Portrait of Ben Welden

Acting

Ben Welden

Career

Active from 1930 to 1955, with up to 5 main titles a year.

Leading roles
8
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for Three Dark Horses
Three Dark Horses
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 75 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Ben Welden Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.2, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.1, average 4.7
  • Social Commentary
    3.4, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 3
  • 1930s Crime 2
  • Classic Era 2
  • Fast-Paced 2
  • Justice System 2
  • High Stakes 2
  • Escape Plot 2
  • Classic Prison Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

180
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Aliens from Space
Aliens from Space

as Pilot

1960s

7 titles ยท average score 63
Batman
Batman (1966)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Foo Yung

Branded
Branded (1965)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Vega

The Lucy Show
The Lucy Show (1962)
GoodWatch score 47

TV show ยท as Mr. Cooper

Mister Ed
Mister Ed (1961)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Joe / First Man

Ripcord
Ripcord (1961)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Dan Larch

Surfside 6
Surfside 6 (1960)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Joe Bundy

Angel
Angel (1960)

TV show ยท as Phil

1950s

47 titles ยท average score 63
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Police Chief

77 Sunset Strip
77 Sunset Strip (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Benny Hayt

Adventures of Captain Africa
Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)

as Omar

Lassie
Lassie (1954)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show ยท as Delivery Man

Adventures of Superman
Adventures of Superman (1952)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Nosey / Blade

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Thief (uncredited)

Dragnet
Dragnet (1951)
GoodWatch score 46

TV show

Tales of Robin Hood
Tales of Robin Hood (1951)

as Friar Tuck

The Red Skelton Show
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Ben / Eddie

The Awful Sleuth
The Awful Sleuth (1951)

as Memphis Mike

The Jack Benny Program
The Jack Benny Program (1950)
GoodWatch score 54

TV show ยท as Gangster

The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Lefty

1940s

60 titles ยท average score 60
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger (1949)
GoodWatch score 48

TV show ยท as Ray Noonan / Joel Conway

Tough Assignment
Tough Assignment (1949)

as Sniffy

Appointment with Murder
Appointment with Murder (1948)

as Martin Minecci

Sinbad the Sailor
Sinbad the Sailor (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

as Commoner (uncredited)

The Big Sleep
The Big Sleep (1946)
GoodWatch score 85

as Pete (uncredited)

Mr. Hex
Mr. Hex (1946)
GoodWatch score 66

as Bull Laguna (as Ben Weldon)

The Missing Corpse
The Missing Corpse (1945)
GoodWatch score 55

as "Slippery Joe" Clary

The Desert Hawk
The Desert Hawk (1944)

as Omar, the Beggar

Shadows in the Night
Shadows in the Night (1944)
GoodWatch score 61

as Nick Kallus

The Fighting Seabees
The Fighting Seabees (1944)
GoodWatch score 82

as Yump Lumkin

Bullet Scars
Bullet Scars (1942)
GoodWatch score 61

as Pills Davis

At the Stroke of Twelve
At the Stroke of Twelve (1941)

as Babe Summers

1930s

65 titles ยท average score 60
Boys' Reformatory
Boys' Reformatory (1939)

as Mike Hearn

Tenth Avenue Kid
Tenth Avenue Kid (1938)

as Marty Dayton

Crime Ring
Crime Ring (1938)

as Nate

Prison Nurse
Prison Nurse (1938)

as Gaffney

Love Is on the Air
Love Is on the Air (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

as 'Nicey' Ferguson

Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island (1937)
GoodWatch score 54

as Richard 'Red' Carroll

Missing Witnesses
Missing Witnesses (1937)

as Wagner

She Knew What She Wanted
She Knew What She Wanted (1936)

as Chester

Aunt Sally
Aunt Sally (1934)

as Casino

The Man Who Changed His Name
The Man Who Changed His Name (1934)

as Jerry Muller

His Lordship
His Lordship (1932)

as Washington Roosevelt Lincoln

77 Park Lane
77 Park Lane (1931)

as Sinclair