Ben Lyon

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-02-06 (78 years old)

Deathday

1979-03-22

Place of Birth

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Ben Lyon

Biography

From Wikipedia Ben Lyon (February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American actor and a studio executive at 20th Century Fox. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth (1923), and steadily developed into a leading man. He was most successfully paired with some of the leading actresses of the silent era including Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Colleen Moore, Barbara La Marr, Viola Dana, Anna Q. Nilsson, Mary Astor and Blanche Sweet. He had success as an actor in the 1930 film Hell's Angels. The film wa...

Acting

1930

Hell's Angels

as Monte Rutledge

1933

I Cover the Waterfront

as H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller

1925

The Necessary Evil

as Frank Jerome

1925

The New Commandment

as Billy Morrow

1929

The Quitter

as Neal Abbott

1925

1931

Night Nurse

as Mortie

1954

1931

Indiscreet

as Tony Blake

1942

This Was Paris

as Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter

1932

Lady with a Past

as Guy Bryson

1931

Her Majesty, Love

as Fred von Wellingen

1932

The Crooked Circle

as Brand Osborne

1932

By Whose Hand?

as Jimmy Hawley

1931

Bought!

as Nick Amory

1943

The Dark Tower

as Phil Danton

1930

1933

Girl Missing

as Henry Gibson

1934

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Steve Brewster

1931

The Hot Heiress

as Hap Harrigan

1936

Down to the Sea

as Steve Londos

1931

My Past

as Robert 'Bob' Byrne

1925

Winds of Chance

as Pierce Phillips

1934

Crimson Romance

as Bob Wilson

1932

The Big Timer

as Cooky Bradford

1923

The Custard Cup

as Dick Chase

1930

Alias French Gertie

as Jimmy Hartigan

1932

Hat Check Girl

as Buster Collins

1923

Potash and Perlmutter

as Boris Andrieff

1933

The Women in His Life

as Roger McKane

1924

Wine of Youth

as Lynn Talbot

1936

Dancing Feet

as Peyton Wells

1931

Compromised

as Sidney Brock

1926

The Great Deception

as Cyril Mansfield

1926

The Savage

as Danny Terry

1935

Navy Wife

as Dr. Peter Milford

1924

So Big

as Dirk DeJong

1924

Lily of the Dust

as Lt. Prell

1931

Aloha

as Jimmy Bradford

1939

Confidential Lady

as Jim Brent

1932

Week Ends Only

as Jack Williams

1939

I Killed the Count

as Bernard Froy

1931

The Stolen Jools

as Ben Lyon

1934

I Spy

as Wally Sawyer

1931

Misbehaving Ladies

as Phil Hunter

1941

Hi Gang!

as Her Other Half

1924

Painted People

as Don Lane

1930

Lummox

as Rollo Farley

1935

Frisco Waterfront

as Glenn Burton

1930

What Men Want

as Kendall James

1927

The Tender Hour

as Wally McKenzie

1926

Bluebeard's Seven Wives

as John Hart / Don Juan Hartez

1926

The Reckless Lady

as Ralph Hilliwe

1938

Stardust

as Roy Harley

1924

The White Moth

as Douglas Vantine

1924

1927

Das tanzende Wien

as Jonny Conzaga

1919

Open Your Eyes

as Harold Connors

1929

All Faces West

as Matthew

1929

The Flying Marine

as Steve Moran

1921

The Heart of Maryland

as Bob Telfair

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