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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1901-02-06
Place of Birth: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Movies List of Ben Lyon

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Hell's Angels

1930 Movie
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The Necessary Evil

1925 Movie
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The New Commandment

1925 Movie
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The Quitter

1929 Movie
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The Pace That Thrills

1925 Movie
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Night Nurse

1931 Movie
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Life with the Lyons

1954 Movie
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The Lyons in Paris

1955 Movie
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Indiscreet

1931 Movie
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This Was Paris

1942 Movie
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Lady with a Past

1932 Movie
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Her Majesty, Love

1931 Movie
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The Crooked Circle

1932 Movie
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By Whose Hand?

1932 Movie
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Bought!

1931 Movie
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The Dark Tower

1943 Movie
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A Soldier's Plaything

1930 Movie
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Girl Missing

1933 Movie
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The Hot Heiress

1931 Movie
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Down to the Sea

1936 Movie
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My Past

1931 Movie
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Winds of Chance

1925 Movie
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Crimson Romance

1934 Movie
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The Big Timer

1932 Movie
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The Custard Cup

1923 Movie
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Alias French Gertie

1930 Movie
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Hat Check Girl

1932 Movie
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Potash and Perlmutter

1923 Movie
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The Women in His Life

1933 Movie
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For the Love of Mike

1927 Movie
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Wine of Youth

1924 Movie
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Dancing Feet

1936 Movie
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Together We Live

1935 Movie
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Compromised

1931 Movie
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The Great Deception

1926 Movie
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The Savage

1926 Movie
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Navy Wife

1935 Movie
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So Big

1924 Movie
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Lily of the Dust

1924 Movie
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Aloha

1931 Movie
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Confidential Lady

1939 Movie
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Week Ends Only

1932 Movie
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I Killed the Count

1939 Movie
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The Stolen Jools

1931 Movie
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I Spy

1934 Movie
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Misbehaving Ladies

1931 Movie
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Hi Gang!

1941 Movie
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Painted People

1924 Movie
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Lummox

1930 Movie
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Frisco Waterfront

1935 Movie
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What Men Want

1930 Movie
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The Tender Hour

1927 Movie
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The Reckless Lady

1926 Movie
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Stardust

1938 Movie
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The White Moth

1924 Movie
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Wages of Virtue

1924 Movie
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Das tanzende Wien

1927 Movie
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Open Your Eyes

1919 Movie
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All Faces West

1929 Movie
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The Flying Marine

1929 Movie
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The Heart of Maryland

1921 Movie