Name Benjamin Kline Role Cinematographer | Children Richard H. Kline | |
Died January 7, 1974, Hollywood, California, United States Movies Detour, The Giant Claw, The Lightning Warrior, The Range Feud, Zombies of Mora Tau Similar People Sam Katzman, Richard H Kline, Wallace MacDonald, Del Lord, Felix Adler | ||
Benjamin H. Kline (1894-1974) was an American cinematographer and film director.
Kline was born in Birmingham, Alabama and started his career as a cinematographer in 1920 with Universal Pictures' Red Lane. Over his career he shot about 350 films and television shows, a number that includes many serials and a large number of Three Stooges short subjects for Columbia Pictures. He worked up through about 1972. His son Richard H. Kline is also a noted cinematographer. Kline also directed eight films during the period of 1931-1945.
As director
Kline directed seven films, one Rin Tin Tin serial and six westerns:
Sources also suggest that Kline replaced B. Reeves Eason as uncredited director of the serial The Galloping Ghost in 1931.
References
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