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Kingsley Benedict

Born November 14, 1878 · Buffalo, New York, USA

Died November 27, 1951 · aged 73

No biography available.

Known For

Arizona SweepstakesArizona Sweepstakes · 1926
Arizona Sweepstakes
7.01926
MovieWestern
Arizona cowboy Coot Cadigan travels to San Francisco and runs into Stuffy McGee, a small-time crook who stages phony "fights" to amuse the tourists. During one of those frights a man is killed and Coot gets blamed for it. Stuffy hides him out, but when he gets arrested Coot hightails it back to Arizona. with Stuffy's three children. To earn some money, he enters the Arizona Sweepstakes, a horse race with a large purse and one on which Col. Savery--the father of the girl Coot loves--depends on to save his ranch.
13th Alarm13th Alarm · 1925
13th Alarm
1925
MovieComedy
The Hey Fellas gang builds a firehouse out of junkyard parts.
The Kentucky DerbyThe Kentucky Derby · 1922
The Kentucky Derby
7.51922
MovieActionAdventure
Posing as relatives, Ralph and Helen Gordon visit Col. Moncrief Gordon's Kentucky mansion, hoping to marry Helen to the colonel's son, Donald. The colonel agrees, but Donald balks at the suggestion, then reveals his secret marriage to Alice Brown. The colonel turns them out, and Ralph conspires with Bob Thurston to frame Donald for theft of Colonel Gordon's wager money and to shanghai him. After 3 years Donald discovers the source of his misfortune, returns, finds his wife, hears of a plot against his father's best racehorse, wrings a complete confession from Thurston, and saves the Derby for his repentant father.
White ThunderWhite Thunder · 1925
White Thunder
10.01925
MovieWestern
The son of a sheriff is caught in the eternal battle between sheepmen and cattle ranchers.
Gay and DevilishGay and Devilish · 1922
Gay and Devilish
7.01922
MovieComedyRomance
Doris May plays Fanchon Browne, a poor girl about to enter into a marriage of convenience with wealthy old Peter Armitage (Otis Harlan). When she falls in love with Armitage's handsome nephew Peter (Cullen Landis), Fanchon is in quite a quandary.
Riders of the PlainsRiders of the Plains · 1924
Riders of the Plains
10.01924
MovieWestern
B-Western regulars Jack Perrin and Marilyn Mills starred in this obscure, low-budget Western serial released in 15 chapters.
A Man of ActionA Man of Action · 1923
A Man of Action
10.01923
MovieComedyCrime
Wealthy Bruce MacAllister, goaded by his fiancée, Helen, into proving that he is a man of action rather than a pampered youth tells his estate administrator, Eugene Preston, that he is going east for a meeting. Instead, Bruce dons a disguise and infiltrates the San Francisco underworld. Mistaken for master criminal "The Chicago Kid", he finds himself leading the gang in a robbery of his own fortune in diamonds. Discovering Eugene's intention to steal the jewels for himself he engineers it so the loot changes hands many times. Getting wise, Helen summons the police, the criminals are apprehended, and she sees Bruce in a new light.
What Love Can DoWhat Love Can Do · 1916
What Love Can Do
1916
MovieDrama
Widower Calvert Paige leaves his baby daughter Johnnie in New York and goes West where he becomes wealthy as a mine owner and newspaperman. Lil Magill, who came to work on his newspaper, becomes infatuated with Paige, as he is with her, and they become lovers. After several years Lil has become a successful author but Paige has tired of her. Their estrangement grows when Lil takes the side of striking miners against him.

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