Biography
Ben Welden (born Benjamin Weinblatt; June 12, 1901 – October 17, 1997) was an American character actor who played a wide variety of Damon Runyon-type gangsters in various movies and television shows.
Filmography
all 168
Movies 143
TV Shows 25
Foo Yung
Batman (1966)
TV
5
Branded (1965)
TV
5.91
Mr. Cooper
The Lucy Show (1962)
TV
Joe / First Man
Mister Ed (1961)
TV
5.59
Phil
Angel (1960)
TV
Joe Bundy
Surfside 6 (1960)
TV
Police Chief
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
TV
6
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
TV
Ring Announcer (uncredited)
The Crooked Circle (1957)
Movie
Pete (uncredited)
Night Passage (1957)
Movie
Henchman Ziggie
Spook Chasers (1957)
Movie
6
Boss
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
Movie
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)
TV
Ben Peabody
Hidden Guns (1956)
Movie
Matinee Theater (1955)
TV
Navy Log (1955)
TV
Omar
Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)
Movie
Big John / Durocky
Damon Runyon Theater (1955)
TV
Buffalo Bill Jr. (1955)
TV
Adventures Of The Falcon (1954)
TV
Pinhead Pete
Public Defender (1954)
TV
Tar Baby 2 Pilot (bit)
Killers from Space (1954)
Movie
The Lone Wolf (1954)
TV
Stout Wrestler (uncredited)
The Veils of Bagdad (1953)
Movie
Fisherman (uncredited)
Thunder Bay (1953)
Movie
Hugo - Bartender
All Ashore (1953)
Movie
Jim Digger
Three Dark Horses (1952)
Movie
Mr. & Mrs. North (1952)
TV
Jody Malone / Carni / Curley / 'Leftover' Louie Lyman / Hank / Gangster in Montage (archive footage)
Adventures of Superman (1952)
TV
Friar Tuck
Tales of Robin Hood (1951)
Movie
Dragnet (1951)
TV
7
Thief (uncredited)
I Love Lucy (1951)
TV
7.33
Badman / Big Bill's henchman #1
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
TV
The Adventures of Boston Blackie (1951)
TV
Oily Moe - Bookie (uncredited)
Rhubarb (1951)
Movie
Barkeep in Pub
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
Movie
The Blackmailer
Woo-Woo Blues (1951)
Movie
Memphis Mike Bennett
The Awful Sleuth (1951)
Movie
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
TV
Singing Solly
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
Movie
Buzz Edwards
My True Story (1951)
Movie
Sam
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton (1950)
Movie
Johnson / Sollum / Harvey
Space Patrol (1950)
TV
Mokar
The Desert Hawk (1950)
Movie
Nick Leach
On the Isle of Samoa (1950)
Movie
Baldy Carter / Pete Clark
The Gene Autry Show (1950)
TV
Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story (1950)
Movie
Tom
Buccaneer's Girl (1950)
Movie
Augie (uncredited)
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
Movie
Sniffy
Tough Assignment (1949)
Movie
Sammy
Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)
Movie
Big Steve's Bodyguard
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
Movie
4
Gregory
Search for Danger (1949)
Movie
Moving Van Helper
Impact (1949)
Movie
Lefty Conlin
Fighting Fools (1949)
Movie
Martin Minecci
Appointment with Murder (1948)
Movie
Bookie (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary (1948)
Movie
Monte
A Song Is Born (1948)
Movie
Nelson Clark
Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
Movie
Willie Gold
Lady at Midnight (1948)
Movie
Benny the Meatball
Jinx Money (1948)
Movie
Stewart (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Movie
6
Rankin (uncredited)
Here Comes Trouble (1948)
Movie
Sam
Heading For Heaven (1947)
Movie
Mickie
The Pretender (1947)
Movie
Big Nick Moronie
Killer Dill (1947)
Movie
Bartender
Blackmail (1947)
Movie
Cash Monahan
Little Miss Broadway (1947)
Movie
Gil Madden / Theodore Ross
Too Many Winners (1947)
Movie
Jack Atlas
The Man I Love (1946)
Movie
Bull Laguna (as Ben Weldon)
Mr. Hex (1946)
Movie
Shaggsy (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Movie
Pete (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Movie
3.5
Haynes, a thug
The Last Crooked Mile (1946)
Movie
Hotel Manager (Uncredited)
Midnight Manhunt (1945)
Movie
'Slippery Joe' Clary
The Missing Corpse (1945)
Movie
Monty
It's in the Bag! (1945)
Movie
Kenny
Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
Movie
Nick Kallus
Shadows in the Night (1944)
Movie
Omar
The Desert Hawk (1944)
Movie
Yump Lumkin
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
Movie
4
Louis Burch
Here Comes Elmer (1943)
Movie
Chief Quartermaster Rankin
Stand by for Action (1942)
Movie
Henchman Joe (uncredited)
Secrets of the Underground (1942)
Movie
Percy Podd
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Movie
Pills Davis
Bullet Scars (1942)
Movie
Fisherman
A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
Movie
Smitty
All Through the Night (1942)
Movie
Eddie, Nazi Henchman
Dangerously They Live (1941)
Movie
Babe
At the Stroke of Twelve (1941)
Movie
Moxie Karper
Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)
Movie
Al Hurst
Manpower (1941)
Movie
Dr. Anderson
I'll Wait for You (1941)
Movie
Fido Durkin
Strange Alibi (1941)
Movie
Superintendent
Men of Boys Town (1941)
Movie
Pelky
Knockout (1941)
Movie
Monk Westman
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
Movie
Cobb
City for Conquest (1940)
Movie
Grimes
South of Pago Pago (1940)
Movie
Bender
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
Movie
Sully
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
Movie
Lefty Shores
Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
Movie
Owney McGill
Wolf of New York (1940)
Movie
Silky's Driver (uncredited)
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Movie
Tavern Proprietor (uncredited)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Movie
6
Agent
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Movie
Joe Gimlick
The Star Maker (1939)
Movie
Toby
Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Movie
Mike Hearn
Boys' Reformatory (1939)
Movie
Stemmy
Sergeant Madden (1939)
Movie
Rocks Henry
I Was a Convict (1939)
Movie
Jenks
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)
Movie
Foreman
Stand Up and Fight (1939)
Movie
Ben (archive footage) (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
Movie
Goldie
Federal Man-Hunt (1938)
Movie
Spot McGee
Little Orphan Annie (1938)
Movie
Otto Miller
The Night Hawk (1938)
Movie
Promoter
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
Movie
Marty Dayton
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)
Movie
Whitey Clark
Smashing the Rackets (1938)
Movie
Motorboat Man
Gateway (1938)
Movie
Nate
Crime Ring (1938)
Movie
1st New York Taxi Driver
Always Goodbye (1938)
Movie
Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff
The Saint in New York (1938)
Movie
4.64
Gerald Frawley
Mystery House (1938)
Movie
Gaffney
Prison Nurse (1938)
Movie
Rink Manager
Happy Landing (1938)
Movie
Bugsy
Love and Hisses (1937)
Movie
Frank Wagner
Missing Witnesses (1937)
Movie
Barney
The Duke Comes Back (1937)
Movie
'Red' Carroll
Alcatraz Island (1937)
Movie
'Nicey' Ferguson
Love Is on the Air (1937)
Movie
Hammer
Varsity Show (1937)
Movie
Sam Sherman
Back in Circulation (1937)
Movie
Defense Attorney
Confession (1937)
Movie
Buzz Barett
Kid Galahad (1937)
Movie
Charlie Delaney
Marked Woman (1937)
Movie
Steve Hickman
Westbound Mail (1937)
Movie
Joe
The Great Barrier (1937)
Movie
Tramp
Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
Movie
Saunders
Alibi Inn (1935)
Movie
Freshman
Death on the Set (1935)
Movie
Ted Balding
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
Movie
Raisins
Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
Movie
Crook
The Big Splash (1935)
Movie
Adolph Klotz
Admirals All (1935)
Movie
Ben
Gay Love (1934)
Movie
Casino
Aunt Sally (1934)
Movie
Charlie Marsh
The Black Abbot (1934)
Movie
Jerry Muller
The Man Who Changed His Name (1934)
Movie
Bellini - Stedding's Henchman
The Fire Raisers (1934)
Movie
Deval
The Medium (1934)
Movie
Chris Dempson
Mannequin (1933)
Movie
Two Gun Mullins
This Is the Life (1933)
Movie
Michael Collier
His Grace Gives Notice (1933)
Movie
Mustapha
Send 'Em Back Half Dead (1933)
Movie
Harriman
Born Lucky (1933)
Movie
Crook
Their Night Out (1933)
Movie
Puppets of Fate (1933)
Movie
Joe Garbel
The Medicine Man (1933)
Movie
Tony Carlotti
The Pride of the Force (1933)
Movie
Cyrus P. Schroeder
Tin Gods (1932)
Movie
Washington Roosevelt Lincoln
His Lordship (1932)
Movie
Spike Guinan
The Innocents of Chicago (1932)
Movie
Actor
Who Killed Doc Robin? (1931)
Movie
Sinclair
77 Park Lane (1931)
Movie
Ted
The Man from Chicago (1930)
Movie
Fenchurch
Big Business (1930)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.24
Based on 264 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1901-06-12
Deathday1997-10-17 (96 years old)
Birth PlaceToledo, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBenjamin Weinblatt, Ben Weldon
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