Ben F. Wilson

For other people with the same name, see Ben Wilson (disambiguation).

American actor

Ben F. Wilson

Born| (1876-07-07)July 7, 1876

Corning, Iowa, USA

Died| August 25, 1930(1930-08-25) (aged 54)

Glendale, California, USA

Years active| 1911-1930

Ben F. Wilson (also credited as Benjamin Wilson; July 7, 1876 - August 25, 1930), was an American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era.[1] He appeared in more than 210 films between 1911 and 1930. He also directed more than 130 films between 1912 and 1930. He starred as Inspector Cleek in a 1914 series of mystery shorts. He was born in Corning, Iowa in 1876, and died in Glendale, California in 1930 from heart disease.

## Selected filmography[edit]

* Silver Threads Among the Gold (1911)
* The Star Spangled Banner (1911)
* The Battle of Bunker Hill (1911)
* To Save Her Brother (1912)
* For the Cause of the South (1912)
* The Charge of the Light Brigade (1912)
* The Passing of J.B. Randall and Company (1912)
* In His Father's Steps (1912)
* The Old Monk's Tale (1913)
* The Mystery of the Dover Express (1913)
* The Vanishing Cracksman (1913)
* The Twelfth Juror (1913)
* Hulda of Holland (1913)
* Who Will Marry Mary? (1913)
* The Heritage of Hamilton Cleek (1914)

The Chronicles of Cleek series - (shorts)

* The Mystery of the Sealed Art Gallery (1914)
* The Mystery of the Glass Tubes (1914)
* The Mystery of the Octagonal Room (1914)
* The Mystery of the Lost Stradivarius (1914)
* The Mystery of the Fadeless Tints (1914)
* The Mystery of the Amsterdam Diamonds (1914)
* The Mystery of the Silver Snare (1914)
* The Mystery of the Laughing Death (1914)
* The Mystery of the Ladder of Light (1914)
* The Mystery of the Talking Wire (1914)

* The Mainspring (1916)
* The Cad (1915) (directed and acted)
* Idle Wives (1916)
* Even As You and I (1917)
* The Spindle of Life (1917)
* The Voice on the Wire (1917)
* The Mystery Ship (1917)
* The Brass Bullet (1918)
* The Trail of the Octopus (1919)
* The Blue Bonnet (1919)
* Castles in the Air (1919)
* The Screaming Shadow (1920)
* Thunderbolt Jack (1920)
* Cupid's Brand (1921)
* Dangerous Paths (1921)
* Devil Dog Dawson (1921)
* Cyclone Bliss (1921)
* Dead or Alive (1921)
* The Sheriff of Hope Eternal (1921)
* The Broken Spur (1921)
* Hills of Hate (1921)
* The Double O (1921)
* The Innocent Cheat (1921)
* Back to Yellow Jacket (1922)
* One Eighth Apache (1922)
* Chain Lightning (1922)
* The Love Trap (1923)
* The Satin Girl (1923)
* The Law Rustlers (1923)
* Mine to Keep (1923)
* Other Men's Daughters (1923)
* The Santa Fe Trail (1923)
* Condemned (1923)
* Notch Number One (1924)
* The Desert Hawk (1924)
* Two Fisted Justice (1924)
* Branded a Bandit (1924)
* The Mystery Box (1925)
* White Thunder (1925)
* Wild Horse Canyon (1925)
* A Two-Fisted Sheriff (1925)
* Scar Hanan (1925)
* The Human Tornado (1925)
* A Daughter of the Sioux (1925)
* Vic Dyson Pays (1925)
* Romance and Rustlers (1925)
* Tonio, Son of the Sierras (1925)
* The Fugitive (1925)
* Where Romance Rides (1925)
* The Riding Comet (1925)
* Tentacles of the North (1926)
* The Baited Trap (1926)
* The Wolf Hunters (1926)
* West of the Law (1926)
* Wolves of the Desert (1926)
* Fort Frayne (1926)
* Officer 444 (1926)
* Rainbow Riley (1926)
* The Range Riders (1927)
* Speeding Hoofs (1927)
* The Fighting Stallion (1927)
* Western Courage (1927)
* His Last Bullet (1928)
* Bye, Bye, Buddy (1929)
* The Saddle King (1929)
* The Voice from the Sky (1930)
* Shadow Ranch (1930)

## References[edit]

1. ^ The Actors Birthday Book by Johnson Briscoe, this edition c. 1908 Retrieved March 24, 2016

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Films directed by Ben F. Wilson

* The Brass Bullet (1919)
* The Screaming Shadow (1920)
* The Sheriff of Hope Eternal (1921)
* The Broken Spur (1921)
* The Innocent Cheat (1921)
* Hills of Hate (1921)
* One Eighth Apache (1922)
* Back to Yellow Jacket (1922)
* Chain Lightning (1922)
* Other Men's Daughters (1923)
* Mine to Keep (1923)
* Notch Number One (1924)
* The Riding Comet (1925)
* A Two-Fisted Sheriff (1925)
* The Human Tornado (1925)
* Tonio, Son of the Sierras (1925)
* Scar Hanan (1925)
* Romance and Rustlers (1925)
* Wild Horse Canyon (1925)
* White Thunder (1925)
* A Daughter of the Sioux (1925)
* The Fugitive (1925)
* Officer 444 (1926)
* Fort Frayne (1926)
* Wolves of the Desert (1926)
* West of the Law (1926)
* The Fighting Stallion (1927)
* The Range Riders (1927)
* Western Courage (1927)
* His Last Bullet (1928)
* The Old Code (1928)
* Thundering Thompson (1929)
* The Saddle King (1929)
* The Voice from the Sky (1930)

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