
Birthday
1901/02/06
Day of death
1979/03/22 (78 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Also know as
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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 Moor...Read more

(1930) Hell's Angels
as Monte Rutledge

(1933) I Cover the Waterfront
as H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller

(1925) The Necessary Evil
as Frank Jerome

(1925) The New Commandment
as Billy Morrow

(1929) The Quitter
as Neal Abbott

(1925) The Pace That Thrills
as Danny Wade

(1931) Night Nurse
as Mortie

(1954) Life with the Lyons
as Ben Lyon

(1931) Indiscreet
as Tony Blake

(1955) The Lyons in Paris
as Ben

(1942) This Was Paris
as Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter

(1932) Lady with a Past
as Guy Bryson

(1932) Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
as Self

(1931) Her Majesty, Love
as Fred von Wellingen

(1932) The Crooked Circle
as Brand Osborne

(1932) By Whose Hand?
as Jimmy Hawley

(1931) Bought!
as Nick Amory

(1943) The Dark Tower
as Phil Danton

(1930) A Soldier's Plaything
as Georgie

(1933) Girl Missing
as Henry Gibson

(1934) Lightning Strikes Twice
as Steve Brewster

(1931) The Hot Heiress
as Hap Harrigan

(1932) Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
as Self
(1936) Down to the Sea
as Steve Londos

(1931) My Past
as Robert 'Bob' Byrne

(1925) Winds of Chance
as Pierce Phillips

(1934) Crimson Romance
as Bob Wilson

(1932) The Big Timer
as Cooky Bradford
(1923) The Custard Cup
as Dick Chase

(1930) Alias French Gertie
as Jimmy Hartigan

(1932) Hat Check Girl
as Buster Collins

(1923) Potash and Perlmutter
as Boris Andrieff

(1933) The Women in His Life
as Roger McKane

(1927) For the Love of Mike
as Mike

(1924) Wine of Youth
as Lynn Talbot

(1936) Dancing Feet
as Peyton Wells

(1935) Together We Live
as Max

(1931) Compromised
as Sidney Brock

(1926) The Great Deception
as Cyril Mansfield

(1926) The Savage
as Danny Terry

(1935) Navy Wife
as Dr. Peter Milford

(1924) So Big
as Dirk DeJong

(1924) Lily of the Dust
as Lt. Prell

(1931) Aloha
as Jimmy Bradford
(1939) Confidential Lady
as Jim Brent

(1932) Week Ends Only
as Jack Williams
(1939) I Killed the Count
as Bernard Froy

(1931) The Stolen Jools
as Ben Lyon

(1934) I Spy
as Wally Sawyer

(1931) Misbehaving Ladies
as Phil Hunter

(1941) Hi Gang!
as Her Other Half

(1924) Painted People
as Don Lane

(1930) Lummox
as Rollo Farley

(1935) Frisco Waterfront
as Glenn Burton

(1930) What Men Want
as Kendall James
(1927) The Tender Hour
as Wally McKenzie

(1926) Bluebeard's Seven Wives
as John Hart / Don Juan Hartez

(1926) The Reckless Lady
as Ralph Hilliwe

(1938) Stardust
as Roy Harley

(1926) The Prince of Tempters
as Francis

(1924) The White Moth
as Douglas Vantine

(1924) Wages of Virtue
as Marvin

(1927) Das tanzende Wien
as Jonny Conzaga

(1919) Open Your Eyes
as Harold Connors

(1927) Life in Hollywood No. 2
as Himself

(1929) All Faces West
as Matthew

(1929) The Flying Marine
as Steve Moran

(1921) The Heart of Maryland
as Bob Telfair
(1935) Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
as ---

(1927) The Perfect Sap
as Herbert Alden

(1929) The Air Legion
as Dave Grayson

(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self