Ben Lyon

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Ben Lyon (6 Februari 1901 – 22 Maret 1979) adalah seorang aktor film dan eksekutif studio Amerika di 20th Century Fox, yang kemudian berakting dalam radio, film dan TV Inggris.

Ben Lyon
Lyon in I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
Lahir	(1901-02-06)6 Februari 1901 Atlanta, Georgia, AS
Meninggal	22 Maret 1979(1979-03-22) (umur 78) Dekat Honolulu, Hawaii, AS
Sebab meninggal	Serangan jantung
Makam	Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Tahun aktif	1918-1955
Suami/istri	Bebe Daniels ​ ​ (m. 1930; wafat 1971)​ (2 anak) Marian Nixon ​ (m. 1971⁠–⁠1979)​ (kematiannya)
Anak	Barbara Lyon Richard Lyon
Penghargaan	Hollywood Walk of Fame

Kehidupan awal dan karier

Lahir di Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon memasuki perfilman pada 1918 setelah tampil sukses pada Broadway bersama dengan Jeanne Eagels. Ia meraih sambutan dalam film yang sangat sukses Flaming Youth (1923), dan masih berkembang menjadi seorang pemeran utama. Ia paling sukses dipasangkan dengan beberapa aktris utama dari era film bisu yang meliputi Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Colleen Moore, Barbara La Marr, Viola Dana, Anna Q. Nilsson, Mary Astor dan Blanche Sweet.

Filmografi

• The Transgressor (1918)
• Open Your Eyes (1919)
• The Heart of Maryland (1921)
• The Custard Cup (1923)
• Potash and Perlmutter (1923)
• Flaming Youth (1923)
• The White Moth (1924)
• Painted People (1924)
• Wages of Virtue (1924)
• So Big (1924)
• Lily of the Dust (1924)
• Wine of Youth (1924)
• Winds of Chance (1925)
• The Pace That Thrills (1925)
• The New Commandment (1925)
• The Necessary Evil (1925)
• One Way Street (1925)
• Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925)
• Prince of Tempters (1926)
• The Reckless Lady (1926)
• The Savage (1926)
• The Great Deception (1926)
• The Perfect Sap (1927)
• High Hat (1927)
• For the Love of Mike (1927)
• Dancing Vienna (1927)
• The Tender Hour (1927)
• Dance Magic (1927)
• The Quitter (1929)
• The Air Legion (1929)
• The Flying Marine (1929)
• Hell's Angels (1930)
• Lummox (1930)
• Alias French Gertie (1930)
• What Men Want (1930)
• A Soldier's Plaything (1930)
• My Past (1931)
• Aloha (1931)
• The Hot Heiress (1931)
• West of the Rockies (1931)
• Indiscreet (1931)
• Night Nurse (1931)
• Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
• Compromised (1931)
• Bought! (1931)
• Her Majesty, Love (1931)
• By Whose Hand? (1932)
• Hat Check Girl (1932)
• Lady with a Past (1932)
• The Big Timer (1932)
• Week Ends Only (1932)
• The Crooked Circle (1932)
• I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
• Girl Missing (1933)
• The Women in His Life (1933)
• I Spy (1934)
• Lightning Strikes Twice (1934)
• Crimson Romance (1934)
• When We Look Back (1935)
• Navy Wife (1935)
• Together We Live (1935)
• Dancing Feet (1936)
• Down to the Sea (1936)
• Treachery on the High Seas (1936)
• Stardust (1938)
• I Killed the Count (1939)
• Confidential Lady (1939)
• Hi Gang! (1941)
• This Was Paris (1942)
• The Dark Tower (1943)
• Life with the Lyons (1954)
• The Lyons in Paris (1955)

Daftar pustaka

• Allgood, Jill (1975). Bebe and Ben. Robert Hale & Co. ISBN 0-709-14942-5. 
• Daniels, Bebe; Lyons, Ben (1953). Life with the Lyons, the Autobiography of Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. Odhams Press. ASIN B0000CIGNZ. 

Referensi

1. http://projects.latimes.com/hollywood/star-walk/marian-nixon/
2. Slide, Anthony (2010). Silent Players: A Biographical and Autobiographical Study of 100 Silent Film Actors and Actresses. University Press of Kentucky. hlm. 91. ISBN 0-813-13745-4. 
3. "Ben Lyon". Photoplay. New York: Photoplay Publishing Company. January 1925. Diakses tanggal August 20, 2015. 

Pranala luar

• Portal Biografi

Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai Ben Lyon.

• Ben Lyon di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
• Ben Lyon di Internet Broadway Database
• Photographs of Ben Lyon and bibliography
• BBC Desert Island Discs
• Ben Lyon's appearance on This Is Your Life