- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 6, 1901
- Place of Birth
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Died
- March 22, 1979
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, 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 mi…
Filmography
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Self
movieThe Lyons in Paris
1955 · Ben
movieLife with the Lyons
1954 · Ben Lyon
movieThe Dark Tower
1943 · Phil Danton
movieThis Was Paris
1942 · Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter
movieHi Gang!
1941 · Her Other Half
Confidential Lady
movieConfidential Lady
1939 · Jim Brent
I Killed the Count
movieI Killed the Count
1939 · Bernard Froy
movieStardust
1938 · Roy Harley
Down to the Sea
movieDown to the Sea
1936 · Steve Londos
movieDancing Feet
1936 · Peyton Wells
movieFrisco Waterfront
1935 · Glenn Burton
movieNavy Wife
1935 · Dr. Peter Milford
movieTogether We Live
1935 · Max
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
movieScreen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
1935
movieLightning Strikes Twice
1934 · Steve Brewster
movieCrimson Romance
1934 · Bob Wilson
movieI Spy
1934 · Wally Sawyer
movieThe Women in His Life
1933 · Roger McKane
movieI Cover the Waterfront
1933 · H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller
movieGirl Missing
1933 · Henry Gibson
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-3
1932 · Self
movieHat Check Girl
1932 · Buster Collins
movieThe Crooked Circle
1932 · Brand Osborne
movieHollywood on Parade No. A-1
1932 · Self
movieBy Whose Hand?
1932 · Jimmy Hawley
movieWeek Ends Only
1932 · Jack Williams
movieThe Big Timer
1932 · Cooky Bradford
movieLady with a Past
1932 · Guy Bryson
movieHer Majesty, Love
1931 · Fred von Wellingen
movieCompromised
1931 · Sidney Brock
movieBought!
1931 · Nick Amory
movieNight Nurse
1931 · Mortie
movieMy Past
1931 · Robert 'Bob' Byrne
movieAloha
1931 · Jimmy Bradford
movieIndiscreet
1931 · Tony Blake
movieMisbehaving Ladies
1931 · Phil Hunter
movieThe Stolen Jools
1931 · Ben Lyon
movieThe Hot Heiress
1931 · Hap Harrigan
movieHell's Angels
1930 · Monte Rutledge
movieA Soldier's Plaything
1930 · Georgie
movieWhat Men Want
1930 · Kendall James
movieAlias French Gertie
1930 · Jimmy Hartigan
movieLummox
1930 · Rollo Farley
movieThe Flying Marine
1929 · Steve Moran
movieThe Quitter
1929 · Neal Abbott
movieAll Faces West
1929 · Matthew
movieThe Air Legion
1929 · Dave Grayson
movieDas tanzende Wien
1927 · Jonny Conzaga
movieLife in Hollywood No. 2
1927 · Himself
movieFor the Love of Mike
1927 · Mike
The Tender Hour
movieThe Tender Hour
1927 · Wally McKenzie
movieThe Perfect Sap
1927 · Herbert Alden
movieThe Prince of Tempters
1926 · Francis
movieThe Great Deception
1926 · Cyril Mansfield
movieThe Savage
1926 · Danny Terry
movieThe Reckless Lady
1926 · Ralph Hilliwe
movieBluebeard's Seven Wives
1926 · John Hart / Don Juan Hartez
movieThe New Commandment
1925 · Billy Morrow
movieThe Pace That Thrills
1925 · Danny Wade
movieWinds of Chance
1925 · Pierce Phillips
movieThe Necessary Evil
1925 · Frank Jerome
movieOne Way Street
1925 · Bobby Austin
movieSo Big
1924 · Dirk DeJong
movieWages of Virtue
1924 · Marvin
movieWine of Youth
1924 · Lynn Talbot
movieLily of the Dust
1924 · Lt. Prell
movieThe White Moth
1924 · Douglas Vantine
moviePainted People
1924 · Don Lane
movieFlaming Youth
1923 · Monty Standish
moviePotash and Perlmutter
1923 · Boris Andrieff
movieThe Custard Cup
1923 · Dick Chase
The Heart of Maryland
movieThe Heart of Maryland
1921 · Bob Telfair
movieOpen Your Eyes
1919 · Harold Connors