Benjamin H. Kline

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Benjamin Harrison Kline , also led by Benjamin Kline , Ben Kline and Benny Kline (born July 11, 1894 in Birmingham (Alabama) , United States , † January 7, 1974 in Hollywood , California , ibid) was an American cameraman with sporadic Excursions to the B-film director .

Live and act

Kline came to film in 1914 and began working for Fox Film Corporation in New York , later moving to Universal Studios . From 1920 Kline can be proven as chief cameraman. For most of his career, Kline has photographed B-films, including a significant number of westerns . In his heyday, the 1940s, Kline made between a dozen and up to 20 films a year. From 1950 orders from television were added. There Kline was behind the camera in an abundance of episodes for series and series that also ran on German evening programs, including most recently (1960s) The People of Shiloh Ranch , pistols and petticoats and a police report . At the beginning of 1972, 77-year-old Kline retired with the dozen thriller "The Man in Black Crosshairs".

In 1931 and 1943/44 Benjamin H. Kline also directed seven cheap films, mostly under an hour long. His son Richard H. Kline took up his father's profession and was a sought-after designer of A-films from the 1960s to the 1990s.

Filmography

as a cameraman unless otherwise stated

  • 1920: The Red Lane
  • 1920: The Marriage Pit
  • 1920: Honor Bound
  • 1921: The Night Horsemen
  • 1921: The Rough Diamond
  • 1921: Higher than the Clouds (Sky High)
  • 1922: Chasing the Moon
  • 1922: Wolf Law
  • 1923: The Untameable
  • 1923: Pure Grit
  • 1924: Black Gold
  • 1925: The Scarlet West
  • 1925: Daring Days
  • 1926: The Collegians (short film)
  • 1927: The Chinese Parrot (The Chinese Parrot)
  • 1927: Red Clay
  • 1928: The Count of Ten
  • 1929: Woman to Woman
  • 1930: Journeys End
  • 1930: Troopers Three
  • 1931: Branded
  • 1931: Shotgun Pass
  • 1931: The Lightning Warrior (Director)
  • 1932: Texas Cyclone
  • 1932: Was a correspondent
  • 1932: Speed ​​Demon
  • 1932: The Last Man
  • 1933: Fog
  • 1933: Police Car 13
  • 1933: My Woman
  • 1934: whirlpool
  • 1934: Girls in Dangers
  • 1934: Prescott Kid
  • 1935: super speed
  • 1935: White Lies
  • 1936: Pride of the Marines
  • 1936: Panic on the Air
  • 1937: Westbound Mail
  • 1937: Speed ​​to Spare
  • 1937: A Dangerous Adventure
  • 1938: Women in Prison
  • 1938: The Colorado Trail
  • 1938: Juvenile Court
  • 1939: Konga, the Wild Stallion
  • 1939: Scandal Sheet
  • 1939: My Son is Guilty
  • 1940: Island of Doomed Men
  • 1940: Babies for Sale
  • 1941: Prairie Stranger
  • 1941: Roaring Frontiers
  • 1941: Riders of the Badlands
  • 1942: Overland to Deadwood
  • 1942: The Lone Prairie
  • 1942: Prairie Gunsmoke
  • 1943: Law of the Northwest
  • 1943: Frontier Fury
  • 1943: Silver City Raiders
  • 1943: Cowboy in the Clouds (Director)
  • 1944: Sundown Valley (Director)
  • 1944: Riding West
  • 1944: Ever Since Venus
  • 1944: Tahiti Nights
  • 1944: Saddle Leather Law (Director)
  • 1944: Sagebrush Heroes (Director)
  • 1945: Arson Squad
  • 1945: diversion (detour)
  • 1945: Club Havana
  • 1946: Scandal at the Sports Palace (Joe Palooka, Champ)
  • 1946: Strange Journey
  • 1946: Rolling Home
  • 1946: Rendezvous 24
  • 1946: Dangerous Millions
  • 1947: Jewels of Brandenburg
  • 1947: Roses are Red
  • 1947: Dangerous Years
  • 1948: Night Wind
  • 1948: Horse thieves on the Missouri (Last of the Wild Horses)
  • 1949: The Heritage of Monte Cristo (Treasure of Monte Cristo)
  • 1949: Cowboy Gangster (Tough Assignment)
  • 1950: Operation Haylift
  • 1950: Holiday Rhythm
  • 1951: As You Were
  • 1953: No Escape
  • 1956: Rock Around the Clock
  • 1956: Miami Exposé
  • 1956: Cha-Cha-Cha
  • 1957: The Man Who Turned to Stone
  • 1957: Calypso fever (Calypso Heat Wave)
  • 1957: The Tijuana Story
  • 1958: Crash Landing
  • 1958: The Devil Will Take Them All (Badman's Country)
  • 1965: Ghost party (Munster, Go Home!)
  • 1968: Killer on Command (The Counterfeit Killer , TV movie)
  • 1968: Istanbul Express (Istanbul Express , TV movie)
  • 1968: Big John on Steam (Something for a Lonely Man , Movie made for TV)
  • 1969: Dangerous Mission (Backtrack ! , TV movie)
  • 1972: The Man in the Black Crosshairs (The Manhunter , TV movie)

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personal data
SURNAME Kline, Benjamin H.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kline, Benjamin Harrison (full name); Kline, Benjamin; Kline, Ben; Kline, Benny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman with sporadic trips to direct the B-film
DATE OF BIRTH July 11, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham, Alabama , United States
DATE OF DEATH 7th January 1974
Place of death Birmingham, Alabama , United States