A lanky, rubber-limbed comedian with a sad face, Ben Blue achieved his effects as much with mime as with dialogue. From age 15 he was on the New York stage and in vaudeville, then beginning in 1926 he appeared in a series of silent short subjects for Warner Brothers, Hal Roach, and other studios. Often appearing in baggy pants, with an eccentric straw hat and cane, he went on during the sound era to work for Paramount, where he was the long-limbed, wistful-eyed funny man in dozens of pictures, tending to put in cameo appearances that stole the show from those with top billing. (One story has it that comedian Red Skelton, after being upstaged by Blue, had a clause put in his contract stating that he would never appear with him again). Blue went on to perform regularly in nightclubs and on TV but dropped out of films in 1948 and spent fifteen years managing the nightclubs he owned. He returned and continued making comedic cameos in films during the '60s (notably in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming).
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The Busybody
Actor |
1967 | |||
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Bulova Watch Time
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1951 | |||
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Slapstick TV
Actor |
1949 | |||
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One Sunday Afternoon
Actor |
1948 | |||
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My Wild Irish Rose
Actor |
1947 | |||
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Easy to Wed
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Two Sisters from Boston
Actor |
1946 | |||
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Broadway Rhythm
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Two Girls and a Sailor
Actor |
1944 | |||
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Thousands Cheer
Actor |
1943 | |||
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For Me and My Gal
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Panama Hattie
Actor |
1942 | |||
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Cocoanut Grove
Actor |
1938 | |||
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College Swing
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Paris Honeymoon
Actor |
1938 | |||
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Artists and Models
Actor |
1937 | |||
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High, Wide and Handsome
Actor |
1937 | |||
| 1937 | ||||
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Thrill of a Lifetime
Actor |
1937 | |||
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Turn off the Moon
Actor |
1937 | |||
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College Holiday
Actor |
1936 | |||
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Follow Your Heart
Actor |
1936 | |||
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What Price Taxi
Actor |
1932 | |||
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The Arcadians
Actor |
1927 |



