As The Russian Prince
Chase Me Charlie

1918
As Ben
A Small Town Idol

1939
As Sam Smith
Dance of the Cookoos

1982
As Cross-Eyed Plumber
An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers

1907
As The Hobo
Sweedie Goes to College

1915
As Sweedie's Romeo
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen

1951
As
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

2017
As Self (archive footage)
Down Memory Lane

1949
As (archive footage)
She Loved Him Plenty

1918
As
Cupid's Day Off

1919
As 1st Shoe Salesman
The Pawnbroker's Heart

1917
As The Pawnshop Janitor
Lost: A Cook

1917
As Pest Guest
Roping Her Romeo

1917
As Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly

Production Credits

The Musical Marvel

1917
As Director
The Musical Marvel

1917
As Screenplay
The Musical Marvel

1917
As Producer