Ben Turpin

Ben Turpin

1869-09-18 • New Orleans, Louisiana, USA • Male • 157 Known Credits

Biography

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

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1869-09-18

Place of Birth

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Known Credits

157

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Bernard Turpin, Bernhard Turpin, Бернхард Терпин, Бернард Терпин, Бен Терпин

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Known For Movies

Saps at Sea

Saps at Sea

1940
Poultry à la Mode

Poultry à la Mode

1916
Days of Thrills and Laughter

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961
Sweedie Goes to College

Sweedie Goes to College

1915
Bright Eyes

Bright Eyes

1921
Why Babies Leave Home

Why Babies Leave Home

1928
Up in Alf's Place

Up in Alf's Place

1919
Step Forward

Step Forward

1922
The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

1914
An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers

An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers

1907
Hollywood

Hollywood

1923
Yukon Jake

Yukon Jake

1924
Our Wife

Our Wife

1931
Are Waitresses Safe?

Are Waitresses Safe?

1917
Running Hollywood

Running Hollywood

1932
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951
Versus Sledge Hammers

Versus Sledge Hammers

1915
The Wild Goose Chaser

The Wild Goose Chaser

1925
The Champion

The Champion

1915
Hollywood Cavalcade

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939
Cracked Nuts

Cracked Nuts

1931
Cupid's Day Off

Cupid's Day Off

1919
The Love Parade

The Love Parade

1930
The Stolen Booking

The Stolen Booking

1916
Mr. Flip

Mr. Flip

1909
Wedding Yells

Wedding Yells

1942
Idle Eyes

Idle Eyes

1928
Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943
Sweedie's Hopeless Love

Sweedie's Hopeless Love

1915
A Night Out

A Night Out

1915
That Night

That Night

1917
Broncho Billy Steps In

Broncho Billy Steps In

1915
She Sighed by the Seaside

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921
Three Foolish Weeks

Three Foolish Weeks

1924
A Woman's Way

A Woman's Way

1928
Roping Her Romeo

Roping Her Romeo

1917
The Dare-Devil

The Dare-Devil

1923
Lifetime of Comedy

Lifetime of Comedy

1960
Broncho Billy's Love Affair

Broncho Billy's Love Affair

1915
Lighthouse Love

Lighthouse Love

1932
The College Hero

The College Hero

1927
A Prodigal Bridegroom

A Prodigal Bridegroom

1926
Down on the Farm

Down on the Farm

1920
Sweedie's Finish

Sweedie's Finish

1915
A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"

A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"

1951
Down Memory Lane

Down Memory Lane

1949
Sweedie Collects for Charity

Sweedie Collects for Charity

1914
The Quack Doctor

The Quack Doctor

1920
The Law of the Wild

The Law of the Wild

1934
Trying to Get Along

Trying to Get Along

1919
Too Much Turkey

Too Much Turkey

1915
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942
Asleep at the Switch

Asleep at the Switch

1923
A Burlesque on Carmen

A Burlesque on Carmen

1915
When Comedy Was King

When Comedy Was King

1960
When Ben Bolted

When Ben Bolted

1917
The Show of Shows

The Show of Shows

1929
Love and Doughnuts

Love and Doughnuts

1921
Sweedie the Swatter

Sweedie the Swatter

1914
The Usual Way

The Usual Way

1913
A Christmas Revenge

A Christmas Revenge

1915
A Blonde's Revenge

A Blonde's Revenge

1926
Tag Day

Tag Day

1909
Madame Double X

Madame Double X

1914
A Bedroom Blunder

A Bedroom Blunder

1917
The Musical Marvel

The Musical Marvel

1917
A Clever Dummy

A Clever Dummy

1917
Sheriff Nell's Tussle

Sheriff Nell's Tussle

1918
The Eyes Have It

The Eyes Have It

1928
Lighthouse Love

Lighthouse Love

1932
Doctoring a Leak

Doctoring a Leak

1916
Countess Sweedie

Countess Sweedie

1914
Snakeville’s Champion

Snakeville’s Champion

1915
Big Farewell

Big Farewell

1954
Sweedie and the Double Exposure

Sweedie and the Double Exposure

1914
The Raspberry Romance

The Raspberry Romance

1925
Two Hearts That Beat as Ten

Two Hearts That Beat as Ten

1915
Ten Dollars or Ten Days

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

1924
Sweedie Learns to Swim

Sweedie Learns to Swim

1914
She Said No

She Said No

1928
The Hollywood Kid

The Hollywood Kid

1924
Yankee Doodle in Berlin

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919
The Marriage Circus

The Marriage Circus

1925
His New Job

His New Job

1915
Masked Mirth

Masked Mirth

1917
Caught in the End

Caught in the End

1917
Hogan's Alley

Hogan's Alley

1925
A Royal Romance

A Royal Romance

1930
The Hidden Treasure

The Hidden Treasure

1912
Starlit Days at the Lido

Starlit Days at the Lido

1935
The Pawnbroker's Heart

The Pawnbroker's Heart

1917
A Small Town Idol

A Small Town Idol

1939
Holding His Own

Holding His Own

1928
She Loved Him Plenty

She Loved Him Plenty

1918
Swing High

Swing High

1930
Pitfalls of a Big City

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923
Million Dollar Legs

Million Dollar Legs

1932
The Golden Age of Comedy

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957
Make Me a Star

Make Me a Star

1932
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934
The Voice of Hollywood No. 8

The Voice of Hollywood No. 8

1930
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

2017
Chase Me Charlie

Chase Me Charlie

1918
Their Cheap Vacation

Their Cheap Vacation

1914
She Landed a Big One

She Landed a Big One

1914
Sweedie's Skate

Sweedie's Skate

1914
Lost: A Cook

Lost: A Cook

1917
The Haunted Lounge

The Haunted Lounge

1909
The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

1914
Taking the Count

Taking the Count

1929
A Studio Stampede

A Studio Stampede

1917
Married Life

Married Life

1920
Sweedie and the Hypnotist

Sweedie and the Hypnotist

1914
Sweedie in Vaudeville

Sweedie in Vaudeville

1915
Charlie Butts In

Charlie Butts In

1920
Ambassador Bill

Ambassador Bill

1931
Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie

Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie

1914
A Small Town Idol

A Small Town Idol

1921
The Pride of Pikeville

The Pride of Pikeville

1927
Broke in China

Broke in China

1927
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923
Hollywood on Parade

Hollywood on Parade

1932
Curiosity

Curiosity

1915
The Butcher's Nightmare

The Butcher's Nightmare

1917
Sweedie and Her Dog

Sweedie and Her Dog

1915
Dance of the Cookoos

Dance of the Cookoos

1982
You Saved My Life

You Saved My Life

1910
Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

1924
When a Man's a Prince

When a Man's a Prince

1926
A Mexican's Gratitude

A Mexican's Gratitude

1909
A Coat Tale

A Coat Tale

1915
Sweedie Learns to Ride

Sweedie Learns to Ride

1915
Seein' Things

Seein' Things

1928
Picture Pirates

Picture Pirates

1916
Any Day in Hollywood

Any Day in Hollywood

1935
He Died and He Didn't

He Died and He Didn't

1916
Bucking the Tiger

Bucking the Tiger

1917
The Wife's Relations

The Wife's Relations

1928
Keystone Hotel

Keystone Hotel

1935
Sweedie and the Lord

Sweedie and the Lord

1914
Sweedie's Hero

Sweedie's Hero

1915
The Cockeyed Family

The Cockeyed Family

1928
A Harem Knight

A Harem Knight

1926
The Shriek of Araby

The Shriek of Araby

1923
His Bogus Boast

His Bogus Boast

1917
The Jolly Jilter

The Jolly Jilter

1927
Love and Trouble

Love and Trouble

1915
The Fickleness of Sweedie

The Fickleness of Sweedie

1914
Sweedie Springs a Surprise

Sweedie Springs a Surprise

1914
The Laundress

The Laundress

1914
Sweedie's Suicide

Sweedie's Suicide

1915
Sweedie the Trouble Maker

Sweedie the Trouble Maker

1914
Oh! What Lungs

Oh! What Lungs

1908
Sweedie's Clean-Up

Sweedie's Clean-Up

1914
Sweedie at the Fair

Sweedie at the Fair

1914
The Neighbors' Kids

The Neighbors' Kids

1909
Sweedie and the Sultan's Present

Sweedie and the Sultan's Present

1915

Known For TV Shows

No known TV shows available.

Movie Credits

Saps at Sea

1940

Cross-Eyed Plumber

Poultry à la Mode

1916

Ben

Days of Thrills and Laughter

1961

Self (archive footage)

Sweedie Goes to College

1915

Sweedie's Romeo

Bright Eyes

1921

Luke Larson the Oil Magnate

Why Babies Leave Home

1928

Up in Alf's Place

1919

Oswald Planter - Mortician

Step Forward

1922

Rodney Robbin

The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

1914

An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers

1907

The Hobo

Hollywood

1923

Ben Turpin

Yukon Jake

1924

Sheriff Cyclone Bill

Our Wife

1931

Justice of the Peace

Are Waitresses Safe?

1917

Ralph - Who Loved Her So

Running Hollywood

1932

Traffic Cop

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives

1951

(archive footage)

Versus Sledge Hammers

1915

The Count's Valet

The Wild Goose Chaser

1925

Rodney St. Clair

The Champion

1915

Ringside vendor

Hollywood Cavalcade

1939

Bartender in Western

Cracked Nuts

1931

Cross-eyed Ben

Cupid's Day Off

1919

1st Shoe Salesman

The Love Parade

1930

Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)

The Stolen Booking

1916

Ben

Mr. Flip

1909

Mr. Flip

Wedding Yells

1942

Jackson Snood

Idle Eyes

1928

Benjamin Turps

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

(archive footage)

Sweedie's Hopeless Love

1915

The Grocery Boy

A Night Out

1915

Fellow Reveller

That Night

1917

Broncho Billy Steps In

1915

She Sighed by the Seaside

1921

The Lifeguard

Three Foolish Weeks

1924

Baron Sergius Rodney St. Clair

A Woman's Way

1928

Roping Her Romeo

1917

Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly

The Dare-Devil

1923

Joe Magee

Lifetime of Comedy

1960

(archive footage)

Broncho Billy's Love Affair

1915

Lighthouse Love

1932

The Russian Prince

The College Hero

1927

The Janitor

A Prodigal Bridegroom

1926

Down on the Farm

1920

The Faithful Wife's Husband

Sweedie's Finish

1915

A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"

1951

Down Memory Lane

1949

(archive footage)

Sweedie Collects for Charity

1914

Mr. Tightwad

The Quack Doctor

1920

The Justice of the Peace

The Law of the Wild

1934

Henry

Trying to Get Along

1919

Freeloading Customer

Too Much Turkey

1915

The Neighbor

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

1942

Self (archive footage)

Asleep at the Switch

1923

The Station Agent

A Burlesque on Carmen

1915

Remendados

When Comedy Was King

1960

edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)

When Ben Bolted

1917

The Show of Shows

1929

Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' Number

Love and Doughnuts

1921

The Baker

Sweedie the Swatter

1914

The Usual Way

1913

Secondary Role

A Christmas Revenge

1915

Loafer

A Blonde's Revenge

1926

Gerald Montague

Tag Day

1909

The Tramp

Madame Double X

1914

Mr. Von Crooks Jr.

A Bedroom Blunder

1917

Hotel Desk Clerk

The Musical Marvel

1917

Dickie, the pianist

A Clever Dummy

1917

A Romantic Janitor

Sheriff Nell's Tussle

1918

Honest Eyed Jack - Still After Her

The Eyes Have It

1928

Lighthouse Love

1932

The Russian Prince

Doctoring a Leak

1916

1st Plumber

Countess Sweedie

1914

The Waiter

Snakeville’s Champion

1915

Bloggie

Big Farewell

1954

Dancer

Sweedie and the Double Exposure

1914

The Raspberry Romance

1925

Rodney St. Clair

Two Hearts That Beat as Ten

1915

Ten Dollars or Ten Days

1924

The Soda Clerk

Sweedie Learns to Swim

1914

Captain of Life Savers

She Said No

1928

The Hollywood Kid

1924

Self

Yankee Doodle in Berlin

1919

A Prussian Guardsman

The Marriage Circus

1925

Rodney St. Clair

His New Job

1915

Film Extra, in Anteroom

Masked Mirth

1917

Suffern Phatt

Caught in the End

1917

Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball Co

Hogan's Alley

1925

The Stranger

A Royal Romance

1930

Cossack Guard (uncredited)

The Hidden Treasure

1912

Puddlefoot Pete

Starlit Days at the Lido

1935

Self

The Pawnbroker's Heart

1917

The Pawnshop Janitor

A Small Town Idol

1939

Sam Smith

Holding His Own

1928

Ben Muggs

She Loved Him Plenty

1918

Swing High

1930

Bartender

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923

Rodney St. Clair

Million Dollar Legs

1932

Mysterious Man

The Golden Age of Comedy

1957

archive footage

Make Me a Star

1932

Ben

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934

Bartender

The Voice of Hollywood No. 8

1930

Self - Guest Host

Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay

2017

Self (archive footage)

Chase Me Charlie

1918

Ben

Their Cheap Vacation

1914

She Landed a Big One

1914

The Chief of Police

Sweedie's Skate

1914

Captain

Lost: A Cook

1917

Pest Guest

The Haunted Lounge

1909

Tramp

The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in

1914

Taking the Count

1929

A Studio Stampede

1917

Vic

Married Life

1920

Rodney St. Clair - a Man's Man

Sweedie and the Hypnotist

1914

The Hypnotist

Sweedie in Vaudeville

1915

Charlie Butts In

1920

Ambassador Bill

1931

The Butcher

Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie

1914

The Captain

A Small Town Idol

1921

Sam Smith

The Pride of Pikeville

1927

Baron Bonamo

Broke in China

1927

Donald Drake

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?

1923

Rodney St. Clair

Hollywood on Parade

1932

Self

Curiosity

1915

The Lunatic

The Butcher's Nightmare

1917

The Butcher

Sweedie and Her Dog

1915

Captain of the Dog Catchers

Dance of the Cookoos

1982

Cross-Eyed Plumber

You Saved My Life

1910

Romeo and Juliet

1924

Rodney St. Clair / Romeo

When a Man's a Prince

1926

Prince Nikolo

A Mexican's Gratitude

1909

A Coat Tale

1915

Sweedie Learns to Ride

1915

Sweedie's Romeo

Seein' Things

1928

Picture Pirates

1916

2nd Ne'er-Do-Well

Any Day in Hollywood

1935

He Died and He Didn't

1916

The Gambler

Bucking the Tiger

1917

The Grand Ruin

The Wife's Relations

1928

Rodney St. Clair

Keystone Hotel

1935

Count Drewa Blanc

Sweedie and the Lord

1914

Sweedie's Hero

1915

The Bellboy

The Cockeyed Family

1928

Amos Gillig

A Harem Knight

1926

Rodney St. Clair

The Shriek of Araby

1923

Bill Poster - The Sheik

His Bogus Boast

1917

The Jolly Jilter

1927

Vigil Vancourt

Love and Trouble

1915

Sweedie's Beau

The Fickleness of Sweedie

1914

Police Captain

Sweedie Springs a Surprise

1914

Mr. Prim

The Laundress

1914

His Assistant

Sweedie's Suicide

1915

Police Captain

Sweedie the Trouble Maker

1914

Captain of the Police

Oh! What Lungs

1908

Sweedie's Clean-Up

1914

The Chief of Police

Sweedie at the Fair

1914

Captain of the Police

The Neighbors' Kids

1909

Servant

Sweedie and the Sultan's Present

1915

Swipes, her husband

TV Credits

No TV credits available.

Movie Production Credits

The Musical Marvel

Director

1917

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.