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Ben Webster (actor)

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Years active
  
1913–1947

Parents
  
W. S. Webster

Spouse
  
May Whitty (m. 1892–1947)


Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Ben Webster

Children
  
Margaret Webster

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Born
  
2 June 1864
London, England, United Kingdom

Died
  
February 26, 1947, Hollywood, California, United States

Movies
  
Lassie Come Home, Downhill, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Gay Lord Quex, Miriam Rozella

Similar People
  
May Whitty, Margaret Webster, Fred M Wilcox, Thomas Bentley, Alfred Hitchcock

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Ben Webster (2 June 1864 – 26 February 1947) was an English-born actor, and the husband of actress Dame May Whitty, and father of the British-American stage actress, Margaret Webster. His father, W. S. Webster, was the son of the famous actor Benjamin Nottingham Webster.

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Personal life

Ben Webster was born on 2 June 1864 in London and married May Whitty in 1892 there. He acted in films for 30 years from 1913 to 1943. He and Whitty emigrated to California, where they remained until their deaths.

Death

He died in Hollywood, California during surgery on 26 February 1947, aged 82.

Selected filmography

  • The House of Temperley (1913)
  • Liberty Hall (1914)
  • Enoch Arden (1914)
  • Cynthia in the Wilderness (1916)
  • The Vicar of Wakefield (1916)
  • His Daughter's Dilemma (1916)
  • The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
  • 12.10 (1919)
  • Miriam Rozella (1924)
  • The Lyons Mail (1931)
  • One Precious Year (1933)
  • The Old Curiosity Shop (1934)
  • Drake of England (1935)
  • Eliza Comes to Stay (1936)
  • Forever and a Day (1943)
  • References

    Ben Webster (actor) Wikipedia


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