 Ben Turpin (center) with two Mack Sennett Studios "bathing beauties" Ben Turpin (September 19, 1869 - July 1, 1940) was a comedian, best remembered for his work in silent films. Image File history File links Turpin-Ben_05. ...
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Ben Turpin with 2 bathing beauties; silent era Mack Sennett publicity photo via loc. ...
Ben Turpin with 2 bathing beauties; silent era Mack Sennett publicity photo via loc. ...
September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...
1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ...
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ...
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
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Birth
Turpin was born Bernhard Turpin or Bernard Turpin in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of a candy store owner. His birthdate was given as September 19, 1869 but other years were used at various times in his Hollywood publicity material. In the 1900 US Census he used the year "1869", and his death certificate used "1869", and that year will be used here. Encyclopædia Britannica wrongly lists the year of his birth as "1874". The New York Times obituary mentions the alternate years as fabrications. His death certificate lists his birthday as "September 19, 1869" and lists his mother's maiden name as "Buckley". The Internet Movie Database lists his birthday properly as "September 19, 1869". Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area - City 350. ...
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September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). ...
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Vaudeville He worked in Vaudeville, Burlesque, and Circuses. Turpin had a distinctive appearance, with a small wiry frame, a brushy mustache, and crossed eyes. Turpin's famous crossed eyes, he said, only crossed as a young adult after he suffered an accident. Turpin was convinced that the crossed eyes were essential to his comic career; his co-workers recalled that after he received any blow to the head he made a point of looking himself in the mirror to assure himself that they had not become uncrossed. Turpin took out an 25,000 dollar insurance policy with Lloyd's of London, payable if his eyes ever uncrossed (how serious this was is open to question: such publicity stunts centered around a performer's "trademark" were common at the time). He developed a vigorous style of physical comedy, including an ability to stage comic pratt-falls that impressed even his fellow workers in the rough & tumble world of silent comedy. Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ...
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Film Ben Turpin first appeared on film in 1907 for Essanay Studios in Chicago in various small parts and comic bits; in addition to his on-screen work Turpin worked as a janitor for Essanay. By 1912 he was a widely known screen personality, giving interviews and writing articles for the new fan magazines (the first of which had started the year before). Turpin was one of the Sennett stock company on Charlie Chaplin's arrival there late in 1913. Not knowing how to take the young, gentlemanly Englishmen the rough characters at the slapstick studio dished out their disdain in trade. The Turpin-Chaplin personality clash was the most vituperative. Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ...
1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Essanay Studios was a motion picture company founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson under the name Essanay (S and A). It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. ...
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1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ...
Turpin left Sennett the following year and immediately began appearing in larger roles, in satires that were created for his unique character.
Mack Sennett In 1917 Turpin returned to Mack Sennett's studio a star. Through the twenties his roles often spoofed serious actors and celebrities of the time -- e.g. "The Shriek" for 'The Sheik' -- and Turpin became one of film's most popular comics. Delighted with his success, he took to introducing himself with the phrase, "I'm Ben Turpin; I make three thousand dollars a week." One of his sight gags was a backwards tumble he called the "108". 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
Mack Sennett (1880 - 1960) Mack Sennett (January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was an innovator of slapstick comedy in film. ...
Retirement Turpin retired from film in 1924 to look after his ailing wife. He had invested his earnings in real estate, and being highly successful at this, had no financial need for more work. After his wife's death, however, he again began making irregular appearances in supporting comic roles in films in 1926. This would continue into the sound era; his last film role was in the Laurel and Hardy film Saps at Sea in 1940. 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
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Death Ben Turpin died in 1940 and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Gates of Forest Lawn Forest Lawn Memorial Park is a cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California. ...
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Timeline - 1869 Birth in New Orleans, Louisiana on September 19th
- 1870
US Census possibly as "John B. Turpin"
- 1880
US Census possibly in Murphysboro, Illinois as "John B. Turpin" in the home of his stepfather
- 1897 Possible marriage to Norma from Ohio
- 1900
US Census in Houston, Texas listing birth year as 1869 and living with Norma and claiming to be married for 3 years. He also wrote whimsically that his father was Mexican and his mother was an Irish immigrant
- 1907 First movie
- 1907 Marriage to Carrie Le Mieux (1885-1925) aka Catherine of Canada
- 1910
US Census in Chicago, Illinois listing his first name as "Bernhard"
- 1917 Work for Mack Sennett
- 1920
US Census in Los Angeles, California
- 1924 Retirement
- 1925 Death of Carrie Le Mieux (1885-1925)
- 1926 Marriage to Babette Dietz of Germany on July 8th
- 1930
US Census
- 1940 Death
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References - New York Times; July 2, 1940; "Hollywood, California, July 1, 1940 (Associated Press) Ben Turpin, the funny little man with the crossed eyes who always maintained that he could do a "108" better than any one else, died today. He was 71 years old, although kindly biographers always had made him six years younger."
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July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ...
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External links - IMDB: Ben Turpin
- Turpin biography on entertainment.msn.com
- Ben Turpin on Classic Celuloid - biography with photos.
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