Ben Lyon

Actor Feb 6 (died age 78) Atlanta, Georgia, USA 1919–1962 (43 year career)

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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 Moor…

Known For

Film

Hell's Angels

Monte Rutledge

Film

Night Nurse

Mortie

Film

The Stolen Jools

Ben Lyon

Film

The Dark Tower

Phil Danton

Film

Indiscreet

Tony Blake

Film

I Cover the Waterfront

H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller

Film

Lady with a Past

Guy Bryson

Film

The Crooked Circle

Brand Osborne

Filmography

Acting (74)

Movies (73)

The Lyons in Paris

as Ben

Life with the Lyons

as Ben Lyon

The Dark Tower

as Phil Danton

This Was Paris

as Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter

Hi Gang!

as Her Other Half

Confidential Lady

as Jim Brent

I Killed the Count

as Bernard Froy

Stardust

as Roy Harley

Down to the Sea

as Steve Londos

Dancing Feet

as Peyton Wells

Frisco Waterfront

as Glenn Burton

Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8

1935

Together We Live

1935

as Max

Navy Wife

as Dr. Peter Milford

Crimson Romance

as Bob Wilson

I Spy

as Wally Sawyer

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Steve Brewster

Girl Missing

as Henry Gibson

I Cover the Waterfront

1933

as H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller

4.8

The Women in His Life

as Roger McKane

The Big Timer

as Cooky Bradford

Week Ends Only

as Jack Williams

Lady with a Past

as Guy Bryson

By Whose Hand?

as Jimmy Hawley

Hat Check Girl

as Buster Collins

The Crooked Circle

as Brand Osborne

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

1932

as Self

4.0

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

1932

as Self

My Past

1931

as Robert 'Bob' Byrne

Indiscreet

as Tony Blake

The Hot Heiress

as Hap Harrigan

Her Majesty, Love

as Fred von Wellingen

Night Nurse

as Mortie

Aloha

as Jimmy Bradford

Compromised

as Sidney Brock

The Stolen Jools

as Ben Lyon

Misbehaving Ladies

as Phil Hunter

Bought!

as Nick Amory

What Men Want

as Kendall James

A Soldier's Plaything

as Georgie

Hell's Angels

as Monte Rutledge

Alias French Gertie

as Jimmy Hartigan

Lummox

as Rollo Farley

The Quitter

1929

as Neal Abbott

The Air Legion

1929

as Dave Grayson

The Flying Marine

1929

as Steve Moran

All Faces West

1929

as Matthew

The Perfect Sap

1927

as Herbert Alden

The Tender Hour

1927

as Wally McKenzie

Das tanzende Wien

1927

as Jonny Conzaga

For the Love of Mike

1927

as Mike

5.0

Life in Hollywood No. 2

1927

as Himself

The Savage

1926

as Danny Terry

The Reckless Lady

1926

as Ralph Hilliwe

The Prince of Tempters

1926

as Francis

Bluebeard's Seven Wives

1926

as John Hart / Don Juan Hartez

The Great Deception

1926

as Cyril Mansfield

The Pace That Thrills

1925

as Danny Wade

The Necessary Evil

1925

as Frank Jerome

The New Commandment

1925

as Billy Morrow

Winds of Chance

1925

as Pierce Phillips

4.8

One Way Street

1925

as Bobby Austin

Wine of Youth

1924

as Lynn Talbot

8.0

Painted People

1924

as Don Lane

Lily of the Dust

1924

as Lt. Prell

The White Moth

1924

as Douglas Vantine

5.8

So Big

1924

as Dirk DeJong

Wages of Virtue

1924

as Marvin

Potash and Perlmutter

1923

as Boris Andrieff

The Custard Cup

1923

as Dick Chase

Flaming Youth

1923

as Monty Standish

2.7

The Heart of Maryland

1921

as Bob Telfair

Open Your Eyes

1919

as Harold Connors

4.7

Television (1)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

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