Ben F. Wilson

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

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.

Ben F. Wilson
Born	(1876-07-07)July 7, 1876 Corning, Iowa, US
Died	August 25, 1930(1930-08-25) (aged 54) Glendale, California, US
Years active	1911-1930

Selected filmography

• 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

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

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