 After a handful of movies, his family moved to Weehawken, New Jersey, and in 1918 Ben took work as a bank clerk in Manhattan.But by 1920, Ben and his mother had moved to Los Angeles (where they were joined later by his younger brother George Jr.).Hall worked as a property man for the studios for a time, but eventually began to get small roles and was eking out a living as an actor again by 1926.