Ben Welden: movies and TV shows
Ben Welden has 205 credits in the archive: 149 films and 56 TV series, from 1930 to 1966. Highest rated: I Love Lucy (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1930 – 1966 · busiest year: 1951 (16 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Batman | Foo Yung | TV | 7.3 | 65 |
| 1965 | Branded | Vega | TV | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1962 | The Lucy Show | Mr. Cooper | TV | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1961 | Mister Ed | First Man | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1961 | Mister Ed | Joe | TV | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Joe Bundy | TV | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1960 | Angel | Phil | TV | 4.2 | 59 |
| 1959 | The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | Police Chief | TV | 6.3 | 58 |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | Benny Hayt | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1957 | Night Passage | Pete (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1957 | The Crooked Circle | Ring Announcer (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1957 | Spook Chasers | Henchman Ziggie | Film | 4.9 | 56 |
| 1956 | The Gale Storm Show | Muggsy | TV | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Jim Bowie | TV | 5.3 | 55 | |
| 1956 | Hollywood or Bust | Boss | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1956 | Hidden Guns | Ben Peabody | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 54 | |
| 1955 | Navy Log | TV | 5.2 | 54 | |
| 1955 | Buffalo Bill Jr. | TV | 6.0 | 54 | |
| 1955 | Adventures of Captain Africa | Omar | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1954 | Lassie | Delivery Man | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Pinhead Pete | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Donny | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Dominick | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1954 | Public Defender | Boss | TV | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf | Murry Fitch | TV | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1954 | Adventures Of The Falcon | TV | 6.0 | 53 | |
| 1954 | Killers from Space | Tar Baby 2 Pilot (bit) | Film | 3.8 | 53 |
| 1953 | Topper | Howard | TV | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1953 | The Veils of Bagdad | Stout Wrestler (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1953 | All Ashore | Hugo - Bartender | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1953 | Thunder Bay | Fisherman (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Gangster in Montage (archive footage) | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Carni | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | 'Leftover' Louie Lyman | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Jody Malone | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Hank | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Curley | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Lefty | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Nosey | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | Adventures of Superman | Blade | TV | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Judge | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1952 | The Abbott and Costello Show | Gaston - Restaurant Manager | TV | 7.2 | 51 |
| 1952 | Mr. & Mrs. North | TV | 5.0 | 51 | |
| 1952 | Three Dark Horses | Jim Digger | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Big Bill's Henchman #1 | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Badman | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Eddie | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Ben | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show | Baby Face Hogan | TV | 7.4 | 50 |
| 1951 | Dragnet | TV | 6.5 | 50 | |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Thief (uncredited) | TV | 7.9 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | TV | 5.3 | 50 | |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie | TV | 4.0 | 50 | |
| 1951 | Boston Blackie | Slugs | TV | 4.0 | 50 |
| 1951 | Tales of Robin Hood | Friar Tuck | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Lemon Drop Kid | Singing Solly | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1951 | Rhubarb | Oily Moe - Bookie (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Lady and the Bandit | Barkeep in Pub | Film | 6.8 | 50 |
| 1951 | My True Story | Buzz Edwards | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1951 | The Awful Sleuth | Memphis Mike | Film | 10.0 | 50 |
| 1950 | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | Lefty | TV | 7.1 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Jack Benny Program | Gangster | TV | 7.8 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Baldy Carter | TV | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Pete Clark | TV | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Henchman Pete | TV | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Gene Autry Show | Henchman Rusty | TV | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1950 | Buccaneer's Girl | Tom | Film | 5.8 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Desert Hawk | Mokar | Film | 5.4 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1950 | The Misadventures of Buster Keaton | Sam (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1950 | On the Isle of Samoa | Nick Leach | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Carlos Marina | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Pete Morales | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Ray Noonan | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Ed Lacey | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Jim Waddell | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Lone Ranger | Joel Conway | TV | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | Impact | Moving Van Helper | Film | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1949 | Sorrowful Jones | Big Steve's Bodyguard | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1949 | The Threat | Tony Anzio (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1949 | Tell It to the Judge | Augie (uncredited) | Film | 6.6 | 48 |
| 1949 | Mary Ryan, Detective | Sammy | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1949 | Tough Assignment | Sniffy | Film | 6.8 | 48 |
| 1949 | Fighting Fools | Lefty Conlin | Film | 6.0 | 48 |
| 1949 | Search for Danger | Gregory | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1948 | Here Comes Trouble | Rankin (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 47 |
| 1948 | A Song Is Born | Monte | Film | 6.4 | 47 |
| 1948 | Smart Girls Don't Talk | Nelson Clark | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Stewart (uncredited) | Film | 6.9 | 47 |
| 1948 | Appointment with Murder | Martin Minecci | Film | 5.8 | 47 |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Bookie (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1948 | Lady at Midnight | Willie Gold | Film | 9.0 | 47 |
| 1948 | Jinx Money | Benny the Meatball | Film | 5.6 | 47 |
| 1947 | Sinbad the Sailor | Commoner (uncredited) | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1947 | The Pretender | Mickie | Film | 5.8 | 46 |
| 1947 | Heading for Heaven | Sam | Film | 5.6 | 46 |
| 1947 | Too Many Winners | Gil Madden / Theodore Ross | Film | 6.0 | 46 |
| 1947 | Killer Dill | Big Nick Moronie | Film | 7.3 | 46 |
| 1947 | Blackmail | Bartender | Film | 4.2 | 46 |
| 1947 | Little Miss Broadway | Cash Monahan | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1946 | The Big Sleep | Pete (uncredited) | Film | 7.6 | 45 |
| 1946 | Angel on My Shoulder | Shaggsy (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1946 | The Man I Love | Jack Atlas (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 45 |
| 1946 | The Last Crooked Mile | Haynes, a thug | Film | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1946 | Mr. Hex | Bull Laguna (as Ben Weldon) | Film | 7.3 | 45 |
| 1945 | Midnight Manhunt | Hotel Manager (Uncredited) | Film | 4.6 | 44 |
| 1945 | It's in the Bag! | Monty | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1945 | Circumstantial Evidence | Kenny | Film | 5.2 | 44 |
| 1945 | The Missing Corpse | "Slippery Joe" Clary | Film | 5.1 | 44 |
| 1944 | The Fighting Seabees | Yump Lumkin | Film | 6.2 | 43 |
| 1944 | Shadows in the Night | Nick Kallus | Film | 6.0 | 43 |
| 1944 | The Desert Hawk | Omar, the Beggar | Film | 6.5 | 43 |
| 1943 | Here Comes Elmer | Louis Burch | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1942 | All Through the Night | Smitty | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1942 | Stand by for Action | Chief Quartermaster Rankin | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1942 | A Close Call for Ellery Queen | Fisherman | Film | 6.1 | 41 |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | Percy Podd | Film | 6.7 | 41 |
| 1942 | Bullet Scars | Pills Davis | Film | 6.5 | 41 |
| 1942 | Secrets of the Underground | Henchman Joe (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1941 | Knockout | Pelky | Film | 5.1 | 40 |
| 1941 | Dangerously They Live | Eddie, Nazi Henchman | Film | 6.3 | 40 |
| 1941 | Manpower | Al Hurst | Film | 6.5 | 40 |
| 1941 | I'll Wait for You | Dr. Anderson | Film | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1941 | Men of Boys Town | Superintendent | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1941 | The Strawberry Blonde | Reluctant Convict Dental Patient (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1941 | Nine Lives Are Not Enough | Moxie Karper | Film | 5.4 | 40 |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney | Monk Westman | Film | 5.8 | 40 |
| 1941 | At the Stroke of Twelve | Babe Summers | Film | 6.0 | 40 |
| 1941 | Strange Alibi | Fido Durkin | Film | 7.2 | 40 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | Cobb | Film | 6.9 | 39 |
| 1940 | South of Pago Pago | Grimes | Film | 5.5 | 39 |
| 1940 | The Earl of Chicago | Silky's Driver (uncredited) | Film | 6.3 | 39 |
| 1940 | Tear Gas Squad | Sully | Film | 5.3 | 39 |
| 1940 | Outside the Three-Mile Limit | Lefty Shores | Film | 5.7 | 39 |
| 1940 | Passport to Alcatraz | Bender | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1940 | Wolf of New York | Owney McGill | Film | 7.5 | 39 |
| 1939 | Boys' Reformatory | Mike Hearn | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1939 | The Roaring Twenties | Tavern Proprietor (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Agent | Film | 6.2 | 38 |
| 1939 | Rose of Washington Square | Toby | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1939 | The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt | Jenks | Film | 6.6 | 38 |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Foreman | Film | 6.0 | 38 |
| 1939 | The Star Maker | Joe Gimlick | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1939 | Sergeant Madden | Stemmy | Film | 7.5 | 38 |
| 1939 | I Was a Convict | Rocks Henry | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1938 | Happy Landing | Rink Manager | Film | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Ben (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1938 | The Saint in New York | Boots 'Pappy' Papinoff | Film | 6.6 | 37 |
| 1938 | Smashing the Rackets | Whitey Clark | Film | 6.7 | 37 |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye | 1st New York Taxi Driver | Film | 7.2 | 37 |
| 1938 | Mystery House | Gerald Frawley | Film | 4.8 | 37 |
| 1938 | Prison Nurse | Gaffney | Film | 5.6 | 37 |
| 1938 | Federal Man-Hunt | Goldie | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Promoter | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | Crime Ring | Nate | Film | 5.8 | 37 |
| 1938 | Gateway | Motorboat Man | Film | 7.4 | 37 |
| 1938 | Little Orphan Annie | Spot McGee | Film | 8.0 | 37 |
| 1938 | Tenth Avenue Kid | Marty Dayton | Film | 7.5 | 37 |
| 1938 | The Night Hawk | Otto Miller | Film | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1937 | Westbound Mail | Steve Hickman | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1937 | Kid Galahad | Buzz Barett | Film | 7.1 | 36 |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Charlie Delaney | Film | 6.6 | 36 |
| 1937 | That Certain Woman | Headwaiter Harry Aqueilli (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 36 |
| 1937 | The Great Barrier | Joe | Film | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1937 | Love and Hisses | Bugsy | Film | 10.0 | 36 |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | Richard 'Red' Carroll | Film | 5.1 | 36 |
| 1937 | Confession | Defense Attorney | Film | 6.2 | 36 |
| 1937 | Love Is on the Air | 'Nicey' Ferguson | Film | 6.3 | 36 |
| 1937 | Varsity Show | Hammer | Film | 6.8 | 36 |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Wagner | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | Sam Sherman | Film | 6.5 | 36 |
| 1937 | The Duke Comes Back | Barney | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1936 | She Knew What She Wanted | Chester | Film | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1935 | Admirals All | Adolph Klotz | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes | Ted Balding | Film | 5.4 | 34 |
| 1935 | Annie, Leave the Room! | Raisins | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Big Splash | Crook | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | The Mystery of the Mary Celeste | Boas 'Sailor' Hoffman | Film | 5.5 | 34 |
| 1935 | Come Out of the Pantry | The Tramp | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | Alibi Inn | Saunders | Film | 7.0 | 34 |
| 1935 | Death on the Set | Freshman | Film | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1934 | Gay Love | Ben | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1934 | The Medium | Deval | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1934 | The Black Abbot | Charlie Marsh | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1934 | The Man Who Changed His Name | Jerry Muller | Film | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1934 | The Fire Raisers | Bellini - Stedding's Henchman | Film | 5.6 | 33 |
| 1934 | Aunt Sally | Casino | Film | 6.3 | 33 |
| 1933 | The Medicine Man | Joe Garbel | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Born Lucky | Harriman | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | This Is the Life | Two Gun Mullins | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | The Pride of the Force | Tony Carlotti | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | His Grace Gives Notice | Michael Collier | Film | 9.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Send 'Em Back Half Dead | Mustapha | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Their Night Out | Crook | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Mannequin | Chris Dempson | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1933 | Puppets of Fate | Film | 9.0 | 32 | |
| 1932 | His Lordship | Washington Roosevelt Lincoln | Film | 8.5 | 31 |
| 1932 | Tin Gods | Cyrus P. Schroeder | Film | 7.0 | 31 |
| 1932 | The Innocents of Chicago | Spike Guinan | Film | 9.0 | 31 |
| 1931 | 77 Park Lane | Sinclair | Film | — | 30 |
| 1931 | Who Killed Doc Robin? | Film | 9.0 | 30 | |
| 1930 | The Man from Chicago | Ted | Film | 10.0 | 29 |
| 1930 | Big Business | Fenchurch | Film | 9.0 | 29 |
| Aliens from Space | Pilot | Film | — | — |