Ben Lyon
Known for Acting · 74 credits
- Born
- 1901-02-06
- Died
- 1979-03-22
- Place of birth
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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 was a major success and brought Jean Harlow to prominence, but Lyon's performance as an heroic World War I aviator was also highly regarded. For the next decade he was constantly in demand, but his popularity began to wane by the early 1940s. By the mid-1940s he was working for 20th Century Fox. On July 17, 1946 he met a young aspiring actress named Norma Jeane Dougherty.[2] After his first meeting with her he stated that she was "Jean Harlow all over again!". He organized a color screen test for the actress, renamed her, and finally signed her as Marilyn Monroe to her first studio contract.
During World War II, Lyons and his wife, actress Bebe Daniels, settled in London. The couple, along with the comedian Vic Oliver, starred in the radio series Hi, Gang!, which ran from 1940 to 1949. Hi Gang was succeeded in 1950 by Life with the Lyons, which also featured their real life son Richard and daughter Barbara, and had a run on BBC and independent television from 1954 until 1960.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (73)
So Big
1924
as Dirk DeJong
Girl Missing
1933
as Henry Gibson
Dancing Feet
1936
as Peyton Wells
Crimson Romance
1934
as Bob Wilson
Hell's Angels
1930
as Monte Rutledge
The Savage
1926
as Danny Terry
Aloha
1931
as Jimmy Bradford
Painted People
1924
as Don Lane
Stardust
1938
as Roy Harley
Night Nurse
1931
as Mortie
My Past
1931
as Robert 'Bob' Byrne
The Women in His Life
1933
as Roger McKane
The Stolen Jools
1931
as Ben Lyon
Misbehaving Ladies
1931
as Phil Hunter
Lady with a Past
1932
as Guy Bryson
Week Ends Only
1932
as Jack Williams
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
as H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller
The Perfect Sap
1927
as Herbert Alden
Down to the Sea
1936
as Steve Londos
Alias French Gertie
1930
as Jimmy Hartigan
The Crooked Circle
1932
as Brand Osborne
A Soldier's Plaything
1930
as Georgie
Flaming Youth
1923
as Monty Standish
Wine of Youth
1924
as Lynn Talbot
Bought!
1931
as Nick Amory
Her Majesty, Love
1931
as Fred von Wellingen
The Flying Marine
1929
as Steve Moran
The Pace That Thrills
1925
as Danny Wade
The Dark Tower
1943
as Phil Danton
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932
as Self
Lummox
1930
as Rollo Farley
The Reckless Lady
1926
as Ralph Hilliwe
Life with the Lyons
1954
as Ben Lyon
Das tanzende Wien
1927
as Jonny Conzaga
I Spy
1934
as Wally Sawyer
Navy Wife
1935
as Dr. Peter Milford
Lily of the Dust
1924
as Lt. Prell
The Hot Heiress
1931
as Hap Harrigan
Together We Live
1935
as Max
The New Commandment
1925
as Billy Morrow
Life in Hollywood No. 2
1927
as Himself
The White Moth
1924
as Douglas Vantine
By Whose Hand?
1932
as Jimmy Hawley
Winds of Chance
1925
as Pierce Phillips
Potash and Perlmutter
1923
as Boris Andrieff
Hi Gang!
1941
as Her Other Half
Hat Check Girl
1932
as Buster Collins
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
1926
as John Hart / Don Juan Hartez
Wages of Virtue
1924
as Marvin
Confidential Lady
1939
as Jim Brent
I Killed the Count
1939
as Bernard Froy
Compromised
1931
as Sidney Brock
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932
as Self
For the Love of Mike
1927
as Mike
The Lyons in Paris
1955
as Ben
The Big Timer
1932
as Cooky Bradford
Indiscreet
1931
as Tony Blake
The Custard Cup
1923
as Dick Chase
One Way Street
1925
as Bobby Austin
The Great Deception
1926
as Cyril Mansfield
The Necessary Evil
1925
as Frank Jerome
What Men Want
1930
as Kendall James
The Tender Hour
1927
as Wally McKenzie
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
Frisco Waterfront
1935
as Glenn Burton
The Prince of Tempters
1926
as Francis
The Heart of Maryland
1921
as Bob Telfair
The Quitter
1929
as Neal Abbott
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
as Steve Brewster
All Faces West
1929
as Matthew
This Was Paris
1942
as Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter
The Air Legion
1929
as Dave Grayson
Open Your Eyes
1919
as Harold Connors
About Ben Lyon
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, Ma… With 74 credits spanning from 1919 to 1962, Ben Lyon has appeared in 73 films and 1 TV show.
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- So Big (1924) — as Dirk DeJong
- Girl Missing (1933) — as Henry Gibson
- Dancing Feet (1936) — as Peyton Wells
- Crimson Romance (1934) — as Bob Wilson
- Hell's Angels (1930) — as Monte Rutledge
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