Ben Welden
Date of birth: 1901-06-12
Place of birth: Toledo, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Benjamin Weinblatt, Ben Weldon
Biography
Movie Credits
Mannequin
1933-12-06
'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Pretender
1947-08-11
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by
Here Comes Elmer
1943-11-15
This musical comedy stars radio star Al Pearce has a double role playing himself and Elmer Blurt, th
Manpower
1941-08-09
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and
The Lemon Drop Kid
1951-04-02
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid
His Grace Gives Notice
1933-07-22
'Butler inherits title but keeps it secret to woo employer's daughter.' (British Film Catalogue)
Outside the Three-Mile Limit
1940-03-07
Government Agent Conway, posing as a crew member of a ship, is investigating the flood of counterfei
Night Passage
1957-07-24
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw brother, the
Circumstantial Evidence
1945-04-20
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an
All Through the Night
1942-01-10
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
Smart Girls Don't Talk
1948-10-09
A society woman gets involved with a gangster only to find he has hidden plans.
Appointment with Murder
1948-11-24
The second Falcon film to feature actor/magician John Calvert sees the Falcon dealing with art thiev
Search for Danger
1949-04-15
The murders of a suspected thief and a rival private eye draw the attention of The Falcon.
The Saint in New York
1938-05-25
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fi
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942-01-29
Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.
Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
The Last Crooked Mile
1946-08-09
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
Kid Galahad
1937-05-29
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid
Confession
1937-08-19
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is reveal
Thunder Bay
1953-05-21
Shrimpers and oilmen clash when an ambitious wildcatter begins constructing an off-shore oilrig.
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a b
Here Comes Trouble
1948-03-15
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the p
Tenth Avenue Kid
1938-08-22
In this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father. Later
Tough Assignment
1949-11-15
A meddlesome reporter sporting a young bride takes on a gang of modern day cattle rustlers. Donald
Lady at Midnight
1948-08-15
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
The Man from Chicago
1930-10-22
'American motor bandit takes over London garage and club.' (British Film Catalogue)
Three Dark Horses
1952-10-16
A campaign boss is looking for three delegates to the presidential convention, delegates that are to
Fighting Fools
1949-03-17
The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During
Love Is on the Air
1937-10-02
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
Varsity Show
1937-09-04
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played
Wolf of New York
1940-01-23
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a pol
Knockout
1941-03-29
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to
The Duke Comes Back
1937-11-29
After winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to marry s
Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
I'll Wait for You
1941-05-16
A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
Heading for Heaven
1947-12-06
A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new airp
Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Boys' Reformatory
1939-05-01
A tough street kid takes the rap for a burglary committed by the son of his foster family and is sen
Bullet Scars
1942-03-07
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madi
South of Pago Pago
1940-07-19
Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in
The Crooked Circle
1957-11-11
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
The Missing Corpse
1945-06-01
A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when blackm
Federal Man-Hunt
1938-12-27
By a daring ruse and inside help, Pete Rennick, a noted criminal behind bars on federal charges, esc
Always Goodbye
1938-06-24
Following the death of her fiancé, Margot Weston is left pregnant and unmarried. Former doctor Jim H
Happy Landing
1938-01-23
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to Ame
Prison Nurse
1938-03-02
A state prison is threatened by approaching floods, an epidemic of typhoid fever breaks out among th
Mystery House
1938-05-21
When a banker is found shot dead with a gun in his hand, his daughter refuses to believe it is a sui
The Black Abbot
1934-06-10
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich
Crime Ring
1938-07-08
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buyi
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941-09-20
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
The Night Hawk
1938-10-01
Gangster Charlie McCormick despairs as his young brother Bobby lays near death and vows to break the
This Is the Life
1933-09-01
This Is the Life is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Albert de Courville and starring Gordon H
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
1935-03-24
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an A
On the Isle of Samoa
1950-08-03
After committing a robbery, a man is inspired to confess by a lovely native girl he meets on a small
Strange Alibi
1941-04-19
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identit
Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival paper
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939-01-27
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
Love and Hisses
1937-12-21
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winch
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marr
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950-05-16
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Trac
Adventures of Captain Africa
1955-06-09
Filled from front to back with stock footage taken from the Columbia serials "The Phantom-1943" and,
Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
Too Many Winners
1947-05-24
Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.
My Dear Secretary
1948-11-05
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen
Puppets of Fate
1933-01-10
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
Send 'Em Back Half Dead
1933-05-24
'Parody of big game films: a Hollywood film director discovers that film units have civilised Africa
Hollywood or Bust
1956-12-06
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Stev
Aunt Sally
1934-06-13
An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job i
That Certain Woman
1937-08-30
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949-11-03
A female police detective enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and learn the identity
The Pride of the Force
1933-01-01
This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popula
The Earl of Chicago
1940-01-05
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Ear
Alcatraz Island
1937-10-13
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove
I Was a Convict
1939-03-06
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he become
Killer Dill
1947-08-02
Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck be
Secrets of the Underground
1942-12-18
With the help of a WAAC group, Mr. District Attorny smashes a Nazi spy-ring that is selling counterf
The Awful Sleuth
1951-04-18
Drug store soda jerk Bert is a true-crime buff who revels in detective magazines. But he doesn't rec
Born Lucky
1933-04-05
A humble girl's rise to fame.
The Medicine Man
1933-01-01
A young man impersonates a doctor.
Midnight Manhunt
1945-07-27
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
The Man Who Changed His Name
1934-03-01
A young woman begins to suspect that her wealthy, respectable husband may be an escaped Canadian mur
The Fire Raisers
1934-01-22
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a ga
Gateway
1938-08-05
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists th
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
The Veils of Bagdad
1953-10-06
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad,
Mr. Hex
1946-11-09
Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941-11-15
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "
Gay Love
1934-09-01
Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but th
Annie, Leave the Room!
1935-02-01
British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
The Big Splash
1935-01-01
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
Come Out of the Pantry
1935-11-22
A Duke's son plays the part of a footman and shows himself amusing in the pantry.
Death on the Set
1935-07-29
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters plac
Their Night Out
1933-03-01
An evening of cocktails and frolicking lands a chap in hot water when he's suspected of mastermindin
Blackmail
1947-07-24
A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before
The Fighting Seabees
1944-01-27
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work
Spook Chasers
1957-06-02
Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.
The Desert Hawk
1950-08-05
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daug
Killers from Space
1954-01-23
Atomic scientist/pilot Doug Martin is missing after his plane crashes on an reconnaissance mission a
Impact
1949-03-20
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime
Tales of Robin Hood
1951-12-21
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de
Hidden Guns
1956-01-30
The outlaw Stragg has the town so intimidated that no one will speak against him no matter what he d
Big Business
1930-09-30
A Musical film Directed by Oscar M. Sheridan.
77 Park Lane
1931-07-02
When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it
Who Killed Doc Robin?
1931-12-31
A short comedy film directed by W.P. Kellino
His Lordship
1932-06-02
The commoner is a happy cockney plumber by the name of Bert Gibbs. Bert comes into contact with the
The Innocents of Chicago
1932-03-20
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
Men of Boys Town
1941-04-11
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
The Star Maker
1939-08-25
This is a film about the life of Gus Edwards, a well known vaudeville composer, entertainer, and pro
Tin Gods
1932-07-25
A concert pianist loses his hearing but finds a new sense of purpose by helping others. A British dr
Alibi Inn
1935-11-28
A young inventor is wrongfully accused of killing a night watchmen committed by a gang during a jewe
Admirals All
1935-01-01
A standoffish actress is pursued by a low ranking Navy officer
Little Orphan Annie
1938-12-02
Annie (Ann Gillis), an orphan, (based on Harold Gray's comic strip but who is at no point in the fil
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
Buccaneer's Girl
1950-03-01
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Straight, Place and Show
1938-09-30
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match
Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
The Big Sleep
1946-08-23
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involvi
Tear Gas Squad
1940-05-04
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
A Song Is Born
1948-10-19
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to hav
The Man I Love
1946-12-26
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother,
All Ashore
1953-03-03
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.
Shadows in the Night
1944-07-27
A criminal psychologist tries to help a beautiful heiress going mad in a haunted mansion.
Jinx Money
1948-06-27
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip
Marked Woman
1937-04-10
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangste
The Desert Hawk
1944-07-07
Evil Hassan slips back into his native land of Ahad and plots to overthrow his twin bother, Kasim, w
The Lady and the Bandit
1951-08-13
Highwayman Dick Turpin rides 200 miles to save his wife from the gallows in 18th-century England.
The Medium
1934-01-01
A mad sculptor murders his wife and hides the body within a statue; a psychic model suspects the tru
Sorrowful Jones
1949-07-04
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her fath
Angel on My Shoulder
1946-09-20
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up f
Little Miss Broadway
1947-06-19
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent
It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
The Noose Hangs High
1948-04-05
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick u
Tell It to the Judge
1949-11-18
Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is opp
Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. The
The Great Barrier
1937-01-02
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Passport to Alcatraz
1940-06-06
George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens wh
Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about
My True Story
1951-03-08
Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly finds
She Knew What She Wanted
1936-06-01
An amoral young dancer falls in love with a band leader.
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
1935-04-27
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing
The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950-12-31
Feature film fashioned from parts of Keaton's short-lived TV series "The Buster Keaton Show."
Aliens from Space
A group of extra-terrestrials determined to take over the earth and make it their new home, station
The Threat
1949-12-01
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
Sinbad the Sailor
1947-01-13
Daredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of Alexand
The Strawberry Blonde
1941-02-21
Biff Grimes is desperately in love with Virginia, but his best friend Hugo marries her and manipulat