Ben Welden

Deceased · Born: Jun 12, 1901 · Died: Oct 17, 1997

Career

acting

1961

1958

1957

Spook Chasers as Ziggie

1955

Adventures of Captain Africa: Mighty Jungle Avenger!

Adventures of Captain Africa: Mighty Jungle Avenger! as Omar

1954

Killers from Space

Killers from Space as Pilot - Tar Baby 2

1952

Three Dark Horses

Three Dark Horses as Jim Digger

Adventures of Superman

Adventures of Superman as Gangster in Montage (archive footage)

1951

My True Story as Buzz Edwards

I Love Lucy as Thief (uncredited)

1950

On the Isle of Samoa

On the Isle of Samoa as Nick Leach

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton

The Misadventures of Buster Keaton as Sam

1949

Tough Assignment

Tough Assignment as Sniffy

Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones as Big Steve's Bodyguard

Search for Danger

Search for Danger as Gregory

1948

Jinx Money as Benny the Meatball

Appointment with Murder

Appointment with Murder as Martin Minecci

Lady at Midnight

Lady at Midnight as Willie Gold

Smart Girls Don't Talk

Smart Girls Don't Talk as Nelson Clark

Trapped by Boston Blackie

Trapped by Boston Blackie as Louis

1947

Too Many Winners

Too Many Winners as Gil Madden / Theodore Ross

Little Miss Broadway

Little Miss Broadway as Cash Monahan

The Pretender as Mickie

1946

The Last Crooked Mile

The Last Crooked Mile as Haynes, a thug

Mr. Hex as Bull Laguna (as Ben Weldon)

1945

The Missing Corpse

The Missing Corpse as "Slippery Joe" Clary

1944

The Fighting Seabees

The Fighting Seabees as Yump Lumkin

Shadows in the Night

Shadows in the Night as Nick Kallus

The Desert Hawk

The Desert Hawk as Omar, the Beggar

1942

Bullet Scars as Pills Davis

Maisie Gets Her Man

Maisie Gets Her Man as Percy Podd

1941

At the Stroke of Twelve

At the Stroke of Twelve as Babe

Dangerously They Live

Dangerously They Live as Eddie, Nazi Henchman

I'll Wait for You

I'll Wait for You as Dr. Anderson

Nine Lives Are Not Enough

Nine Lives Are Not Enough as Moxie Karper

1940

South of Pago Pago

South of Pago Pago as Grimes

Outside the Three-Mile Limit

Outside the Three-Mile Limit as Lefty Shores

Passport to Alcatraz

Passport to Alcatraz as Bender

Wolf of New York

Wolf of New York as Owney McGill

1939

Boys' Reformatory

Boys' Reformatory as Mike Hearn

The Star Maker as Joe Gimlick

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt as Jenks

1938

Smashing the Rackets

Smashing the Rackets as Whitey Clark

Federal Man-Hunt

Federal Man-Hunt as Goldie

Prison Nurse as Gaffney

10th Ave Kid as Marty Dayton

Mystery House as Gerald Frawley

The Saint in New York

The Saint in New York as Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff

1937

Silent Barriers

Silent Barriers as Joe

Kid Galahad as Buzz Barett

Back in Circulation

Back in Circulation as Sam Sherman

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island as Richard 'Red' Carroll

Love Is on the Air

Love Is on the Air as 'Nicey' Ferguson

Confession as Defense Attorney

The Duke Comes Back

The Duke Comes Back as Barney

Missing Witnesses

Missing Witnesses as Wagner

1935

Phantom Ship as Boas 'Sailor' Hoffman

Murder on the Set

Murder on the Set as Freshman

1934

Along Came Sally

Along Came Sally as Casino