Curtis Benton

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

Curtis Benton
Benton in 1916
Born	Horatio Curtis Benton (1885-08-26)August 26, 1885 Toledo, Ohio, USA
Died	September 14, 1938(1938-09-14) (aged 53) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation(s)	actor, Boxer
Years active	1915–1917, 1931–1937 (actor) 1922–1929 (writer)

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). 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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Actor	Writer	Note
1915	The Story the Silk Hats Told	—	No	Yes	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	Short film
	Not a Lamb Shall Stray	The Husband	Yes	No
	Capital Punishment		No	Yes
1916	Madame Cubist	Tom Decker	Yes	No
	The Strength of the Weak	Tom Dare	Yes	No
	Scorched Wings	Robert Blair	Yes	No	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
1917	The Siren	undetermined role	Yes	No
1922	The Fast Freight	—	No	Yes
1923	Mighty Lak' a Rose	—	No	Yes
1924	Half-A-Dollar-Bill	—	No	Yes
	The Uninvited Guest	—	No	Yes
	It Is the Law	—	No	Yes
1925	Sporting Life	—	No	Yes
1926	The Phantom Bullet	—	No	Yes
	The Runaway Express	—	No	Yes
1927	Down the Stretch	—	No	Yes
	The Sunset Derby	—	No	Yes
	The Life of Riley	—	No	Yes
	Clancy's Kosher Wedding	—	No	Yes
1928	Bachelor's Paradise	—	No	Yes
United States Smith	—	No	Yes
A Dumb Waiter	—	No	Yes	Short film
Freedom of the Press	—	No	Uncredited
A Jim Jam Janitor	—	No	Yes	Short film
1929	Clunked on the Corner	—	No		Yes
A Close Shave	—	No	Yes
1931	Slide, Speedy, Slide	Radio Announcer	Yes	No	Short film, uncredited
	The Pottsville Palooka		Yes	No
	Local Boy Makes Good	Announcer at Track Meet	Yes	No	uncredited
1932	Fireman, Save My Child!	Radio Announcer	Yes	No
	High Speed	Car Racing Announcer	Yes	No	uncredited
	The Animal Kingdom	Radio Announcer	Yes	No	voice role, uncredited
1933	Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa		Yes	No	Short film
1934	Manhattan Melodrama	Announcer	Yes	No	uncredited
1935	Don't Bet on Blondes	Announcer of Caprice Race	Yes	No
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
1937	Kid Galahad	Announcer	Yes	No	uncredited, final film role

External links

• Curtis Benton at IMDb
• Curtis Benton at the Internet Broadway Database