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Curtis Benton

{{Short description|American actor and screenwriter}}

{{Infobox person

| name =

| image = File:Curtis Benton, 1916.jpg

| caption = Benton in 1916

| birth_name = Horatio Curtis Benton

| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|08|26}}

| birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, USA

| death_date = {{death date and age|1938|09|14|1885|08|26}}

| death_place = Los Angeles, California, USA

| spouse =

| occupation = actor, Boxer

| yearsactive = {{unbulleted list

|1915–1917, 1931–1937 (actor)

|1922–1929 (writer)

}}

}}

Horatio Curtis Benton (August 26, 1885 – September 14, 1938) was an American actor and screenwriter for silent films and early talkies.

Biography

Born in Toledo, Ohio, Benton, attended Vanderbilt University and embarked upon a stage career in 1903, appearing with Robert Hilliard in A Fool There Was, and two seasons with Cohan and Harris' company where he played parts in The Fortune Hunter, Broadway Jones, and others. His film career included supporting roles in The Pursuit Eternal (1915), Conscience (1915) (which he also wrote), 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916), Jealousy (1916), The Siren (1917), Fireman, Save My Child (1932) and Kid Galahad (1937).{{cite book |title=Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual |date=1917 |publisher=Motion Picture News, Inc. |location=New York |page=40 |url=https://archive.org/details/moctu00moti/page/40/mode/2up}}{{cite book |last1=Truitt |first1=Evelyn Mack |title=Who Was Who on Screen |date=1983 |publisher=R.R. Bowker Co. |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8352-1578-7 |page=54 |url=https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoonscree00trui/page/54/mode/2up}}{{cite book |last1=Ragan |first1=David |title=Who's Who in Hollywood |date=1992 |publisher=Facts on File |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8160-2011-9 |page=124 |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinhollywo00raga/page/124/mode/2up}} His writing credits include The Uninvited Guest (1924), It Is the Law (1924), and The Phantom Bullet (1926). In his later years he was a boxing announcer at the Hollywood Stadium.

Death

He died in Hollywood in 1938 after a six-months illness.{{cite news |title=Fight Announcer at Hollywood Claimed |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19380916.1.18& |work=The San Bernardino Sun |agency=Associated Press |date=September 16, 1938}}

Filmography

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Role

! scope="col" | Actor

! scope="col" | Writer

! scope="col" | Note

rowspan="11"|{{center|1915}}

| The Story the Silk Hats Told

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| rowspan="7"|Short film

Everygirl

| Love

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

The Mystery of the Man Who Slept

| Jack Christie

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

The Honor of the Ormsbys

| Varden

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

The Girl Who Had a Soul

| undetermined role

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

A Witch of Salem Town

| The Governor

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

The Pursuit Eternal

| Stanlon Leeds

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Conscience

| undetermined role

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

The Wrong Label

| Detective Farnum

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| rowspan="3"|Short film

Not a Lamb Shall Stray

| The Husband

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Capital Punishment

|

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan="9"|{{center|1916}}

| Madame Cubist

| Tom Decker

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

The Strength of the Weak

| Tom Dare

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

Scorched Wings

| Robert Blair

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| rowspan="5"|Short film

The Girl Who Feared Daylight

| Bruce Hilton

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Just Kitty

| George Jennings

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

The Devil's Image

| James Mortimer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

A Stranger in His Own Home

| Percival Green

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

| Ned Land

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

Jealousy

| Roland Carney

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

{{center|1917}}

| The Siren

| undetermined role

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

{{center|1922}}

| The Fast Freight

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

{{center|1923}}

| Mighty Lak' a Rose

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

rowspan="3"|{{center|1924}}

| Half-A-Dollar-Bill

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

The Uninvited Guest

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

It Is the Law

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

{{center|1925}}

| Sporting Life

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

rowspan="2"|{{center|1926}}

| The Phantom Bullet

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

The Runaway Express

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

rowspan="4"|{{center|1927}}

| Down the Stretch

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

The Sunset Derby

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

The Life of Riley

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

Clancy's Kosher Wedding

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

rowspan='5"|{{center|1928}}

| Bachelor's Paradise

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

United States Smith

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

A Dumb Waiter

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| Short film

Freedom of the Press

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{Partial|Uncredited}}

|

A Jim Jam Janitor

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| rowspan="3"|Short film

rowspan='2"|{{center|1929}}

| Clunked on the Corner

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

A Close Shave

| {{n/a}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

rowspan="3"|{{center|1931}}

| Slide, Speedy, Slide

| rowspan="2"|Radio Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| rowspan="2"|Short film, uncredited

The Pottsville Palooka

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Local Boy Makes Good

| Announcer at Track Meet

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| uncredited

rowspan="3"|{{center|1932}}

| Fireman, Save My Child!

| Radio Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|

High Speed

| Car Racing Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| uncredited

The Animal Kingdom

| rowspan="2"|Radio Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| voice role, uncredited

{{center|1933}}

| Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Short film

{{center|1934}}

| Manhattan Melodrama

| Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| rowspan="4"|uncredited

{{center|1935}}

| Don't Bet on Blondes

| Announcer of Caprice Race

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

rowspan="3"|{{center|1936}}

| It Had to Happen

| Radio Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Cain and Mabel

| Fight Radio Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

Three Men on a Horse

| Racetrack Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| voice role, uncredited

{{center|1937}}

| Kid Galahad

| Announcer

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| uncredited, final film role

References

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External links

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  • {{IMDB name|nm0072911}}
  • {{IBDB name|31784}}

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Category:1885 births

Category:1938 deaths

Category:American male silent film actors

Category:20th-century American male actors

Category:American male screenwriters

Category:Vanderbilt University alumni

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Category:20th-century American screenwriters