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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 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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Filmography (Movies)
The Lyons in Paris
Character:Ben
Release Date:11/02/1955
Life with the Lyons
Character:Ben Lyon
Release Date:25/05/1954
The Dark Tower
Character:Phil Danton
Release Date:18/10/1943
This Was Paris
Character:Butch, Sydney Chronicle Reporter
Release Date:21/03/1942
Hi Gang!
Character:Her Other Half
Release Date:27/12/1941
Confidential Lady
Character:Jim Brent
Release Date:01/12/1939
I Killed the Count
Character:Bernard Froy
Release Date:06/05/1939
Stardust
Character:Roy Harley
Release Date:25/03/1938
Down to the Sea
Character:Steve Londos
Release Date:30/05/1936
Dancing Feet
Character:Peyton Wells
Release Date:20/01/1936
Frisco Waterfront
Character:Glenn Burton
Release Date:03/12/1935
Navy Wife
Character:Dr. Peter Milford
Release Date:17/09/1935
Together We Live
Character:Max
Release Date:16/08/1935
Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 8
Character:
Release Date:12/04/1935
Lightning Strikes Twice
Character:Steve Brewster
Release Date:07/12/1934
Crimson Romance
Character:Bob Wilson
Release Date:12/10/1934
I Spy
Character:Wally Sawyer
Release Date:26/08/1934
The Women in His Life
Character:Roger McKane
Release Date:08/12/1933
I Cover the Waterfront
Character:H. Joseph 'Joe' Miller
Release Date:19/05/1933
Girl Missing
Character:Henry Gibson
Release Date:04/03/1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-3
Character:Self
Release Date:20/10/1932
Hat Check Girl
Character:Buster Collins
Release Date:08/10/1932
The Crooked Circle
Character:Brand Osborne
Release Date:25/09/1932
Hollywood on Parade No. A-1
Character:Self
Release Date:25/08/1932
By Whose Hand?
Character:Jimmy Hawley
Release Date:06/07/1932
Week Ends Only
Character:Jack Williams
Release Date:19/06/1932
The Big Timer
Character:Cooky Bradford
Release Date:10/03/1932
Lady with a Past
Character:Guy Bryson
Release Date:19/02/1932
Her Majesty, Love
Character:Fred von Wellingen
Release Date:15/12/1931
Compromised
Character:Sidney Brock
Release Date:19/11/1931
Bought!
Character:Nick Amory
Release Date:22/08/1931
Night Nurse
Character:Mortie
Release Date:16/07/1931
My Past
Character:Robert 'Bob' Byrne
Release Date:03/05/1931
Aloha
Character:Jimmy Bradford
Release Date:26/04/1931
Indiscreet
Character:Tony Blake
Release Date:25/04/1931
Misbehaving Ladies
Character:Phil Hunter
Release Date:16/04/1931
The Stolen Jools
Character:Ben Lyon
Release Date:04/04/1931
The Hot Heiress
Character:Hap Harrigan
Release Date:28/03/1931
Hell's Angels
Character:Monte Rutledge
Release Date:15/11/1930
A Soldier's Plaything
Character:Georgie
Release Date:30/10/1930
What Men Want
Character:Kendall James
Release Date:12/07/1930
Alias French Gertie
Character:Jimmy Hartigan
Release Date:20/04/1930
Lummox
Character:Rollo Farley
Release Date:13/01/1930
The Flying Marine
Character:Steve Moran
Release Date:05/06/1929
The Quitter
Character:Neal Abbott
Release Date:01/04/1929
All Faces West
Character:Matthew
Release Date:02/03/1929
The Air Legion
Character:Dave Grayson
Release Date:06/01/1929
Das tanzende Wien
Character:Jonny Conzaga
Release Date:01/10/1927
Life in Hollywood No. 2
Character:Himself
Release Date:25/08/1927
For the Love of Mike
Character:Mike
Release Date:31/07/1927
The Tender Hour
Character:Wally McKenzie
Release Date:01/05/1927
The Perfect Sap
Character:Herbert Alden
Release Date:23/01/1927
The Prince of Tempters
Character:Francis
Release Date:17/10/1926
The Great Deception
Character:Cyril Mansfield
Release Date:26/07/1926
The Savage
Character:Danny Terry
Release Date:18/07/1926
The Reckless Lady
Character:Ralph Hilliwe
Release Date:24/01/1926
Bluebeard's Seven Wives
Character:John Hart / Don Juan Hartez
Release Date:13/01/1926
The New Commandment
Character:Billy Morrow
Release Date:01/11/1925
The Pace That Thrills
Character:Danny Wade
Release Date:18/10/1925
Winds of Chance
Character:Pierce Phillips
Release Date:15/08/1925
The Necessary Evil
Character:Frank Jerome
Release Date:17/05/1925
So Big
Character:Dirk DeJong
Release Date:28/12/1924
Wages of Virtue
Character:Marvin
Release Date:10/11/1924
Wine of Youth
Character:Lynn Talbot
Release Date:15/09/1924
Lily of the Dust
Character:Lt. Prell
Release Date:24/08/1924
The White Moth
Character:Douglas Vantine
Release Date:11/05/1924
Painted People
Character:Don Lane
Release Date:28/01/1924
Potash and Perlmutter
Character:Boris Andrieff
Release Date:10/09/1923
The Custard Cup
Character:Dick Chase
Release Date:01/01/1923
The Heart of Maryland
Character:Bob Telfair
Release Date:01/05/1921
Open Your Eyes
Character:Harold Connors
Release Date:24/05/1919
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