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Ben Blue (born Benjamin Bernstein; 9 December 1901 – 7 March 1975) was a Canadian-American actor and comedian whose varied career on stage, in movies, and in television appearances, spanned nearly 50 years.
Ben Blue. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Ben Blue was a movie and TV comedian born on September 12, 1901, in Montréal, Québec, Canada. Emigrating to the US, he became a dance instructor and dance school owner, as well as a nightclub proprietor.
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- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Hollywood, California, USA
Ben Blue was a Canadian-born movie and TV comedian who worked in Hollywood from 1926 to 1969. He appeared in short subjects, radio, nightclubs, and films such as It's a Mad Mad Mad World (1963) and Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968).
- September 12, 1901
- March 7, 1975
Ben Blue Performs Pantomime Routine at His 1950s Nightclub. You Asked For It.
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Mar 9, 1975 · HOLLYWOOD, March 8 (UPI) —Ben Blue, the sad‐faced comedian who performed for more than five decades in music halls, on the vaudeville stage, in films, nightclubs and on radio and television, died...
Ben Blue, a superb, sad-faced, rubber-limbed mime and dancer, began his 50 years in show business at 15 years old as a chorus boy in a Montréal tryout of George M. Cohan's musical comedy Irene. He played the American vaudeville circuit during the 1920s, then starred in a series of silent comic shorts for Warner Bros., Hal Roach and other ...
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Apr 24, 2022 · Never a huge star, character actor Ben Blue nevertheless was a popular fixture in countless movies. He was born Benjamin Bernstein in Montreal, Quebec on September 12, 1901 to David Asher Bernstein and Sadie Goldberg. Blue emigrated to Baltimore, Maryland at the age of nine, where he won a contest for the best impersonation of Charlie Chaplin.
