Wilson Benge


Biography

Wilson Benge was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Benge's earliest roles were in film, including "A Trip to Chinatown" (1926), "Fast and Furious" (1927) and "Bulldog Drummond" (1929). He also appeared in "Untamed" (1929), "Charley's Aunt" (1930) and "Her Wedding Night" (1930). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like the crime drama "Raff...

Biography

Wilson Benge was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Benge's earliest roles were in film, including "A Trip to Chinatown" (1926), "Fast and Furious" (1927) and "Bulldog Drummond" (1929). He also appeared in "Untamed" (1929), "Charley's Aunt" (1930) and "Her Wedding Night" (1930). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like the crime drama "Raffles" (1930) with Ronald Colman, the adaptation "The Bat Whispers" (1930) with Chester Morris and "Big Executive" (1933). He also appeared in "False Pretenses" (1935) and "The Ghost Walks" (1935). Film continued to be his passion as he played roles in "Wallaby Jim of the Islands" (1937), the comedy "Mr. Boggs Steps Out" (1938) with Stuart Erwin and the dramatic comedy "Trade Winds" (1938) with Fredric March. He also appeared in "Pursuit to Algiers" (1945) and "Queen of the Amazons" (1947). Benge more recently acted in the Cornel Wilde historical film "The Scarlet Coat" (1955). Benge passed away in July 1955 at the age of 80.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Scarlet Coat (1955)
Servant
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1953)
Doorman
Scaramouche (1952)
Old retainer
Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Caretaker
Kind Lady (1951)
Carol singer
Royal Wedding (1951)
Stage door man
Please Believe Me (1950)
Steward
Emergency Wedding (1950)
Frederick, the butler
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Valet
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
Clerk
The Imperfect Lady (1947)
Usher
Queen of the Amazons (1947)
The professor
Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
Servant
The Verdict (1946)
Cockney
Do You Love Me (1946)
Waiter
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Waiter
To Each His Own (1946)
Waiter
Kitty (1946)
Bellow and bucker mender
Confidential Agent (1945)
Miner
Tonight and Every Night (1945)
News vendor
The House of Fear (1945)
Guy Davies
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Clergyman
Hangover Square (1945)
Waiter
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
Footman
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Chauffeur
The Lodger (1944)
Vigilante
Gaslight (1944)
Pedestrian
The Man in Half Moon Street (1944)
Official
Ministry of Fear (1944)
Air raid warden
The Spider Woman (1944)
Clerk
Jungle Woman (1944)
Court stenographer
Casanova in Burlesque (1944)
Williams the butler
The Great Moment (1944)
Porter
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Steward
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Caterer at ball
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay (1944)
Deck steward
Appointment in Berlin (1943)
Immortal Sergeant (1943)
Waiter
Murder in Times Square (1943)
Butler
His Butler's Sister (1943)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
Steward
The Pied Piper (1942)
Waiter
Moonlight Masquerade (1942)
Butler
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
Butler
You're Telling Me (1942)
Butler
The Lady Eve (1941)
Butler
The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
Butler
Nothing But the Truth (1941)
Fredericks
It Started with Eve (1941)
Williams
Virginia (1941)
Second butler
Love Crazy (1941)
Valet
Half a Sinner (1940)
Waiter
Green Hell (1940)
Butler
Pride and Prejudice (1940)
Flunky
The Farmer's Daughter (1940)
Florist
Lucky Night (1939)
Jordan's servant
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Assistant purser
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Campbell
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Butler
Man About Town (1939)
Conductor
Sweethearts (1938)
2nd valet to Ernest
Mr. Boggs Steps Out (1938)
Butler
Trade Winds (1938)
Butler
Lord Jeff (1938)
Chauffeur
I Promise to Pay (1937)
Butler
Easy Living (1937)
Butler
Man of the People (1937)
Evening butler
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
Butler
Maid of Salem (1937)
Wallaby Jim of the Islands (1937)
Macklin
The Shadow Strikes (1937)
Wellington
Oh, Doctor (1937)
Butler
Bank Alarm (1937)
Overman
You're Only Young Once (1937)
Waiter
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
Butler
Murder in Greenwich Village (1937)
Butler
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Man at inn
Souls at Sea (1937)
Doctor
The King Steps Out (1936)
Servant
Song and Dance Man (1936)
Davis' butler
Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
Simpson
Tango (1936)
The White Angel (1936)
Male nurse
Dancing Feet (1936)
Silas' butler
Pepper (1936)
Valet
Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)
Butler
Panic on the Air (1936)
Butler
False Pretenses (1935)
Stephens
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
Butcher
Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Agitator
Fugitive Lady (1934)
Butler
The Ghost Walks (1934)
Jarvis
City Park (1934)
Andy Cook
Twin Husbands (1934)
Greyson
Glamour (1934)
Pritchard
What Every Woman Knows (1934)
Butler
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
Neilsen's valet
Big Executive (1933)
Caddy
Cynara (1932)
Merton
Stepping Out (1931)
Parker
Heartbreak (1931)
Butler
Men in Her Life (1931)
Wilton
Raffles (1930)
Barraclough
Charley's Aunt (1930)
Brassett
Her Wedding Night (1930)
Smithers
The Bat Whispers (1930)
Butler
This Thing Called Love (1929)
Dumary
A Most Immoral Lady (1929)
Hoskins the Butler
Bulldog Drummond (1929)
Danny
Untamed (1929)
Billcombe
That's My Daddy (1928)
Perkins
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
Butler
A Gentleman Preferred (1928)
Dobbs
Freedom of the Press (1928)
Butler
The Lone Eagle (1927)
Truckdriver
Fast and Furious (1927)
Coachman
A Trip to Chinatown (1926)
Slavin
The Midnight Message (1926)
Butler
Alias Mary Flynn (1925)
Maurice Deperre
Robin Hood (1923)
Henchmen to Prince John

Cast (Short)

How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 3 The Niblick (1931)
You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
Do Detectives Think? (1927)

Life Events

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