Acting
Ben Turpin
- Titles
- 127movies
- Career
Active from 1907 to 1960, with a break from 1943 to 1956, busiest in 1915 with 16 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 72top three billing
- Average score
60/100
- Highest rated
Our Wife71/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Physical Comedy8.4average 2.5
- Situational Comedy6.4average 2.7
- Absurdist Humor5.7average 2.0
- Historical5.8average 2.6
- Nostalgia6.8average 3.6
- Satire & Parody5.0average 2.3
- Wholesome4.4average 3.3
- Cringe Humor3.0average 2.2
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism0.6, average 5.2
- Psychological1.4, average 5.6
- Mystery0.8, average 4.1
- Melancholy1.6, average 4.7
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Historical Setting 4
- Silent Film Comedy 3
- Nostalgic Charm 3
- Slapstick Humor 3
- Short Film 3
- Physical Gags 3
- Early Cinema 3
- Early 20th Century 2
- Slapstick Comedy 2
- Classic Hollywood 2
- Physical Humor 2
- Comfort Watch 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Wallace BeeryActorCountess Sweedie, A Bedroom Blunder, Sweedie Collects for Charity, Sweedie's Clean-Up, Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie, +21 more
Leo WhiteActorA Burlesque on Carmen, A Night Out, His New Job, Chase Me Charlie, Sweedie's Clean-Up, +13 more
Mack SennettWriterThe Pride of Pikeville, A Small Town Idol, The Shriek of Araby, Roping Her Romeo, Sheriff Nell's Tussle, +8 more
Robert BolderActorHis New Job, Sweedie's Clean-Up, Sweedie and the Sultan's Present, She Landed a Big One, Sweedie the Trouble Maker, +6 more
Madeline HurlockActorWhere's My Wandering Boy This Evening?, Pitfalls of a Big City, A Harem Knight, The Dare-Devil, The Jolly Jilter, +5 more
Charlotte MineauActorMarried Life, His New Job, Trying to Get Along, Sweedie Collects for Charity, She Sighed by the Seaside, +5 more
James FinlaysonActorOur Wife, Saps at Sea, Married Life, Wedding Yells, Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?, +4 more
Edward F. ClineDirectorMillion Dollar Legs, A Blonde's Revenge, A Bedroom Blunder, A Harem Knight, Broke in China, +4 more
Andy ClydeActorThe Pride of Pikeville, Million Dollar Legs, The Dare-Devil, Broke in China, Asleep at the Switch, +3 more
Lillian HamiltonActorMasked Mirth, Caught in the End, Bucking the Tiger, Poultry à la Mode, He Died and He Didn't, +2 more
Gilbert M. AndersonActorMr. Flip, Tag Day, A Christmas Revenge, The Neighbors' Kids, The Haunted Lounge, +2 more- EEdward J. LaurieActorMasked Mirth, The Butcher's Nightmare, The Musical Marvel, A Studio Stampede, Bucking the Tiger, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
1201980s
1 title
as Cross-Eyed Plumber
1960s
2 titles
as (archive footage)
as edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)
1950s
3 titles · average score 70
70
as archive footage
as Dancer
as (archive footage)
1940s
4 titles · average score 69
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Jackson Snood
69
as Cross-Eyed Plumber
1930s
16 titles · average score 64
58
as Bartender in Western
as Count Drewa Blanc
as Bartender
as Henry
67
as Mysterious Man
60
as Ben
as The Russian Prince
71
as Justice of the Peace
65
as Cross-eyed Ben
58
as The Butcher
68
as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)
as Cossack Guard (uncredited)
1920s
33 titles
as Benjamin Turps
as Amos Gillig
as The Janitor
as Vigil Vancourt
as Rodney St. Clair
as Prince Nikolo
as Rodney St. Clair
as The Soda Clerk
as Sheriff Cyclone Bill
as Joe Magee
as The Station Agent
as The Lifeguard
1910s
56 titles · average score 58
53
as A Prussian Guardsman
54
as A Romantic Janitor
as Dickie, the pianist
as Suffern Phatt
as Honest Eyed Jack - a Poor Butterfly
as The Butcher
58
as Film Extra, in Anteroom
58
as Fellow Reveller
59
as Remendados
as The Count's Valet
as Captain of Life Savers
as Captain
1900s
5 titles · average score 42
42
as Mr. Flip
as Tramp
as Servant
as The Tramp