Ben Welden's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) Mister Ed Joe

Main Movie Roles 1957 - Night Passage 1956 - Hollywood or Bust 1956 - The Benny Goodman Story 1954 - Killers from Space 1953 - Thunder Bay 1952 - Captain Pirate 1951 - Rhubarb 1951 - The Lemon Drop Kid 1950 - The Jackie Robinson Story 1949 - Impact 1949 - Search for Danger 1948 - The Babe Ruth Story 1948 - A Song Is Born 1948 - The Noose Hangs High 1948 - Appointment With Murder 1947 - Blackmail 1947 - Fiesta 1947 - The Man I Love 1947 - The Pretender 1947 - Sinbad the Sailor 1946 - Angel on My Shoulder 1946 - Anna and the King of Siam 1946 - The Big Sleep 1945 - Midnight Manhunt 1945 - Circumstantial Evidence 1941 - Manpower 1941 - All Through the Night 1940 - City for Conquest 1939 - Rose of Washington Square 1939 - The Roaring Twenties 1938 - The Saint in New York 1938 - Little Miss Broadway 1938 - Happy Landing 1937 - Maytime 1937 - The Last Gangster 1937 - Marked Woman 1935 - The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

BIOGRAPHY:

Character actor of distinctly American persona who nevertheless made several films in Britain before returning to the U.S. to carve out a career as a familiar face in American movies. Short and bald, with a streetwise character and a Damon Runyan accent, Welden played countless gangsters and smalltime hoods, often with a comic aspect. He was the henchman who gunned down Elia Kazan in City for Conquest (1940), and made numerous appearances as crooks on "Adventures of Superman" (1952). As a sideline, he owned Nutcorn, a popular Beverly Hills confectionery. He retired from acting in his sixties.


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