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Ben Lyon‌

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Birthday

calendar1901-02-06

Popularity

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Ben Lyon

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Ben Lyon

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1901-02-06

Popularity

star2.7

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

Hell's Angels

Hell's Angels‌
star6.4
calendar 1930

I Cover the Waterfront

I Cover the Waterfront‌
star5.1
calendar 1933

The Necessary Evil

The Necessary Evil‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The New Commandment

The New Commandment‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

The Quitter

The Quitter‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Pace That Thrills

The Pace That Thrills‌
star0.0
calendar 1925

Night Nurse

Night Nurse‌
star6.7
calendar 1931

Life with the Lyons

Life with the Lyons‌
star6.0
calendar 1954

Indiscreet

Indiscreet‌
star5.8
calendar 1931

The Lyons in Paris

The Lyons in Paris‌
star3.5
calendar 1955

This Was Paris

This Was Paris‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Lady with a Past

Lady with a Past‌
star5.8
calendar 1932

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1

Hollywood on Parade No. A-1‌
star4.0
calendar 1932

Her Majesty, Love

Her Majesty, Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

The Crooked Circle

The Crooked Circle‌
star4.8
calendar 1932

By Whose Hand?

By Whose Hand?‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Bought!

Bought!‌
star6.0
calendar 1931

The Dark Tower

The Dark Tower‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

A Soldier's Plaything

A Soldier's Plaything‌
star4.8
calendar 1930

Girl Missing

Girl Missing‌
star5.1
calendar 1933

Lightning Strikes Twice

Lightning Strikes Twice‌
star4.7
calendar 1934

The Hot Heiress

The Hot Heiress‌
star5.0
calendar 1931

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3

Hollywood on Parade No. A-3‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Down to the Sea

Down to the Sea‌
star4.5
calendar 1936

My Past

My Past‌
star3.8
calendar 1931

Winds of Chance

Winds of Chance‌
star4.8
calendar 1925

Crimson Romance

Crimson Romance‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

The Big Timer

The Big Timer‌
star3.5
calendar 1932

The Custard Cup

The Custard Cup‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Alias French Gertie

Alias French Gertie‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

Hat Check Girl

Hat Check Girl‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Potash and Perlmutter

Potash and Perlmutter‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

The Women in His Life

The Women in His Life‌
star4.0
calendar 1933

For the Love of Mike

For the Love of Mike‌
star5.0
calendar 1927

Wine of Youth

Wine of Youth‌
star8.0
calendar 1924

Dancing Feet

Dancing Feet‌
star5.2
calendar 1936

Together We Live

Together We Live‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Compromised

Compromised‌
star1.0
calendar 1931

The Great Deception

The Great Deception‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Savage

The Savage‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Navy Wife

Navy Wife‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

So Big

So Big‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Lily of the Dust

Lily of the Dust‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Aloha

Aloha‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Confidential Lady

Confidential Lady‌
star2.0
calendar 1939

Week Ends Only

Week Ends Only‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

I Killed the Count

I Killed the Count‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Stolen Jools

The Stolen Jools‌
star5.6
calendar 1931

I Spy

I Spy‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

Misbehaving Ladies

Misbehaving Ladies‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

Hi Gang!

Hi Gang!‌
star7.0
calendar 1941

Painted People

Painted People‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Lummox

Lummox‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Frisco Waterfront

Frisco Waterfront‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

What Men Want

What Men Want‌
star1.0
calendar 1930

The Tender Hour

The Tender Hour‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Bluebeard's Seven Wives

Bluebeard's Seven Wives‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The Reckless Lady

The Reckless Lady‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Stardust

Stardust‌
star4.0
calendar 1938

The Prince of Tempters

The Prince of Tempters‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

The White Moth

The White Moth‌
star5.8
calendar 1924

Wages of Virtue

Wages of Virtue‌
star0.0
calendar 1924

Das tanzende Wien

Das tanzende Wien‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes‌
star6.0
calendar 1919

Life in Hollywood No. 2

Life in Hollywood No. 2‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

All Faces West

All Faces West‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

The Flying Marine

The Flying Marine‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Tv Credits

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962