Ben Lyon

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 mid-1940s he was working for 20th Century Fox. On July 17, 1946 he met a young aspiring actress named Norma Jeane Dougherty.[2] After his first meeting with her he stated that she was "Jean Harlow all over again!". He organized a color screen test for the actress, renamed her, and finally signed her as Marilyn Monroe to her first studio contract. During World War II, Lyons and his wife, actress Bebe Daniels, settled in London. The couple, along with the comedian Vic Oliver, starred in the radio series Hi, Gang!, which ran from 1940 to 1949. Hi Gang was succeeded in 1950 by Life with the Lyons, which also featured their real life son Richard and daughter Barbara, and had a run on BBC and independent television from 1954 until 1960. Lyon married actress Bebe Daniels in June 1930. They had two children: daughter Barbara in 1932 and a son Richard whom they adopted. Daniels suffered a severe stroke in 1963 and withdrew from public life. She suffered a second stroke in late 1970. She died at the couple's London home in March 1971. In 1974, Lyon married the actress Marian Nixon whom he had known since the 1920s. On March 22, 1979, Lyon and his second wife Marian Nixon were vacationing together on the Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship near Honolulu, Hawaii, when Lyon suffered a fatal heart attack. He is interred in the Chapel Columbarium at Hollywood Forever Cemetery next to his first wife, Bebe. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ben Lyon has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street.

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  • Lauiloa: 1.709
  • Lauiloa mo: Acting
  • Aso fanau: 1901-02-06
  • Nofoaga fanau ai: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • 1930
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    Hell's Angels

    Hell's Angels

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  • 1933
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    I Cover the Waterfront

    I Cover the Waterfront

    5.1 1933 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Necessary Evil

    The Necessary Evil

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  • 1925
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    The New Commandment

    The New Commandment

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Quitter

    The Quitter

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1925
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    The Pace That Thrills

    The Pace That Thrills

    1 1925 HD

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  • 1931
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    Night Nurse

    Night Nurse

    6.7 1931 HD

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  • 1954
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    Life with the Lyons

    Life with the Lyons

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  • 1955
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    The Lyons in Paris

    The Lyons in Paris

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  • 1931
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    Indiscreet

    Indiscreet

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  • 1942
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    This Was Paris

    This Was Paris

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  • 1932
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    Lady with a Past

    Lady with a Past

    5.8 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

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  • 1931
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    Her Majesty, Love

    Her Majesty, Love

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  • 1932
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    The Crooked Circle

    The Crooked Circle

    4.8 1932 HD

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  • 1932
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    By Whose Hand?

    By Whose Hand?

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  • 1931
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    Bought!

    Bought!

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  • 1943
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    The Dark Tower

    The Dark Tower

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  • 1930
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    A Soldier's Plaything

    A Soldier's Plaything

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  • 1933
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    Girl Missing

    Girl Missing

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  • 1934
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    Lightning Strikes Twice

    Lightning Strikes Twice

    4.7 1934 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Hot Heiress

    The Hot Heiress

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  • 1932
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    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

    Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

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  • 1936
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    Down to the Sea

    Down to the Sea

    4.5 1936 HD

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  • 1931
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    My Past

    My Past

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  • 1925
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    Winds of Chance

    Winds of Chance

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  • 1934
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    Crimson Romance

    Crimson Romance

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1932
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    The Big Timer

    The Big Timer

    3.5 1932 HD

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  • 1923
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    The Custard Cup

    The Custard Cup

    1 1923 HD

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  • 1930
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    Alias French Gertie

    Alias French Gertie

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  • 1932
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    Hat Check Girl

    Hat Check Girl

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  • 1923
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    Potash and Perlmutter

    Potash and Perlmutter

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  • 1933
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    The Women in His Life

    The Women in His Life

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  • 1927
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    For the Love of Mike

    For the Love of Mike

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  • 1924
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    Wine of Youth

    Wine of Youth

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  • 1936
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    Dancing Feet

    Dancing Feet

    5.2 1936 HD

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  • 1935
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    Together We Live

    Together We Live

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  • 1931
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    Compromised

    Compromised

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  • 1926
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    The Great Deception

    The Great Deception

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  • 1926
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    The Savage

    The Savage

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  • 1935
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    Navy Wife

    Navy Wife

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  • 1924
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    So Big

    So Big

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Lily of the Dust

    Lily of the Dust

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1931
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    Aloha

    Aloha

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  • 1939
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    Confidential Lady

    Confidential Lady

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  • 1932
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    Week Ends Only

    Week Ends Only

    1 1932 HD

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  • 1939
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    I Killed the Count

    I Killed the Count

    1 1939 HD

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  • 1931
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    The Stolen Jools

    The Stolen Jools

    5.6 1931 HD

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  • 1934
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    I Spy

    I Spy

    6 1934 HD

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  • 1931
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    Misbehaving Ladies

    Misbehaving Ladies

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  • 1941
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    Hi Gang!

    Hi Gang!

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  • 1924
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    Painted People

    Painted People

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  • 1930
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    Lummox

    Lummox

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  • 1935
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    Frisco Waterfront

    Frisco Waterfront

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1930
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    What Men Want

    What Men Want

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  • 1927
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    The Tender Hour

    The Tender Hour

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1926
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    Bluebeard's Seven Wives

    Bluebeard's Seven Wives

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Reckless Lady

    The Reckless Lady

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1938
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    Stardust

    Stardust

    4 1938 HD

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  • 1926
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    The Prince of Tempters

    The Prince of Tempters

    1 1926 HD

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  • 1924
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    The White Moth

    The White Moth

    5.8 1924 HD

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  • 1924
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    Wages of Virtue

    Wages of Virtue

    1 1924 HD

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  • 1927
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    Das tanzende Wien

    Das tanzende Wien

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1919
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    Open Your Eyes

    Open Your Eyes

    6 1919 HD

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  • 1927
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    Life in Hollywood No. 2

    Life in Hollywood No. 2

    1 1927 HD

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  • 1929
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    All Faces West

    All Faces West

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1929
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    The Flying Marine

    The Flying Marine

    1 1929 HD

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  • 1921
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    The Heart of Maryland

    The Heart of Maryland

    1 1921 HD

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  • 1962
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    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    7.4 1962 HD

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