Acting
Ben Lyon
Born February 6, 1901 · Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Died March 22, 1979 · aged 78
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 wit…
Known For
Hell's Angels · 1930Hell's Angels
★ 6.61930
MovieDramaWar
When the Great War breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford University, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
The Necessary Evil · 1925The Necessary Evil
★ 8.01925
MovieDramaRomance
Ben Lyon and Viola Dana co-star in this heavy society drama
Night Nurse · 1931Night Nurse
★ 6.81931
MovieCrimeDrama
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
The Stolen Jools · 1931The Stolen Jools
★ 5.61931
MovieComedy
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to raise funds for the National Variety Artists Tuberculosis Sanatorium.)
Painted People · 1924Painted People
★ 10.01924
MovieComedy
Ellie Byrne and Don Lane, chums, living in the poor section of a factory town, go away to make their fortunes. Ellie wishes to become a lady so that she can marry Preston Dutton, a society chap, and Don becoming infatuated with Stephanie Parrish, daughter of a wealthy man. Ellie becomes a leading actress and Don the author of her first play. Ellie refuses Dutton’s suit when she learns he is after her money, and Stephanie returns Don’s engagement ring. Ellie and Don go back to the factory town disillusioned. They realize that they love each other and in reality had not bettered themselves for someone else but for each other. A lost film.
The Air Legion · 1929The Air Legion
★ 9.01929
MovieDrama
The Air Legion is a 1929 American aviation silent film about airmail directed by Bert Glennon.
Her Majesty, Love · 1931Her Majesty, Love
★ 6.71931
MovieComedy
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes to Berlin to marry a Baron von Schwarzdorf, and Fred arrives too late to stop the marriage.
By Whose Hand? · 1932By Whose Hand?
★ 6.61932
MovieMysteryCrime
On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
Filmography
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Navy Wife · 1935Navy Wife
★ 6.01935
MovieDramaRomance
A Hawaiian naval nurse weds a widowed officer partly because he has a crippled daughter.
Dr. Peter Milford
My Past · 1931My Past
★ 4.01931
MovieRomanceDrama
A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.
Robert 'Bob' Byrne
I Cover the Waterfront · 1933I Cover the Waterfront
★ 5.11933
MovieDramaRomance
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller
This Was Paris · 1942This Was Paris
★ 5.91942
MovieDramaWar
British agents operate in Paris during the Second World War.
Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter











