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Ben Lyon. For the film critic and journalist, see Ben Lyons. Ben Lyon (February 6, 1901 – March 22, 1979) was an American film actor and a studio executive at 20th Century-Fox who later acted in British radio, films and TV.
Air Force officer and Hollywood actor of the ’20s and ’30s, starring in the epic Hell’s Angels. Ben Lyon was born in Georgia. As a handsome actor, he was often paired in the 1920s with the top actresses of the age: Mary Astor, Gloria Swanson, Colleen Moore and others. After his work in front of the camera, he moved into an executive role ...
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Ben Lyon. Actor: Hell's Angels. Ben Lyon was your average boyish, easy-going, highly appealing film personality of the Depression-era 1930s. Although he never rose above second-tier stardom, he would enjoy enduring success both in the United States and in the UK. Born Ben Lyon, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, the future singer/actor was the son of ...
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Maintained by: Find a Grave. Added: Apr 25, 1998. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 2413. Source citation. Actor. Popular stage, motion picture, and television actor of the 1910s thru 1950s. He worked as a casting director later in his career, and discovered (and named) Marilyn Monroe. Married to actress Bebe Daniels.
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Ben Lyon. Actor: Hell's Angels. Ben Lyon was your average boyish, easy-going, highly appealing film personality of the Depression-era 1930s. Although he never rose above second-tier stardom, he would enjoy enduring success both in the United States and in the UK. Born Ben Lyon, Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia, the future singer/actor was the son of Alvine Valentine (Wiseberg) and Benjamin Bethel "Ben ...
- February 6, 1901
- March 22, 1979
Mar 26, 1979 · Ben Lyon, a dark‐haired and dark‐eyed matinee idol of the silent screen who later helped start .the careers of Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow, died last Thursday, apparently of a heart attack ...
Mar 25, 1979 · Ben Lyon, 77, a Hollywood star in the 1930s and later a popular radio and television personality in Britain, died Thursday aboard the ocean liner Queen Elizabeth II, after apparently suffering a ...
