Ben F. Wilson

Ben F. Wilson

Born: July 5, 1876
Died: August 25, 1930
in Corning, Iowa, USA

Movies for Ben F. Wilson...

China Slaver
Title: China Slaver
Character: Sam Warren
Released: January 25, 1929
Type: Movie
The Chinese Secret Service sends an undercover agent to investigate reports of an island ruled by a Chinese criminal named The Cobra who holds the residents in virtual slavery while running his illegal narcotics and white-slavery empire.
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Girls Who Dare
Title: Girls Who Dare
Character: Robert Randolf
Released: January 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Golden-hearted chorus girl Sally Casey is in love with wealthy Chet Randall and the feeling is mutual. Randall's snobbish father staunchly opposes the romance. Sally saves the day -- and her impending marriage -- when she reveals that Randall Sr. is himself carrying on with nightclub hostess "Alabam" Kenyon.
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Officer '444'
Title: Officer '444'
Character: Officer 444
Released: May 14, 1926
Type: Movie
Heroic Officer 444 battles The Frog and his criminal gang for possession of Haverlyte, a powerful formula that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would give its owner enough power to control the world. And, taking no chances, The Frog sends his chief henchwoman, a seductive vamp named The Vulture, to tempt Officer 444 to stray from his sworn duty to save the world from The Frog's nefarious plans.
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The Power God
Title: The Power God
Character: Jim Thorpe
Released: May 1, 1925
Type: Movie
In this movie serial Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.
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Two-Fisted Sheriff
Title: Two-Fisted Sheriff
Released: April 12, 1925
Type: Movie
A heroic lawman rescues Midge Blair from a runaway stage. Returning to town, Jerry is assigned to safeguard a valuable shipment of platinum.
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Vic Dyson Pays
Title: Vic Dyson Pays
Character: 'Mad' Vic Dyson
Released: January 3, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent western
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Warrior Gap
Title: Warrior Gap
Character: Capt. Deane
Released: January 2, 1925
Type: Movie
Against explicit orders, a vainglorious cavalry major insists on counterattacking a gang of hostile Sioux Indians. His captain refuses to comply and is arrested for insubordination and cowardice.
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The Desert Hawk
Title: The Desert Hawk
Character: Hollister (as Ben Wilson)
Released: October 25, 1924
Type: Movie
A cowboy is falsely accused of killing the local sheriff. Fleeing the law, Wilson obtains a job on a ranch.
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Dangerous Paths
Title: Dangerous Paths
Character: John Emerson
Released: July 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Dangerous Paths is a 1921 silent film
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The Screaming Shadow
Title: The Screaming Shadow
Character: John Rand (as Ben Wilson)
Released: January 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.
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The Trail of the Octopus
Title: The Trail of the Octopus
Character: Carter Holmes
Released: October 19, 1919
Type: Movie
Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!
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The Blue Bonnet
Title: The Blue Bonnet
Character: Jairus Drake
Released: July 1, 1919
Type: Movie
As an infant, Ruth Drake was stolen from her father by her vengeful mother, and then abandoned. She was adopted and raised by a pawnbroker, and as a young woman joins the Salvation Army in order to help the kinds of people she has seen--and was--growing up. When war breaks out in Europe, she volunteers to go to France
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When a Woman Strikes
Title: When a Woman Strikes
Released: April 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A story of the West in the days when the sheriff was more powerful than the mayor or governor. It tells of the sacrifices made by a sister for a brother and the virile, big-hearted nature of a stage-driver who is made sheriff and solves a mystery that hangs over the lives of two innocent people.
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The Spindle of Life
Title: The Spindle of Life
Character: 'Alphabet' Carter
Released: September 17, 1917
Type: Movie
When Mrs. Harrison arrives in Harborsport for her vacation, she announces her plan to marry Gladsome, her daughter, to Vincent Bradshaw, the son of her financial advisor James Bradshaw. To keep Gladsome from socializing with the local fishermen, James drives them from his property, but they organize under her and force their way back. Arrested for rabble-rousing, Gladsome is bailed out of jail by James and later meets "Alphabet" Carter, a vacationing financial wizard, for whom she has an immediate attraction.
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Even as You and I
Title: Even as You and I
Character: Carrillo
Released: April 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Carillo and his wife Selma are devoted to each other. As a sculptor, Carillo has achieved the qualities of honor and love until the Devil seeks to overturn these accomplishments by sending his imps Lust, Drink and Self Pity to the artist's home. Carillo succumbs to lust and sells his honor to the Devil.
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The Voice on the Wire
Title: The Voice on the Wire
Character: John Shirley
Released: March 18, 1917
Type: Movie
A silent action movie serial.
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The Mainspring
Title: The Mainspring
Character: Lawrence Ashmore / Larry Craven (as Ben Wilson)
Released: November 27, 1916
Type: Movie
Finding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.
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Idle Wives
Title: Idle Wives
Character: Mr. Jamison
Released: September 16, 1916
Type: Movie
Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.
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The Ladder of Fortune
Title: The Ladder of Fortune
Character: Louis D'Angelo
Released: April 22, 1915
Type: Movie
Louis d'Angelo, a wandering minstrel, plays before the windows of an Italian's villa. From her casement above him, Delicia drops the rose worn in her hair. An attachment follows. Soon after we find Louis playing for a select gathering at the Romana salon where he makes his first appearance as Signor Romana's protégé. Love has already interceded in his behalf. A constant admirer of Delicia and aspirant for her hand, Colonel Navarro, takes exception to the attentions of Louis and upon a certain occasion tells Delicia how he feels. She promptly silences him and he insults her. Louis, rushing to her defense, meets with opposition.
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The Brass Bowl
Title: The Brass Bowl
Character: 'Mad' Maitland / Dan Anisty
Released: March 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Resemblance of a society man to a notorious crook forms the basis of this dramatic, thrilling romance. the crook is after the other's jewels and a young girl is searching for an important paper. All three are involved in a Tango which reaches a sensational climax in the death of the other crook.
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The Doctor's Duty
Title: The Doctor's Duty
Released: November 11, 1913
Type: Movie
A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.
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Who Will Marry Mary?
Title: Who Will Marry Mary?
Released: July 26, 1913
Type: Movie
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A Proposal from the Duke
Title: A Proposal from the Duke
Character: Captain Justin Bradford
Released: July 22, 1913
Type: Movie
Episode of a romantic serial starring Mary Fuller. Mary is looking for a man, and this time she wants an aristocratic gentleman.
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Hulda of Holland
Title: Hulda of Holland
Character: Heintz
Released: April 21, 1913
Type: Movie
A Dutch romance. Hulda and Heintz are bashful, giggling lovers, hut their spooning opportunities are few, as well as being forbidden. One day they get a chance to spoon, but the village gossip sees them and hastens to Hulda's mother, exaggerating what she saw.
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The Twelfth Juror
Title: The Twelfth Juror
Character: Harry Baker - the Twelfth Juror
Released: April 19, 1913
Type: Movie
A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence.
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In A Japanese Tea Garden
Title: In A Japanese Tea Garden
Character: The Tourists 2nd Beau
Released: February 24, 1913
Type: Movie
Looking for love in the tea garden
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The Old Monk's Tale
Title: The Old Monk's Tale
Character: The Handsome Stranger (as Benjamin Wilson)
Released: February 15, 1913
Type: Movie
A monk tells a tale about a woman who can only surrender her heart to a man who can offer her jewels. A poor man falls in love with her and steals jewels off a statue of the Madonna to give to her.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Character: Captain Morris
Released: December 11, 1912
Type: Movie
Silent film drama of the famous incident..
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The Relief of Lucknow
Title: The Relief of Lucknow
Character: Reginald - the British Officer
Released: July 26, 1912
Type: Movie
The story of the siege and eventual relief of British soldiers garrisoned at Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Only a fragment of the original film remains.
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Out of the Deep
Title: Out of the Deep
Character: The Deep-Sea Diver
Released: May 3, 1912
Type: Movie
The beginning of the film deals with the love romance of a deep-sea diver and the daughter of an old curio collector, whose past life takes up a good part of the film and reveals to the spectator his younger days as he tells them the story of his romance and marriage.