Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

155

Gender

Male

Birthday

1869-09-18

Deathday

1940-07-01 (70 years old)

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Also Known As

Bernard Turpin
Bernhard Turpin

Ben Turpin

Biography

We don't have a biography for Ben Turpin.

Known For

6.5%

The Champion

Mar 11, 1915

6.8%

Saps at Sea

Apr 29, 1940

5.7%

His New Job

Feb 1, 1915

5.8%

A Burlesque on Carmen

Dec 18, 1915

5.7%

A Night Out

Feb 15, 1915

7.0%

Our Wife

May 16, 1931

6.7%

The Love Parade

Jan 18, 1930

6.6%

Million Dollar Legs

Jul 8, 1932

5.7%

Charlie Butts In

Jan 1, 1920

6.9%

The Golden Age of Comedy

Dec 26, 1957

5.3%

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Mar 2, 1919

5.5%

Down on the Farm

Apr 17, 1920

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Acting

2017

Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay as Self (archive footage)

1982

Dance of the Cookoos as Cross-Eyed Plumber

1961

Days of Thrills and Laughter as Self (archive footage)

1960		When Comedy Was King as edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)
1960		Lifetime of Comedy as (archive footage)

1957

The Golden Age of Comedy as archive footage

1954

Big Farewell as Dancer

1951		The Slappiest Days of Our Lives as (archive footage)
1951		A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen

1949

Down Memory Lane as (archive footage)

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments as (archive footage)

1942		Wedding Yells as Jackson Snood
1942		Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10) as Self (archive footage)

1940

Saps at Sea as Cross-Eyed Plumber

1939		Hollywood Cavalcade as Bartender in Western
1939		A Small Town Idol as Sam Smith

1935		Starlit Days at the Lido as Self
1935		Keystone Hotel as Count Drewa Blanc
1935		Any Day in Hollywood

1934		The Law of the Wild as Henry
1934		Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 as Bartender

1932		Million Dollar Legs as Mysterious Man
1932		Make Me a Star as Ben
1932		Hollywood on Parade as Self
1932		Lighthouse Love as The Russian Prince
1932		Lighthouse Love as The Russian Prince
1932		Running Hollywood as Traffic Cop

1931		Ambassador Bill as The Butcher
1931		Our Wife as Justice of the Peace
1931		Cracked Nuts as Cross-eyed Ben

1930		Swing High as Bartender
1930		The Voice of Hollywood No. 8 as Self - Guest Host
1930		A Royal Romance as Cossack Guard (uncredited)
1930		The Love Parade as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)

1929		Show of Shows as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number
1929		Taking the Count

1928		The Cockeyed Family as Amos Gillig
1928		Holding His Own as Ben Muggs
1928		Seein' Things
1928		Idle Eyes as Benjamin Turps
1928		The Eyes Have It
1928		She Said No
1928		A Woman's Way
1928		Why Babies Leave Home

1927		The College Hero as The Janitor
1927		The Pride of Pikeville as Baron Bonamo
1927		Broke in China as Donald Drake
1927		The Jolly Jilter as Vigil Vancourt

1926		A Blonde's Revenge as Gerald Montague
1926		A Harem Knight as Rodney St. Clair
1926		When a Man's a Prince as Prince Nikolo
1926		A Prodigal Bridegroom

1925		Hogan's Alley as The Stranger
1925		The Marriage Circus as Rodney St. Clair
1925		The Raspberry Romance as Rodney St. Clair
1925		The Wild Goose Chaser as Rodney St. Clair

1924		Three Foolish Weeks as Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair
1924		Romeo and Juliet as Rodney St. Clair / Romeo
1924		Yukon Jake as Sheriff Cyclone Bill
1924		The Hollywood Kid as Self
1924		Ten Dollars or Ten Days as The Soda Clerk

1923		The Dare-Devil as Joe Magee
1923		Asleep at the Switch as The Station Agent
1923		Pitfalls of a Big City as Rodney St. Clair
1923		Hollywood as Ben Turpin
1923		Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? as Rodney St. Clair
1923		The Shriek of Araby as Bill Poster - The Sheik

1922

Step Forward as Rodney Robbin

1921		Bright Eyes as Luke Larson the Oil Magnate
1921		Love and Doughnuts as The Baker
1921		She Sighed by the Seaside as The Lifeguard
1921		A Small Town Idol as Sam Smith

1920		The Quack Doctor as The Justice of the Peace
1920		Down on the Farm as The Faithful Wife's Husband
1920		Charlie Butts In

1919		Up in Alf's Place as Oswald Planter - Mortician
1919		Trying to Get Along as Freeloading Customer
1919		Yankee Doodle in Berlin as A Prussian Guardsman
1919		Cupid's Day Off as 1st Shoe Salesman

1918		She Loved Him Plenty
1918		Chase Me Charlie as Ben
1918		Sheriff Nell's Tussle as Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her

1917		That Night
1917		Are Waitresses Safe? as Ralph - Who Loved Her So
1917		Roping Her Romeo as Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly
1917		A Bedroom Blunder as Hotel Desk Clerk
1917		The Pawnbroker's Heart as The Pawnshop Janitor
1917		Lost: A Cook as Pest Guest
1917		A Clever Dummy as A Romantic Janitor
1917		Caught in the End as Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co
1917		Bucking the Tiger as The Grand Ruin
1917		Masked Mirth as Suffern Phatt
1917		When Ben Bolted
1917		His Bogus Boast
1917		A Studio Stampede as Vic
1917		The Butcher's Nightmare as The Butcher
1917		The Musical Marvel as Dickie, the pianist

1916		Picture Pirates as 2nd Ne'er-Do-Well
1916		He Died and He Didn't as The Gambler
1916		Poultry à la Mode as Ben
1916		Doctoring a Leak as 1st Plumber
1916		The Stolen Booking as Ben

1915		A Burlesque on Carmen as Remendados
1915		A Christmas Revenge as Loafer
1915		Snakeville’s Champion as Bloggie
1915		Broncho Billy's Love Affair
1915		Too Much Turkey as The Neighbor
1915		Versus Sledge Hammers as The Count's Valet
1915		Broncho Billy Steps In
1915		Sweedie's Finish
1915		Sweedie's Hero as The Bellboy
1915		Sweedie in Vaudeville
1915		A Coat Tale
1915		Curiosity as The Lunatic
1915		Sweedie Learns to Ride as Sweedie's Romeo
1915		Love and Trouble as Sweedie's Beau
1915		The Champion as Ringside vendor
1915		Sweedie's Hopeless Love as The Grocery Boy
1915		A Night Out as Fellow Reveller
1915		Sweedie Goes to College as Sweedie's Romeo
1915		His New Job as Film Extra, in Anteroom
1915		Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
1915		Sweedie and Her Dog as Captain of the Dog Catchers
1915		Sweedie's Suicide as Police Captain
1915		Sweedie and the Sultan's Present as Swipes, her husband

1914		Sweedie Collects for Charity as Mr. Tightwad
1914		Their Cheap Vacation
1914		Madame Double X as Mr. Von Crooks Jr.
1914		Sweedie and the Hypnotist as The Hypnotist
1914		Sweedie at the Fair as Captain of the Police
1914		Countess Sweedie as The Waiter
1914		Sweedie the Trouble Maker as Captain of the Police
1914		The Laundress as His Assistant
1914		The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
1914		She Landed a Big One as The Chief of Police
1914		Sweedie Learns to Swim as Captain of Life Savers
1914		The Fickleness of Sweedie as Police Captain
1914		Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie as The Captain
1914		Sweedie's Clean-Up as The Chief of Police
1914		Sweedie's Skate as Captain
1914		Sweedie Springs a Surprise as Mr. Prim
1914		Sweedie and the Double Exposure
1914		The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
1914		Sweedie the Swatter
1914		Sweedie and the Lord