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Benjamin H. Kline

{{Short description|American cinematographer and film director (1894–1974)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Benjamin H. Kline

| image =

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| birth_name = Benjamin Harrison Kline

| birth_date = {{birth date|1894|07|11}}

| birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|01|07|1894|07|11}}

| death_place = Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| resting_place = Hollywood Forever Cemetery

| other_names = Ben Kline
Ben H. Kline
Benjamin Kline

| occupation = Cinematographer
Film director

| years_active = 1920–1972

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Benjamin Harrison Kline (July 11, 1894 – January 7, 1974) was an American cinematographer and film director. He was the father of Richard H. Kline.

Biography

Kline was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and started his career as a cinematographer in 1920 with Universal Pictures' Red Lane. Over his career he shot about 350 films and television shows, a number that includes many serials and a large number of Three Stooges short subjects for Columbia Pictures. He worked up through about 1972. His son Richard H. Kline was also a noted cinematographer. Kline also directed eight films during the period of 1931–1945.{{cite book|last=Reid|first=John Howard|title=Great Hollywood Westerns: Classic Pictures, Must-See Movies and 'b' Films|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FY6wpzsNFdAC&pg=PA137|access-date=25 November 2012|date=31 October 2006|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4303-0968-0|pages=137–}}

Partial filmography

= As director =

Kline directed seven films, one Rin Tin Tin serial and six westerns:

Sources also suggest that Kline replaced B. Reeves Eason as uncredited director of the serial The Galloping Ghost in 1931.

= As cinematographer =

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|0005757}}
  • {{Find a Grave|7652062}}

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Category:1894 births

Category:1974 deaths

Category:American cinematographers

Category:Film directors from Alabama

Category:People from Birmingham, Alabama

Category:Burials at Hollywood Forever Cemetery