
Directing
Ben F. Wilson
Born — Died
1876-07-05 — 1930-08-25
Place of birth
Corning, Iowa, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
80 titles
Known for
A naive young girl becomes infatuated with a crooked city slicker. A cowboy who loves her is determined to expose the crook for what he is.
Western Courage
1927
NRWhen Mrs. Harrison arrives in Harborsport for her vacation, she announces her plan to marry Gladsome, her daughter, to Vincent Bradshaw, the son of her financial advisor James Bradshaw. To keep Gladsome from socializing with the local fishermen, James drives them from his property, but they organize under her and force their way back. Arrested for rabble-rousing, Gladsome is bailed out of jail by James and later meets "Alphabet" Carter, a vacationing financial wizard, for whom she has an immediate attraction.
The Spindle of Life
1917
5.7Using a false accusation of unlawful land-squatting, Bill Edwards (Al Ferguson) goes to the County Seat and has Sheriff Brown to swear out a warrant against sheep-herders Marie Valerian (Neva Gerber) and her father (Silver Tip Baker. The Sheriff sends a Deputy, "Thundering" Thompson (Cheyenne Bill_, back to serve the warrant. Thompson learns that Edwards is only trying to force the Valerians to sell their sheep to him at a cheap price, and comes back without serving the warrant. This enrages Edwards who enlists the aid of a local cattleman and his hands to drive off the sheep. Thompson sets out to keep this from happening.
Thundering Thompson
1929
10.0A monk tells a tale about a woman who can only surrender her heart to a man who can offer her jewels. A poor man falls in love with her and steals jewels off a statue of the Madonna to give to her.
The Old Monk's Tale
1913
Looking for love in the tea garden
In A Japanese Tea Garden
1913
8.0Heroic Officer 444 battles The Frog and his criminal gang for possession of Haverlyte, a powerful formula that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would give its owner enough power to control the world. And, taking no chances, The Frog sends his chief henchwoman, a seductive vamp named The Vulture, to tempt Officer 444 to stray from his sworn duty to save the world from The Frog's nefarious plans.
Officer '444'
1926
Film credits
1920s · 16 titles
8.0Heroic Officer 444 battles The Frog and his criminal gang for possession of Haverlyte, a powerful formula that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would give its owner enough power to control the world. And, taking no chances, The Frog sends his chief henchwoman, a seductive vamp named The Vulture, to tempt Officer 444 to stray from his sworn duty to save the world from The Frog's nefarious plans.
Officer '444'
1926
10.0Against explicit orders, a vainglorious cavalry major insists on counterattacking a gang of hostile Sioux Indians. His captain refuses to comply and is arrested for insubordination and cowardice.
Warrior Gap
1925
U.S. Government surveyor John Field suspects Nanette, the adopted daughter of Cavalry-Major Webb, of being a spy and disclosing government secrets to the Sioux tribe, in their war against the whites. The Sioux attack and Field sees Nanette talking to an Indian, Eagle Wing during the attack. Field and Eagle Wing fight and the latter is killed. Field brings his body to the fort and Major Webb sees that it is long-lost black-sheep son who has turned renegade. Nanette then tells Field that she has been giving Eagle Wing money to keep him quiet and not disgracing her benefactor. Major Webb then reveals, in flashback, that Nanette is not a Sioux but a white girl kidnapped by the Sioux as an infant. Field then asks Nanette to marry him.
A Daughter of the Sioux
1925
9.0No synopsis available yet.
The Branded Four
1920
7.0Nerve lands "Rainbow" Riley a job as cub reporter on the Louisville Ledger. His first big assignment is to cover a feud in the Kentucky mountains between the Ripper and White clans. Thinking that the assignment is in the nature of a vacation, "Rainbow" provides himself with athletic equipment.
Rainbow Riley
1926
10.0A heroic lawman rescues Midge Blair from a runaway stage. Returning to town, Jerry is assigned to safeguard a valuable shipment of platinum.
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1925
A cowboy sets out to prevent a rancher's beautiful daughter from marrying a villain and losing the ranch.
Notch Number One
1924
9.010 chapter adventure serial. [1] “The Fatal Box,” released 1 June 1925 (three reels); [2] “A Tragic Legacy,” released 8 June 1925; [3] “Daring Danger,” released 15 June 1925; [4] “A Leap for Life,” released 22 June 1925; [5] “Defying Fate,” released 29 June 1925; [6] “Trapped by Outlaws,” released 6 July 1925; [7] “Pendulum of Death,” released 13 July 1925; [8] “The Miracle Rider,” released 20 July 1925; [9] “Vengeance of the Mystery Box,” released 27 July 1925; [10] “Vindicated,” released 3 August 1925.
The Mystery Box
1925
8.0A cowboy is falsely accused of killing the local sheriff. Fleeing the law, Wilson obtains a job on a ranch.
The Desert Hawk
1924
9.0City youth sets out for West to avenge father's murder. Arrives in town where killer lives and after a series of fights he accomplishes his purpose. Falls in love with school teacher and resolves to stay in town.
The Baited Trap
1926
10.0In this movie serial, Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.
The Power God
1925
10.0The Chinese Secret Service sends an undercover agent to investigate reports of an island ruled by a Chinese criminal named The Cobra who holds the residents in virtual slavery while running his illegal narcotics and white-slavery empire.
China Slaver
1929
Golden-hearted chorus girl Sally Casey is in love with wealthy Chet Randall and the feeling is mutual. Randall's snobbish father staunchly opposes the romance. Sally saves the day -- and her impending marriage -- when she reveals that Randall Sr. is himself carrying on with nightclub hostess "Alabam" Kenyon.
Girls Who Dare
1929
Silent western
Vic Dyson Pays
1925
8.0Directed by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.
The Screaming Shadow
1920
9.0Dangerous Paths is a 1921 silent film
Dangerous Paths
1921
1910s · 24 titles
NRWhen Mrs. Harrison arrives in Harborsport for her vacation, she announces her plan to marry Gladsome, her daughter, to Vincent Bradshaw, the son of her financial advisor James Bradshaw. To keep Gladsome from socializing with the local fishermen, James drives them from his property, but they organize under her and force their way back. Arrested for rabble-rousing, Gladsome is bailed out of jail by James and later meets "Alphabet" Carter, a vacationing financial wizard, for whom she has an immediate attraction.
The Spindle of Life
1917
10.0A monk tells a tale about a woman who can only surrender her heart to a man who can offer her jewels. A poor man falls in love with her and steals jewels off a statue of the Madonna to give to her.
The Old Monk's Tale
1913
Looking for love in the tea garden
In A Japanese Tea Garden
1913
6.0A silent action movie serial consisting of 15 chapters.
The Voice on the Wire
1917
NRCarillo and his wife Selma are devoted to each other. As a sculptor, Carillo has achieved the qualities of honor and love until the Devil seeks to overturn these accomplishments by sending his imps Lust, Drink and Self Pity to the artist's home. Carillo succumbs to lust and sells his honor to the Devil.
Even as You and I
1917
NRFinding himself penniless, Lawrence Ashmore, whose late father was ruined on the stock exchange, obtains a position as a reporter. Ashmore is assigned to investigate the reported fatal illness of Jesse Craven, one of Wall Street's financial monarchs.
The Mainspring
1916
A socially-minded drama about a doctor who keeps his fiancée waiting at their engagement party, because a sick child needs help.
The Doctor's Duty
1913
NRWhen Fortuna Donnelly gets a position as an usher at the Halcyon Theater, manager Eddie Lintner becomes romantically interested in her and is jealous that she prefers wealthy Englishman Owen Pauncefort.
Castles in the Air
1919
NRThe beginning of the film deals with the love romance of a deep-sea diver and the daughter of an old curio collector, whose past life takes up a good part of the film and reveals to the spectator his younger days as he tells them the story of his romance and marriage.
Out of the Deep
1912
8.0A story of the West in the days when the sheriff was more powerful than the mayor or governor. It tells of the sacrifices made by a sister for a brother and the virile, big-hearted nature of a stage-driver who is made sheriff and solves a mystery that hangs over the lives of two innocent people.
When a Woman Strikes
1919
Episode of a romantic serial starring Mary Fuller. Mary is looking for a man, and this time she wants an aristocratic gentleman.
A Proposal from the Duke
1913
A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence.
The Twelfth Juror
1913
7.5Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!
The Trail of the Octopus
1919
7.5The story of the siege and eventual relief of British soldiers garrisoned at Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Only a fragment of the original film remains.
The Relief of Lucknow
1912
Resemblance of a society man to a notorious crook forms the basis of this dramatic, thrilling romance. the crook is after the other's jewels and a young girl is searching for an important paper. All three are involved in a Tango which reaches a sensational climax in the death of the other crook.
The Brass Bowl
1914
10.0No synopsis available yet.
A Chase Across the Continent
1912
7.0Rene, condemned to execution for murder in the first degree tells his mother the story of the crime. His sister had been lured from home and abandoned by the villain. Desolate at first after some time she married a man who became governor but when the villain shows up again and threatens her happiness Rene kills him.
Rene Haggard Journeys On
1915
Six part adventure serial starring Mary Fuller as the sought after heroine. Episodes: 1) A Proposal From The Duke; 2) A Proposal From The Spanish Don; 3) A Proposal From The Sculptor; 4) A Proposal From Nobody; 5) A Proposal Deferred; 6) A Proposal From Mary
Who Will Marry Mary?
1913
7.0Silent film drama of the famous incident..
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1912
Wandering minstrel Louis d’Angelo must flee his homeland to America after a duel over the hand of his beloved, Delicia. Finding hardship and deceit at first, he eventually also finds success. Because another suitor, Colonel Navarro, has been intercepting his letters Delicia fears Louis has forsaken her and journeys to America to discover the truth followed by her parents and Navarro. By chance all gather at the same restaurant and the lovers are reunited.
The Ladder of Fortune
1915
A Dutch romance. Hulda and Heintz are bashful, giggling lovers, hut their spooning opportunities are few, as well as being forbidden. One day they get a chance to spoon, but the village gossip sees them and hastens to Hulda's mother, exaggerating what she saw.
Hulda of Holland
1913
5.0Characters in the film attend a movie titled 'Life’s Mirror', where they see parallel, cautionary versions of their own lives. Only the first two of the original seven reels survive.
Idle Wives
1916
NRAs an infant, Ruth Drake was stolen from her father by her vengeful mother, and then abandoned. She was adopted and raised by a pawnbroker, and as a young woman joins the Salvation Army in order to help the kinds of people she has seen--and was--growing up. When war breaks out in Europe, she volunteers to go to France
The Blue Bonnet
1919
Dolly’s father disapproves of her boyfriend Ben, thinking he is only interested in athletics and not being able to provide for his daughter. Ben heads to the seashore to find work. Dolly convinces her father he isn’t feeling well and needs to get away to the beach. Once there she’s reunited with Ben much to her father’s chagrin but when he thinks Dolly is drowning and Ben saves her, he softens towards the lad.
A Seashore Romeo
1915
Behind the camera
A naive young girl becomes infatuated with a crooked city slicker. A cowboy who loves her is determined to expose the crook for what he is.
Western Courage
1927
5.7Using a false accusation of unlawful land-squatting, Bill Edwards (Al Ferguson) goes to the County Seat and has Sheriff Brown to swear out a warrant against sheep-herders Marie Valerian (Neva Gerber) and her father (Silver Tip Baker. The Sheriff sends a Deputy, "Thundering" Thompson (Cheyenne Bill_, back to serve the warrant. Thompson learns that Edwards is only trying to force the Valerians to sell their sheep to him at a cheap price, and comes back without serving the warrant. This enrages Edwards who enlists the aid of a local cattleman and his hands to drive off the sheep. Thompson sets out to keep this from happening.
Thundering Thompson
1929
8.0Heroic Officer 444 battles The Frog and his criminal gang for possession of Haverlyte, a powerful formula that, if it fell into the wrong hands, would give its owner enough power to control the world. And, taking no chances, The Frog sends his chief henchwoman, a seductive vamp named The Vulture, to tempt Officer 444 to stray from his sworn duty to save the world from The Frog's nefarious plans.
Officer '444'
1926
7.0Horses are being rustled by outlaws known as the Hell Hounds. When the Sheriff is killed, his Deputy Yak takes over the search for the rustlers. John Lawson says Yak cannot marry his daughter until the murderer of the Sheriff is caught. But unknown to Lawson, the murderer is his own son.
Hell Hounds of the Plains
1927
NRBrilliantino the Bullfighter (originally titled Flood and Sand) is one of the first spoofs of Blood and Sand, Paramount’s smoldering matador melodrama that set box offices ablaze. Like Mud and Sand, starring Stan Laurel, the Banks parody was rushed into theaters in November 1922, while memory of the Valentino vehicle was fresh. The concept of Monty Banks impersonating the passionate matador must have been innately hilarious to audiences who had seen the original picture.
Brilliantine the Bull Fighter
1922
6.0Two ships are caught in the Arctic ice. (Silent Film)
Tentacles of the North
1926
U.S. Government surveyor John Field suspects Nanette, the adopted daughter of Cavalry-Major Webb, of being a spy and disclosing government secrets to the Sioux tribe, in their war against the whites. The Sioux attack and Field sees Nanette talking to an Indian, Eagle Wing during the attack. Field and Eagle Wing fight and the latter is killed. Field brings his body to the fort and Major Webb sees that it is long-lost black-sheep son who has turned renegade. Nanette then tells Field that she has been giving Eagle Wing money to keep him quiet and not disgracing her benefactor. Major Webb then reveals, in flashback, that Nanette is not a Sioux but a white girl kidnapped by the Sioux as an infant. Field then asks Nanette to marry him.
A Daughter of the Sioux
1925
7.0A crazed scientist calling himself The Voice from the Sky broadcasts his voice all across the globe, and threatens to suspend all energy in the earth's atmosphere and turn day into night unless the world immediately destroys all arms and vehicles of warfare. U. S. Secret Service agent Jack Deering is sent to Arizona to investigate
The Voice from the Sky
1929
7.0Phil Stanley (William Fairbanks) and Harry Hartley (Edmond Cobb) are traveling toward Alaska when they come to a town controlled by scoundrels. The leaders of the town banish Phil and Harry, but they refuse to leave and send Glory (Ena Gregory) to summon the sheriff from a neighboring town to assist them. The sheriff comes to Phil's rescue and arrests the town council of scoundrels.
The Law Rustlers
1923
9.0Guiding two covered wagons along a desert trail, Duke Steele meets and befriends Sam Le Saint, a mysterious hermit who is searching for a former partner who destroyed his home and ran away with his wife and infant daughter eighteen years earlier. Later, the two men ride into a mining camp controlled by Silver Sleed, who runs a gambling place. Duke is smitten by beautiful young Nola "Luck" Sleed, and learns that she is the gambler's daughter. Silver Sleed also happens to be the man that Sam Le Saint is searching for. Sam, who is dying, kills Sleed, and Duke learns that Luck is Sam's long-lost daughter.
Spawn of the Desert
1923
10.0A heroic lawman rescues Midge Blair from a runaway stage. Returning to town, Jerry is assigned to safeguard a valuable shipment of platinum.
Two-Fisted Sheriff
1925
An Indian girl is in love with French trapper Pierre, but he is interested in a French orphan, Marie.
The Old Code
1928
9.0Jack Hardy, Sr. sends his son, Jack Hardy Jr., to the American West to "make a man of him" and instill a sense of responsibility. While West, Jack falls in love with Miss Benson, a ranch secretary. To prove his bravery to her after being taunted, Jack successfully breaks a notoriously unmanageable horse. The local villain, Tex Fuller, and his gang target Jack. In a tragic turn, Jack’s half-breed brother, Deerfoot, is killed by a missile intended for Jack. Jack eventually confronts the gang, bringing them to justice and vindicating himself in the eyes of his father and Miss Benson.
The Desert's Crucible
1922
A cowboy sets out to prevent a rancher's beautiful daughter from marrying a villain and losing the ranch.
Notch Number One
1924
A cowboy sets out to prevent a rancher's beautiful daughter from marrying a villain and losing the ranch.
Notch Number One
1924
8.0Jack Stokes is Sheriff Lamar's right-hand man. Mrs. Lamar receives a threatening letter from a gambler. He threatens to expose her past life if she does not convince the sheriff to let him gamble freely. Jack overhears the conversation. In the ensuing fight, the gambler is accidentally killed. His gang tries to lynch Jack.
Dead or Alive
1921
A play based on a famous English case of a man being executed wrongfully on circumstantial evidence.
The Twelfth Juror
1913
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Impulse
1922
10.0Sheriff Jack Harkins seeks vengeance against Red Saunders, who caused the death of Harkins' sister. Saunders, after terrorizing the area, attempts to force his attentions on Matilda Ann Carter, a wealthy young heiress. When Harkins catches up to Saunders and beats him, Saunders fakes his own death to frame the sheriff for murder. The ruse is exposed, leading to a happy conclusion.
The Desert Bridegroom
1922
Resemblance of a society man to a notorious crook forms the basis of this dramatic, thrilling romance. the crook is after the other's jewels and a young girl is searching for an important paper. All three are involved in a Tango which reaches a sensational climax in the death of the other crook.
The Brass Bowl
1914
9.0Silas Warner, Jr., is the playboy son of a wealthy New York financier. When Silas’s brother, Archie, commits a near-theft, Silas nobly takes the blame. Disinherited by his father, Silas travels West to start a new life in a mining town. Once there, he is inducted into a local fraternity of fortune seekers known as the "Ornery and Worthless Men of the World". A series of events leads to a compromising situation that forces Silas to marry Sally. The film blends Western themes with comedic and dramatic elements as Silas navigates his new life and marriage.
A Motion to Adjourn
1921
9.0Slim Ranthers objects to the development of an irrigation project on his ranch and incurs the enmity of those involved in it. Max Underly, Slim's rival for the affections of Bess Livingston, has Slim unjustly accused of cattle rustling. Since the accusation does not deter Slim, Max and his men ambush him at night, wounding him in the arm. Slim eventually defeats Max and wins the affections of Bess.
The Ridin' Comet
1925
9.0Slim Ranthers objects to the development of an irrigation project on his ranch and incurs the enmity of those involved in it. Max Underly, Slim's rival for the affections of Bess Livingston, has Slim unjustly accused of cattle rustling. Since the accusation does not deter Slim, Max and his men ambush him at night, wounding him in the arm. Slim eventually defeats Max and wins the affections of Bess.
The Ridin' Comet
1925
7.0Nate “Hate” Hammond is in business with his father and much sought after by mothers in the city who have marriageable daughters. Their quest is fruitless though since “Hate” has already made his choice secretly. His father is duped into participating in a financial scandal by clever crooks, and the one girl “Hate” believed would understand refuses to see him. Heading West, he eventually finds both gold and the girl, who now knowing the truth is extremely glad to be reunited with a rugged, brave lover.
Hills of Hate
1921
7.0Nate “Hate” Hammond is in business with his father and much sought after by mothers in the city who have marriageable daughters. Their quest is fruitless though since “Hate” has already made his choice secretly. His father is duped into participating in a financial scandal by clever crooks, and the one girl “Hate” believed would understand refuses to see him. Heading West, he eventually finds both gold and the girl, who now knowing the truth is extremely glad to be reunited with a rugged, brave lover.
Hills of Hate
1921
8.0Dorothy Kane leaves home after being denounced by her father, a businessman, who is dictatorial with his family but very lavish to his female companions in the city. Dorothy unwittingly becomes involved with his nightclub friends, Lottie, Trixie, and Alaska. At a dinner party attended by elderly men and young girls, Dorothy meets her father and decides to decry him to Mrs. Kane, but later feels that it would bring much sorrow to her already neglected mother.
Other Men's Daughters
1923
8.0Dorothy Kane leaves home after being denounced by her father, a businessman, who is dictatorial with his family but very lavish to his female companions in the city. Dorothy unwittingly becomes involved with his nightclub friends, Lottie, Trixie, and Alaska. At a dinner party attended by elderly men and young girls, Dorothy meets her father and decides to decry him to Mrs. Kane, but later feels that it would bring much sorrow to her already neglected mother.
Other Men's Daughters
1923
7.0The foreman of a ranch owned by a pretty young girl captures a herd of wild horses, but the herd's lead horse manages to break them free. The foreman blames a drifting cowboy, Yak, for the break-out. Yak, however, seems intent on provoking a confrontation with the foreman at every opportunity--and, as it turns out, for good reason.
Wild Horse Canyon
1925
The 15-chapter plot follows, in a fanciful manner, the General Fremont expedition into Spanish California to acquire California for the United States, and the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill. Chapter titles: 1. Soldiers of Fortune 2. Red Men and White 3. A Night of Terror 4. The Empire Builders 5. A Web of Lies 6. Demetroff's Vow 7. Facing Death 8. Under the Bear Flag 9. A Ride of Peril 10. Yellow Metal and Blue Blood 11. Gold Madness 12. Crimson Nights 13. Vigilante's Justice 14. For Life and Love 15. Trail's End
Days of '49
1924
9.010 chapter adventure serial. [1] “The Fatal Box,” released 1 June 1925 (three reels); [2] “A Tragic Legacy,” released 8 June 1925; [3] “Daring Danger,” released 15 June 1925; [4] “A Leap for Life,” released 22 June 1925; [5] “Defying Fate,” released 29 June 1925; [6] “Trapped by Outlaws,” released 6 July 1925; [7] “Pendulum of Death,” released 13 July 1925; [8] “The Miracle Rider,” released 20 July 1925; [9] “Vengeance of the Mystery Box,” released 27 July 1925; [10] “Vindicated,” released 3 August 1925.
The Mystery Box
1925
7.0Rene, condemned to execution for murder in the first degree tells his mother the story of the crime. His sister had been lured from home and abandoned by the villain. Desolate at first after some time she married a man who became governor but when the villain shows up again and threatens her happiness Rene kills him.
Rene Haggard Journeys On
1915
NRRosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial
The Brass Bullet
1918
7.0Sheriff Jefferson Mosby is sent to Cactus Flats, Nevada, to combat outlaws harassing local homesteaders. After discovering the town's mayor is leading the criminals, Mosby uses disguises to infiltrate the gang, capture them, and restore order with the help of residents Molly and Danny.
Two-Fisted Jefferson
1922
8.0Engineer Joe Dayton faces sabotage while constructing a railroad through the Canadian Northwest. Local bandit leader Jacques Durand attempts to stop the project, fearing it will bring law and order. Complicating matters, Dayton and Durand are look-alike doppelgangers.
The Broken Spur
1921
8.0Engineer Joe Dayton faces sabotage while constructing a railroad through the Canadian Northwest. Local bandit leader Jacques Durand attempts to stop the project, fearing it will bring law and order. Complicating matters, Dayton and Durand are look-alike doppelgangers.
The Broken Spur
1921
9.0City youth sets out for West to avenge father's murder. Arrives in town where killer lives and after a series of fights he accomplishes his purpose. Falls in love with school teacher and resolves to stay in town.
The Baited Trap
1926
10.0No synopsis available yet.
The Marshal of Moneymint
1922
8.5Yak arrives at the Gilmore ranch where rustling has occurred. Gilmore blames a wild horse when it is actually his foreman Mays. After Yak catches and tames the wild horse, Mays gets Yak out of the way by having him arrested for murder. Mays and his men can now make one last raid.
The Fighting Stallion
1926
10.0In this movie serial, Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.
The Power God
1925
Former playboy Victor Olney becomes jealous of his wife's love soon after he and Constance are married. He is especially hostile toward Clint Mowbray, a former suitor. When Mowbray implies that there was an affair between Olney and a dancer who was injured at Olney's bachelor party, Constance leaves her husband to nurse the girl back to health. Olney's mother-in-law convinces him that Constance was not unfaithful. They are reconciled when Olney goes to Constance and it is ascertained that there was nothing between him and the dancer.
Mine to Keep
1923
