Ben Turpin
Acting • Born 1869-09-18 – Died 1940-07-01
Biography
Bernard "Ben" Turpin was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films.
Filmography
157 credits
The Musical Marvel
Movie • 1917
Dickie, the pianist
She Sighed by the Seaside
Movie • 1921
The Lifeguard
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Movie • 1918
Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her
He Died and He Didn't
Movie • 1916
The Gambler
The Champion
Movie • 1915
Ringside vendor
Sweedie the Swatter
Movie • 1914
Countess Sweedie
Movie • 1914
The Waiter
Sweedie at the Fair
Movie • 1914
Captain of the Police
Sweedie Collects for Charity
Movie • 1914
Mr. Tightwad
Sweedie the Trouble Maker
Movie • 1914
Captain of the Police
The Fickleness of Sweedie
Movie • 1914
Police Captain
Sweedie's Hero
Movie • 1915
The Bellboy
Their Cheap Vacation
Movie • 1914
Sweedie and the Hypnotist
Movie • 1914
The Hypnotist
Madame Double X
Movie • 1914
Mr. Von Crooks Jr.
Sweedie and Her Dog
Movie • 1915
Captain of the Dog Catchers
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
Movie • 1915
Swipes, her husband
Sweedie's Suicide
Movie • 1915
Police Captain
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
Movie • 1915
Sweedie and the Double Exposure
Movie • 1914
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
Movie • 1914
The Captain
Sweedie Springs a Surprise
Movie • 1914
Mr. Prim
Sweedie and the Lord
Movie • 1914
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
Movie • 1914
She Landed a Big One
Movie • 1914
The Chief of Police
Sweedie's Skate
Movie • 1914
Captain
Sweedie's Clean-Up
Movie • 1914
The Chief of Police
Sweedie Learns to Ride
Movie • 1915
Sweedie's Romeo
Love and Trouble
Movie • 1915
Sweedie's Beau
Sweedie's Hopeless Love
Movie • 1915
The Grocery Boy
Sweedie's Finish
Movie • 1915
Sweedie in Vaudeville
Movie • 1915
That Night
Movie • 1917
The Usual Way
Movie • 1913
Secondary Role
Curiosity
Movie • 1915
The Lunatic
Our Wife
Movie • 1931
Justice of the Peace
A Woman's Way
Movie • 1928
Tag Day
Movie • 1909
The Tramp
A Mexican's Gratitude
Movie • 1909
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie • 1939
Bartender in Western
His New Job
Movie • 1915
Film Extra, in Anteroom
A Night Out
Movie • 1915
Fellow Reveller
A Burlesque on Carmen
Movie • 1915
Remendados
The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
Movie • 1914
Wedding Yells
Movie • 1942
Jackson Snood
Broncho Billy Steps In
Movie • 1915
Too Much Turkey
Movie • 1915
The Neighbor
Broncho Billy's Love Affair
Movie • 1915
A Christmas Revenge
Movie • 1915
Loafer
Hollywood
Movie • 1923
Ben Turpin
Pitfalls of a Big City
Movie • 1923
Rodney St. Clair
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Movie • 1923
Rodney St. Clair
Asleep at the Switch
Movie • 1923
The Station Agent
The Raspberry Romance
Movie • 1925
Rodney St. Clair
The Marriage Circus
Movie • 1925
Rodney St. Clair
When Comedy Was King
Movie • 1960
edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)
Million Dollar Legs
Movie • 1932
Mysterious Man
The Eyes Have It
Movie • 1928
Make Me a Star
Movie • 1932
Ben
A Coat Tale
Movie • 1915
Broke in China
Movie • 1927
Donald Drake
A Harem Knight
Movie • 1926
Rodney St. Clair
The Law of the Wild
Movie • 1934
Henry
Big Farewell
Movie • 1954
Dancer
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Movie • 1951
(archive footage)
The Wild Goose Chaser
Movie • 1925
Rodney St. Clair
Keystone Hotel
Movie • 1935
Count Drewa Blanc
Masked Mirth
Movie • 1917
Suffern Phatt
The Haunted Lounge
Movie • 1909
Tramp
When Ben Bolted
Movie • 1917
A Studio Stampede
Movie • 1917
Vic
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Movie • 1926
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1921
Sam Smith
The Shriek of Araby
Movie • 1923
Bill Poster - The Sheik
She Said No
Movie • 1928
Idle Eyes
Movie • 1928
Benjamin Turps
Seein' Things
Movie • 1928
The Dare-Devil
Movie • 1923
Joe Magee
Yukon Jake
Movie • 1924
Sheriff Cyclone Bill
Ten Dollars or Ten Days
Movie • 1924
The Soda Clerk
The Neighbors' Kids
Movie • 1909
Servant
You Saved My Life
Movie • 1910
Any Day in Hollywood
Movie • 1935
A Blonde's Revenge
Movie • 1926
Gerald Montague
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
Movie • 1930
Self - Guest Host
The Hollywood Kid
Movie • 1924
Self
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Movie • 1942
Self (archive footage)
Running Hollywood
Movie • 1932
Traffic Cop
Mr. Flip
Movie • 1909
Mr. Flip
Holding His Own
Movie • 1928
Ben Muggs
When a Man's a Prince
Movie • 1926
Prince Nikolo
Ambassador Bill
Movie • 1931
The Butcher
The Pride of Pikeville
Movie • 1927
Baron Bonamo
The Jolly Jilter
Movie • 1927
Vigil Vancourt
Swing High
Movie • 1930
Bartender
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Movie • 1919
A Prussian Guardsman
A Bedroom Blunder
Movie • 1917
Hotel Desk Clerk
A Clever Dummy
Movie • 1917
A Romantic Janitor
Down on the Farm
Movie • 1920
The Faithful Wife's Husband
Hogan's Alley
Movie • 1925
The Stranger
Bright Eyes
Movie • 1921
Luke Larson the Oil Magnate
Love and Doughnuts
Movie • 1921
The Baker
Hollywood on Parade
Movie • 1932
Self
Saps at Sea
Movie • 1940
Cross-Eyed Plumber
Bucking the Tiger
Movie • 1917
The Grand Ruin
Oh! What Lungs
Movie • 1908
The Stolen Booking
Movie • 1916
Ben
Sweedie Learns to Swim
Movie • 1914
Captain of Life Savers
Three Foolish Weeks
Movie • 1924
Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair
Caught in the End
Movie • 1917
Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co
Picture Pirates
Movie • 1916
2nd Ne'er-Do-Well
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Movie • 1961
Self (archive footage)
Romeo and Juliet
Movie • 1924
Rodney St. Clair / Romeo
Trying to Get Along
Movie • 1919
Freeloading Customer
Charlie Butts In
Movie • 1920
Why Babies Leave Home
Movie • 1928
Snakeville’s Champion
Movie • 1915
Bloggie
The College Hero
Movie • 1927
The Janitor
The Show of Shows
Movie • 1929
Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
His Bogus Boast
Movie • 1917
The Hidden Treasure
Movie • 1912
Puddlefoot Pete
The Cockeyed Family
Movie • 1928
Amos Gillig
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Movie • 1934
Bartender
The Laundress
Movie • 1914
His Assistant
Versus Sledge Hammers
Movie • 1915
The Count's Valet
The Love Parade
Movie • 1930
Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
Lifetime of Comedy
Movie • 1960
(archive footage)
A Royal Romance
Movie • 1930
Cossack Guard (uncredited)
Starlit Days at the Lido
Movie • 1935
Self
Doctoring a Leak
Movie • 1916
1st Plumber
Poultry à la Mode
Movie • 1916
Ben
The Butcher's Nightmare
Movie • 1917
The Butcher
The Quack Doctor
Movie • 1920
The Justice of the Peace
Step Forward
Movie • 1922
Rodney Robbin
Taking the Count
Movie • 1929
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie • 1943
(archive footage)
Are Waitresses Safe?
Movie • 1917
Ralph - Who Loved Her So
The Golden Age of Comedy
Movie • 1957
archive footage
Lighthouse Love
Movie • 1932
The Russian Prince
Up in Alf's Place
Movie • 1919
Oswald Planter - Mortician
Cracked Nuts
Movie • 1931
Cross-eyed Ben
Lighthouse Love
Movie • 1932
The Russian Prince
Chase Me Charlie
Movie • 1918
Ben
A Small Town Idol
Movie • 1939
Sam Smith
Dance of the Cookoos
Movie • 1982
Cross-Eyed Plumber
An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers
Movie • 1907
The Hobo
Sweedie Goes to College
Movie • 1915
Sweedie's Romeo
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Movie • 1951
Down Memory Lane
Movie • 1949
(archive footage)
She Loved Him Plenty
Movie • 1918
Cupid's Day Off
Movie • 1919
1st Shoe Salesman
The Pawnbroker's Heart
Movie • 1917
The Pawnshop Janitor
Lost: A Cook
Movie • 1917
Pest Guest
Roping Her Romeo
Movie • 1917
Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly
Married Life
Movie • 1920
Rodney St. Clair - a Man's Man
The Wife's Relations
Movie • 1928
Rodney St. Clair