Joseph Bennett

Joseph Bennett

Born: August 28, 1894
Died: December 3, 1931
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Joseph Bennett...

After the Fog
Title: After the Fog
Character: Bill Reynolds
Released: December 15, 1929
Type: Movie
Millionaire Joshua Barker insists that his daughter, Faith, must marry Phil Langhorne, a man that neither likes, and Faith is in love with and eager to marry her childhood sweetheart, John Temple.
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The Lariat Kid
Title: The Lariat Kid
Character: Pecos Kid
Released: May 12, 1929
Type: Movie
A lawman goes undercover to help his brother, a rancher, fight off horse thieves working for his greedy neighbor, who wants his ranch.
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait
Title: The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait
Character: Detective (as Joe Bennett)
Released: May 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A pair of youthful lovers are separated by war and misunderstanding.
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Won in the Clouds
Title: Won in the Clouds
Character: Portuguese Jack Woods
Released: April 21, 1928
Type: Movie
Nearly 7,000 Curtiss Jennies were built and they had a long and distinguished career in the movies. In this load of garbage, a Swahili village (somewhere in the sierras behind Hollywood) is affected by disease. The nearby diamond mine is using this as an excuse not to ship diamonds back to HQ in South Africa. The mine president has sent a doctor, his beautiful daughter and her duenna to find out what is going on and to cure the natives. They are travelling on foot. To speed things up the president sends his ace flyer up...
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Vultures of the Sea
Title: Vultures of the Sea
Character: Deaf mute
Released: March 1, 1928
Type: Movie
When his father is falsely convicted and sentenced to die for a murder committed aboard ship, the man's son signs on as a crewman to discover the real killer and clear his father.
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The Shepherd of the Hills
Title: The Shepherd of the Hills
Character: Ollie
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith.
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Wolf's Trail
Title: Wolf's Trail
Character: Bert Farrel (as Joe Bennett)
Released: October 2, 1927
Type: Movie
Heralded as a "Universal Thrill Feature," this minor outdoor melodrama starred Dynamite, one of canine phenomenon Rin Tin Tin's legion of imitators. Veteran actor Edmund Cobb headed the human cast as Captain Tom Grant, a Texas ranger impersonating an outlaw in order to infiltrate a gang of smugglers.
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Three Miles Up
Title: Three Miles Up
Character: Garrett
Released: September 4, 1927
Type: Movie
Dick Morgan, formerly a professional crook, returns from the war as the "Ace" of his squadron.
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Men of Daring
Title: Men of Daring
Character: David Owen
Released: June 4, 1927
Type: Movie
The story is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota circa 1876. While making their way through the Badlands, a religious cult is terrorized by a bandit known only as Black Roger.
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Cold Nerve
Title: Cold Nerve
Released: June 8, 1925
Type: Movie
Not only is Cody cheated out of his valuable property, he also faces trial on a charge of robbery and murder.
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Barbara Frietchie
Title: Barbara Frietchie
Character: Jack Negly
Released: September 26, 1924
Type: Movie
Two lovers in a small town in Maryland are torn apart by the Civil War--she is loyal to the south while he heads north to join the federal army, determined to protect the Union. Eventually his unit arrives in his hometown and he is reunited with his lover, but things aren't the way they used to be.
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Love Never Dies
Title: Love Never Dies
Character: Joel Eperson
Released: November 11, 1921
Type: Movie
John and Tilly's happy marriage is ruined when Tilly's father finds out about the scandalous past of John's mother. John, unaware of his father-in-law's meddling, thinks Tilly has left him, and he leaves town. Her father leads Tilly to believe that John has died in an accident, and he pushes her to marry someone else.
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A Daughter of the Law
Title: A Daughter of the Law
Character: Eddie Hayes (as Joe Bennett)
Released: November 1, 1921
Type: Movie
When Eddie, the son of a police officer, gets involved with a criminal gang, his sister tries to steer him away from crime.
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The Night Horsemen
Title: The Night Horsemen
Character: Dr. Byrne
Released: October 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Whistling Dan (Tom Mix) is raised by the kindly rancher Old Joe Cumberland (Harry Lonsdale) after Dan is found wandering the desert as a youth. After he becomes a man, Dan wanders throughout the West, following the wild geese when they fly South every year. He finds trouble in a lawless town and wounds a rival gunman.
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The Terror
Title: The Terror
Character: Phil Harland
Released: May 29, 1920
Type: Movie
Bat "No Limit" Carson, U.S. deputy marshal has to battle all types of varmints, including crooked dance hall proprietor "Con" Norton and his star entertainer, Fay La Cross. The booty is various gold shipments, and the beautiful heroine hails from the East.
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The Feud
Title: The Feud
Character: Cal Brown
Released: December 7, 1919
Type: Movie
Two Southern clans, the Lynches and the Summers, have been at odds with each other since long before Civil War times. But that hasn't stopped Jere Lynch and Betty Summers from falling in love.
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Man's Desire
Title: Man's Desire
Character: Bob Denton
Released: July 20, 1919
Type: Movie
Tom Denton comes from the East to the Northwest lumber region and becomes co-owner of a lumber camp with Howard Patton, whose bored wife Vera insists on flirting with Tom despite his discouragement.
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The Reckoning Day
Title: The Reckoning Day
Released: October 20, 1918
Type: Movie
During World War I, Jane Whiting, a bright young lawyer who is engaged to Senator Wheeler, is assigned by the district attorney to expose a gang of spies who are collecting money for the German government through the operation of a fraudulent charity organization. Wheeler's son Frank has fallen in love with Lola Schram, whose pro-German mother is forcing the girl to work for Frederick Kube, the head of the spy ring, but when Kube learns of the romance, he orders Mrs. Schram to break it off. When Lola finally confesses her activities to Frank, Kube kills her and then frames Frank for the murder. Meanwhile, Jane, through the help of Jimmy and Tilly Ware, has discovered Kube's headquarters and modus operandi
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Marked Cards
Title: Marked Cards
Character: Don Jackson
Released: July 14, 1918
Type: Movie
Ellen Shannon, the daughter of self-made Irish politician Pat Shannon, is engaged to Ted Breslin, but because Pat began his career as a menial laborer, Ted's mother, Mrs. J. De Barth Breslin, refuses to sanction the marriage. Heartbroken, Ted takes up drinking and gambling with "Poker" LeMoyne and Don Jackson, while Ellen attends a finishing school hoping to improve herself. While trying to elude her chaperone, Ellen unwittingly dashes into a man's hotel room, and from the window, she witnesses Don and "Poker" playing cards, while Ted lies unconscious from too much drink. When the two gamblers quarrel, Don kills "Poker," but Ted is accused of the crime.
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Limousine Life
Title: Limousine Life
Character: Jed Bronson
Released: February 3, 1918
Type: Movie
After leaving her sweetheart Jed Bronson, and small country town life, Minnie Wills (Olive Thomas) obtains a job as a model in a stylish Chicago shop and soon attracts the attention of Moncure Kelts, a wealthy playboy. Enchanted by her beauty and innocence, Moncure proposes, but once she has accepted, he loses interest in her and soon becomes desperate to get rid of her. With her emotions very much under control, Minnie agrees to break off the engagement in exchange for a limousine, a large wardrobe, and a large check, and then returns to Three Oaks. Overjoyed to see her, Jed proposes, and after their marriage, Minnie convinces him to establish a business in Chicago. The plan proves highly successful, and later, when the couple encounters Moncure on the street, Minnie thanks him for giving them their start in life.
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Indiscreet Corinne
Title: Indiscreet Corinne
Character: Rocky Van Sandt
Released: November 11, 1917
Type: Movie
Bored with her life as the daughter of wealthy parents, Corinne Chilvers answers an ad in the paper for a woman with a lurid past. Hired to secure a declaration of marriage from South American millionaire Nicholas Fenwick, Corinne assumes the identity of a masked dancer to attract Fenwick's attention. Competing with Corinne for Fenwick's affections is Pansy Hartley, a woman who actually does have a shady past. After a series of misadventures, Fenwick falls in love with Corinne, whose parents, scandalized by their daughter's escapades, disown her. Reporting to her employers that Fenwick has proposed to her, Corinne discovers that the young man is not a millionaire, but rather the object of a publicity stunt, which is aborted when Corinne and Fenwick really do get married. Fenwick then approaches Corinne's parents and persuades them to forgive their daughter for her scandalous behavior.