Ben Lyon


Actor

About

Birth Place
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Born
February 06, 1901
Died
March 22, 1979

Biography

Affable leading man, in films from 1919, whose training as an airplane pilot was put to good use in the flight sequences of "Hell's Angels" (1930). Along with wife Bebe Daniels, Lyons enjoyed a second career overseas as one of England's most popular vaudeville and radio teams of the 1940s....

Photos & Videos

Hell's Angels - Lobby Cards
This Was Paris - Movie Poster
This Was Paris - Lobby Card

Family & Companions

Bebe Daniels
Wife
Actor. Married 1930 until her death in 1971.
Marian Nixon
Wife
Actor.

Bibliography

"Bebe and Ben"
Ben Lyon and Jill Allgood (1976)

Biography

Affable leading man, in films from 1919, whose training as an airplane pilot was put to good use in the flight sequences of "Hell's Angels" (1930). Along with wife Bebe Daniels, Lyons enjoyed a second career overseas as one of England's most popular vaudeville and radio teams of the 1940s.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Life with the Lyons (1956)
Himself
This Was Paris (1942)
Butch
Hi, Gang! (1941)
He Loved an Actress (1938)
Down to the Sea (1936)
Steve Londos
Dancing Feet (1936)
Peyton Wells
Navy Wife (1935)
Dr. Pete Milford
Together We Live (1935)
Max Kavanaugh
Frisco Waterfront (1935)
Glen Burton
Lightning Strikes Twice (1934)
Steve [Brewster]
Crimson Romance (1934)
Bob Wilson
Girl Missing (1933)
Henry Gibson
I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
H. Joseph Miller
The Women in His Life (1933)
Roger [McKane]
I Spy (1933)
Lady with a Past (1932)
Guy Bryson
Hat Check Girl (1932)
Buster Collins
Week Ends Only (1932)
Jack Williams
The Big Timer (1932)
Cooky Bradford
By Whose Hand? (1932)
Jimmy Hawley
The Crooked Circle (1932)
Brand Osborne
Indiscreet (1931)
Tony Blake
Her Majesty Love (1931)
Fred von Wellingen
Bought (1931)
Nick Amory
Compromised (1931)
Sidney Brock
Night Nurse (1931)
Mortie
Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
Phil Hunter
Aloha (1931)
Jimmy Bradford
Call of the Rockies (1931)
Matthew
The Hot Heiress (1931)
Hap Harrigan
My Past (1931)
Robert Byrne
Alias French Gertie (1930)
Jimmy
What Men Want (1930)
Kendall Phillips
Lummox (1930)
Rollo Farley
Hell's Angels (1930)
Monte Rutledge
A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
Georgie
The Quitter (1929)
Neal Abbott
The Air Legion (1929)
Dave
The Flying Marine (1929)
Steve Moran
The Tender Hour (1927)
Wally McKenzie
The Perfect Sap (1927)
Herbert Alden
Dance Magic (1927)
Leach Norcutt
For the Love of Mike (1927)
Mike
High Hat (1927)
Jerry
The Reckless Lady (1926)
Ralph Hillier
The Prince of Tempters (1926)
Francis
The Savage (1926)
Danny Terry
Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1926)
John Hart/Don Juan Hartez
The Great Deception (1926)
Cyril Mansfield
Winds of Chance (1925)
Pierce Phillips
The New Commandment (1925)
Billy Morrow
The Pace That Thrills (1925)
Danny Wade
One Way Street (1925)
Bobby Austin
The Necessary Evil (1925)
Frank Jerome
Wine of Youth (1924)
Lynn
Wages of Virtue (1924)
Marvin
Lily of the Dust (1924)
Richard von Prell
Painted People (1924)
Don Lane
So Big (1924)
Dirk DeJong
The White Moth (1924)
Douglas Vantine
Flaming Youth (1923)
Monty Standish
Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
Boris Andrieff
The Custard Cup (1923)
Dick Chase
The Heart of Maryland (1921)
Bob Telfair
Open Your Eyes (1919)
Harold Connors
The Transgressor (1918)

Cast (Short)

King & Queen Meet the Stars (1954)
Himself

Life Events

Photo Collections

Hell's Angels - Lobby Cards
Hell's Angels - Lobby Cards
This Was Paris - Movie Poster
Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for the Teddington Studios production This Was Paris (1942), starring Ben Lyon and Ann Dvorak. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.
This Was Paris - Lobby Card
Here is a lobby card for the Teddington Studios production This Was Paris (1942), starring Ben Lyon and Ann Dvorak. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

Videos

Movie Clip

Trailer

Companions

Bebe Daniels
Wife
Actor. Married 1930 until her death in 1971.
Marian Nixon
Wife
Actor.

Bibliography

"Bebe and Ben"
Ben Lyon and Jill Allgood (1976)