Ben Deeley

Acting

Ben Deeley

Born January 22, 1878 · Folsom, California, USA

Died September 23, 1924 · aged 46

No biography available.

Known For

The Cyclone RiderThe Cyclone Rider · 1924
The Cyclone Rider
★ 8.01924
MovieActionDrama
Richard Armstrong, inventor of a carburetor that will make his car a sure winner in a road race, works on a skyscraper for Richard Steele and falls in love with his daughter, Doris. Though Steele prefers Trask, an underworld king, he agrees to discuss marriage if Armstrong wins the prize money.
In Pursuit of PollyIn Pursuit of Polly · 1918
In Pursuit of Polly
★ 7.51918
MovieComedyDrama
Pretty Polly Marsden is ardently pursued by three different Romeos, but she coyly refuses to choose between them. When they insist that she give them her answer, she arranges an impromptu automobile race: whichever one of the three can overtake her speeding roadster will be the man whom she will marry.
The Patchwork Girl of OzThe Patchwork Girl of Oz · 1914
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
★ 5.11914
MovieAdventureFamily
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine years. Ojo adds plenty of brains to Margolotte's Patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. When Scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon Unc Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx (daughter Jesseva's boyfriend). So all go on separate journeys to find the ingredients to the antidote.
VictoryVictory · 1919
Victory
★ 6.21919
MovieDramaRomance
Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.
Never the Twain Shall MeetNever the Twain Shall Meet · 1925
Never the Twain Shall Meet
★ 6.01925
MovieDrama
Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.
The Iron HeartThe Iron Heart · 1920
The Iron Heart
★ 8.01920
MovieDrama
Upon her father's death, Esther Regan promises to carry out his wishes that she protect his workers and manage the Regan Steel Mills as well as he. The Associated Trust has been trying to gain control of the Regan plant, but has always met with resistance from Regan. Now that he is dead, they see their opportunity for a coup and send Darwin McAllister to accomplish the deed.
Flames of the FleshFlames of the Flesh · 1920
Flames of the Flesh
★ 10.01920
MovieDrama
Candace is deeply distraught and on the verge of suicide after being betrayed and discarded by her lover when a man named Craig Boardman intervenes. He stops her by convincing her to live and proposes a plan to exact revenge on all men. Boardman takes Candace to Paris. There, under the guidance of a famous courtesan named Madame Binnat, she changes her name to Laure and transforms into an alluring seductress. Her path crosses with members of the Eastcoat family—including an American millionaire and his sons—setting the stage for her calculated vengeance.
The Crossroads of New YorkThe Crossroads of New York · 1922
The Crossroads of New York
★ 7.01922
MovieComedy
A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter of introduction from his wealthy uncle, the best job he can find is that of a street cleaner. He catches the eye of his landlady, who somehow manages to get the man to propose to her, but he then falls in love with a pretty young socialite, and when his rich uncle dies finds himself being sued by a gold-digging vamp who wants to her her hands on his inheritance.

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Would You Forgive?Would You Forgive? · 1920
Would You Forgive?
★ 5.51920
MovieDrama
Mrs. John Cleveland, victim of an overly-jealous husband, adopts a child but, fearing to bring it into her own household, furnishes another home for it, and places the little girl in charge of a nurse. Paul Horton, ex-convict and former sweetheart of Mrs. Cleveland, returns to the city and finds that his former nurse is the same woman who is caring for Mrs. Cleveland's child. Horton accuses her of leading a double life and demands money to keep the matter quiet. Her diamonds are given to him and he pawns them. The husband, finding the rings gone, places detectives on the trail. Finding that Horton has pawned them he shuns his wife. But Horton shows him a letter which proves that the child adopted by Mrs. Cleveland really belongs to her husband. Though the jealous husband had been unwilling to forgive, the loving wife grants forgiveness.

Paul Horton