- Born Name: Ben Lyon
- Birthday: 1901-02-06 (Year-Month-Day)
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- Spouse(s): Bebe Daniels (1930-1971) (her death) 2 children Marian Nixon (1974-1979) (his death)
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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 20th Century Fox studio executive.LifeBorn 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.His greatest success as an actor came in 1930 with the film Hells Angels. The film was a major success and brought Jean Harlow to prominence, but Lyons 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.With Gloria Swanson in IndiscreetBy the mid 1940s he was working for 20th Century Fox. In 1946 he met a young aspiring actress named Norma Jeane Dougherty. After his first meeting with her he stated that she was Jean Harlow all over again. He organised a color screen test for the actress, renamed her, and finally signed her as Marilyn Monroe to her first studio contract.In 1930 he married the actress Bebe Daniels. Together they were a notable couple in show business society, and sometimes acted together, including a long-running BBC radio show Hi Gang. 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. When Danielss health declined during the 1960s following a series of strokes, Lyon cared for her until her death in 1971.He then married the actress Marian Nixon. Lyon and Nixon were vacationing together on the QE2 cruise ship near Honolulu, Hawaii, when Lyon suffered a heart attack and died. Nixon died in 1983.Lyon was one of the many notable figures of Hollywoods silent film era interviewed for the documentary series Hollywood which was broadcast in 1980.Ben Lyon has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contribution to motion pictures. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.Selected filmographyWine of Youth (1924)For the Love of Mike (1927)Hells Angels (1930)A Soldiers Plaything (1930)Indiscreet (1931)Night Nurse (1931)Lady with a Past (1932)The Big Timer (1932)Week Ends Only (1932)The Crooked Circle (1932)I Cover the Waterfront (1933)I Killed the Count (1939)Confidential Lady (1939)The Dark Tower (1943)External linksBiography portalWikimedia Commons has media related to: Ben LyonBen Lyon photo galleryBen Lyon at the Internet Movie DatabaseBen Lyon at the Internet Broadway DatabaseBen Lyon at Find a GravePhotographs of Ben Lyon and bibliographyPersondataNameLyon, BenAlternative namesShort descriptionDate of birthFebruary 6, 1901Place of birthAtlanta, Georgia, USADate of deathMarch 22, 1979Place of deathnear Honolulu, Hawaii, USARetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_LyonCategories: 1901 births | 1979 deaths | American film actors | American silent film actors | American stage actors | Burials at 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