Years active 1922-1955 Name Wilson Benge | Role Actor | |
Full Name George Frederick Benge Born 1 March 1875 ( 1875-03-01 ) Greenwich, London, England Died July 1, 1955, Hollywood, California, United States Spouse Sarah L. Benge (m. ?–1954) Movies Bulldog Drummond, The Bat Whispers, Robin Hood, Queen Kelly, The Shadow Strikes Similar People F Richard Jones, Roland West, H M Walker, Edgar Kennedy, Erich von Stroheim | ||
Wilson Benge - very memorable actor with the Three Stooges
George Frederick "Wilson" Benge (1 March 1875 – 1 July 1955) was an English actor who mostly featured in American films from the silent days. He appeared in over 200 films between 1922 and 1955.
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Along with actors Charles Coleman and Robert Greig, Benge was heavily typecast as butler or valet and was one of Hollywood's most familiar manservants in the 1930s and 1940s. He also appeared in several Laurel and Hardy comedies. He worked in films right up to his death.
Filmography
Actor
1955
The Scarlet Coat as
Servant (uncredited)
1953
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as
Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1953
Sword of Venus as
Butler (uncredited)
1952
Million Dollar Mermaid as
Caretaker (uncredited)
1952
Scaramouche as
Old Retainer (uncredited)
1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life (Short) as
Brewster (uncredited)
1951
Kind Lady as
Carol Singer (uncredited)
1951
Royal Wedding as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1950
Emergency Wedding as
Frederick - the Butler (uncredited)
1950
Please Believe Me as
Steward (uncredited)
1949
My Own True Love as
Waiter (uncredited)
1948
The Three Musketeers as
Valet (uncredited)
1948
A Woman's Vengeance as
Clerk (uncredited)
1947
Lured as
Police Criminologist (uncredited)
1947
Living in a Big Way as
Servant (uncredited)
1947
Bulldog Drummond at Bay as
Servant (uncredited)
1946
Queen of the Amazons as
Professor
1946
The Imperfect Lady as
Usher (uncredited)
1946
The Razor's Edge as
Waiter (uncredited)
1946
The Verdict as
Cockney (uncredited)
1946
Dressed to Kill as
Minister on Museum Tour (uncredited)
1946
Do You Love Me as
Waiter (scenes deleted)
1946
To Each His Own as
Waiter (uncredited)
1945
Confidential Agent as
Miner (uncredited)
1945
Pursuit to Algiers as
Clergyman (uncredited)
1945
Kitty as
Bellow and Bucker Mender (uncredited)
1945
Guest Wife as
Cocktail Waiter (uncredited)
1945
The House of Fear as
Guy Davies (uncredited)
1945
The Picture of Dorian Gray as
Footman (uncredited)
1945
Hangover Square as
Waiter (uncredited)
1945
The Man in Half Moon Street as
Official (uncredited)
1945
Tonight and Every Night as
News Vendor (uncredited)
1944
Mrs. Parkington as
Ball Caterer (uncredited)
1944
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay as
Deck Steward (uncredited)
1944
The Pearl of Death as
Second Ship's Steward (uncredited)
1944
The Great Moment as
Jackson's Butler (uncredited)
1944
Jungle Woman as
Court Stenographer (uncredited)
1944
Ministry of Fear as
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
1944
The White Cliffs of Dover as
Chauffeur (uncredited)
1944
Gaslight as
Pedestrian (uncredited)
1944
Casanova in Burlesque as
Williams the Butler (uncredited)
1944
Captain America as
Lyman's Butler [Ch. 10] (uncredited)
1944
The Lodger as
Vigilante (uncredited)
1943
His Butler's Sister as
Attendee at Waiters' Ball (uncredited)
1943
Appointment in Berlin as
Man on the Street (uncredited)
1943
Murder in Times Square as
Butler (uncredited)
1943
Reveille with Beverly as
Watson (uncredited)
1943
Immortal Sergeant as
Waiter (uncredited)
1942
The Man in the Trunk as
Butler (uncredited)
1942
The Palm Beach Story as
Yacht Steward (uncredited)
1942
The Pied Piper as
Waiter (uncredited)
1942
Moonlight Masquerade as
Butler (uncredited)
1942
Miss Annie Rooney as
Thomas - White's Butler (uncredited)
1942
You're Telling Me as
Butler (uncredited)
1941
The Corsican Brothers as
The Baron's Butler (uncredited)
1941
It Started with Eve as
Williams - Butler (uncredited)
1941
Nothing But the Truth as
Fredericks (uncredited)
1941
An Ache in Every Stake (Short) as
Butler (uncredited)
1941
Love Crazy as
Tom - Ward's Valet (uncredited)
1941
Country Fair (uncredited)
1941
Adventures of Captain Marvel as
Benson - Lang's Butler [Ch. 8] (uncredited)
1941
The Man Who Lost Himself as
Butler (uncredited)
1941
The Lady Eve as
First Butler at Party (uncredited)
1941
Virginia as
Butler (uncredited)
1940
Melody and Moonlight as
Store Worker (uncredited)
1940
Pride and Prejudice as
Flunky (uncredited)
1940
Women in War as
Army Officer (uncredited)
1940
A Plumbing We Will Go (Short) as
Butler (uncredited)
1940
Half a Sinner as
Butler (uncredited)
1940
Green Hell as
Butler (uncredited)
1940
The Green Hornet as
The D.A.'s Valet [Ch. 4] (uncredited)
1939
Rulers of the Sea as
Campbell
1939
Call a Messenger as
The Butler (uncredited)
1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as
Hopper's Butler (uncredited)
1939
The Witness Vanishes as
Bradley the Butler (uncredited)
1939
Man About Town as
Servant (uncredited)
1939
Only Angels Have Wings as
Assistant Purser (uncredited)
1939
Lucky Night as
Jordan's Butler (uncredited)
1939
Long Shot as
Groom (uncredited)
1938
Trade Winds as
Martin -- Butler (uncredited)
1938
Sweethearts as
2nd Valet to Ernest Lane (uncredited)
1938
Service de Luxe as
Butler (uncredited)
1938
Lord Jeff as
Chauffeur (uncredited)
1938
Air Devils as
Sailor at Bar (uncredited)
1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood as
Monk (uncredited)
1938
Mr. Boggs Steps Out as
The Butler
1937
Rosalie as
Ship Steward (uncredited)
1937
Wallaby Jim of the Islands as
Macklin - Raihoa Saloon Owner
1937
You're Only Young Once as
Francois (uncredited)
1937
Murder in Greenwich Village as
Butler (uncredited)
1937
The Shadow Strikes as
Wellington
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl as
Adam (uncredited)
1937
The Man Who Cried Wolf as
Butler (uncredited)
1937
Souls at Sea as
Doctor (uncredited)
1937
Easy Living as
Neighboring Butler (uncredited)
1937
Bank Alarm as
Overman - Bank Bookkeeper
1937
Oh, Doctor as
Butler (uncredited)
1937
The Prince and the Pauper as
Man at Inn (uncredited)
1937
I Promise to Pay as
Butler (uncredited)
1937
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney as
Butler (uncredited)
1937
Maid of Salem as
Townsman (uncredited)
1937
Man of the People as
Reid's Butler (uncredited)
1936
Happy-Go-Lucky as
Butler (uncredited)
1936
Camille as
Attendant (uncredited)
1936
Along Came Love as
Dr. Martin's Butler (uncredited)
1936
What Becomes of the Children? as
Bates (uncredited)
1936
Dodsworth as
Steward on Queen Mary (uncredited)
1936
Two-Fisted Gentleman as
Butler
1936
Pepper as
Valet (uncredited)
1936
The White Angel as
Jones - Male Nurse (uncredited)
1936
The King Steps Out as
Servant (uncredited)
1936
Panic on the Air as
Bliss's Butler (uncredited)
1936
Song and Dance Man as
Davis' Butler (uncredited)
1936
The Criminal Within as
Simpson - Butler
1936
Tango as
Bit Role (uncredited)
1936
Dancing Feet as
Silas' Butler
1935
A Feather in Her Hat as
Butcher (uncredited)
1935
False Pretenses as
Stephens (uncredited)
1935
Pardon My Scotch (Short) as
Butler #1 (uncredited)
1935
Cardinal Richelieu as
Agitator
1934
Fugitive Lady as
Butler (uncredited)
1934
The Ghost Walks as
Jarvis
1934
The Curtain Falls as
Scorsby's 1st Butler
1934
Outcast Lady as
Fenwick's Butler (uncredited)
1934
Treasure Island as
Friend at Inn (uncredited)
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as
Watkins - Neilsen's Valet (uncredited)
1934
City Park as
Andrew Cook
1934
Glamour as
Pritchard - Butler
1934
Nana as
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
1934
Long Lost Father as
Gelding's Servant (uncredited)
1933
Twin Husbands as
Greyson
1933
Big Executive as
Caddy
1933
Arizona to Broadway as
Monk's Barman (uncredited)
1933
The Song of Songs as
Butler (uncredited)
1933
By Appointment Only as
Withers (as Wilson Binge)
1933
Pleasure Cruise as
Ship Steward (uncredited)
1933
Oliver Twist (uncredited)
1932
Cynara as
Merton, Jim's Valet
1932
Central Park as
Waiter at Benefit (uncredited)
1932
The Death Kiss as
Café Henri Actor Doorman (uncredited)
1932
Tess of the Storm Country as
Benton - the Butler (uncredited)
1932
Queen Kelly as
Prince Wolfram's Valet (uncredited)
1932
Those We Love (uncredited)
1932
Scram! (Short) as
Hawkins - the Butler (uncredited)
1932
Unholy Love as
Joseph - Jerry's Butler (uncredited)
1932
State's Attorney as
Cardigan's Butler (uncredited)
1932
So Big! as
Paula's Butler (uncredited)
1932
-But the Flesh Is Weak as
Waters - The Duke's Butler (uncredited)
1932
Devil's Lottery as
Train Porter (uncredited)
1932
The Big Timer as
Williams, the Butler (uncredited)
1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them as
Bellings - the Butler (uncredited)
1932
Lovers Courageous as
Butler (uncredited)
1932
Forbidden as
Grover's Butler (uncredited)
1932
Emma as
George - Second Butler (uncredited)
1931
Men in Her Life as
Wilton
1931
Heartbreak as
Butler (uncredited)
1931
Consolation Marriage as
Elaine's Butler (uncredited)
1931
Platinum Blonde as
Butler (uncredited)
1931
Their Mad Moment as
Bit (uncredited)
1931
Newly Rich (uncredited)
1931
Five and Ten as
Wilson (uncredited)
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones, No. 3: 'the Niblick' (Short) as
Wilson - the Butler (uncredited)
1931
The She-Wolf as
Remington's Butler (uncredited)
1931
Stepping Out as
Parker
1930
Charley's Aunt as
Brassett
1930
The Bat Whispers as
The Butler
1930
Her Wedding Night as
Smithers
1930
Madam Satan as
Zeppelin Butler (uncredited)
1930
Raffles as
Barraclough
1930
Holiday as
Butler (uncredited)
1930
A Notorious Affair as
Briggs - Sir Thomas' Butler (uncredited)
1930
Spring Is Here as
Winnie - the Braleys' Butler (uncredited)
1930
The Girl Said No as
McAndrews' Butler (uncredited)
1930
Son of the Gods as
Bathurst's Butler (uncredited)
1930
Peacock Alley as
Saunders' Butler (uncredited)
1929
This Thing Called Love as
Dumary
1929
Untamed as
Billcombe
1929
A Most Immoral Lady as
Hoskins - the Butler
1929
Her Private Life as
Butler (uncredited)
1929
Bulldog Drummond as
Danny
1929
The Right Bed (Short)
1929
The Charlatan as
The Talbots' Butler (uncredited)
1928
Romance of the Underworld as
Bartender (uncredited)
1928
Freedom of the Press as
Butler
1928
A Gentleman Preferred as
Dobbs
1928
You're Darn Tootin' (Short) as
Musician
1928
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? as
Butler
1927
The Battle of the Century (Short) as
Pie Victim in Top Hat (uncredited)
1927
That's My Daddy as
Perkins, Norton's Valet
1927
Do Detectives Think? (Short) as
Butler attacked by Slasher (uncredited)
1927
The Rush Hour as
Travel Agent (uncredited)
1927
The Lone Eagle as
Truckdriver
1927
Alias the Deacon as
Minister (uncredited)
1927
Fast and Furious as
Coachman
1927
The King of Kings (uncredited)
1927
The Fourth Commandment as
Mrs. Graham's Butler (uncredited)
1926
The Cheerful Fraud as
Butler (uncredited)
1926
Be Your Age (Short) as
Butler (uncredited)
1926
The Midnight Message as
Butler
1926
The Clinging Vine as
Grandma's Butler (uncredited)
1926
A Trip to Chinatown as
Slavin
1926
Silence as
Butler (uncredited)
1925
The Road to Yesterday as
Kenneth's Butler (uncredited)
1925
Without Mercy as
Mrs. Garth's Butler (uncredited)
1925
Alias Mary Flynn as
Maurice Deperre
1923
The Ten Commandments as
Butler (uncredited)
1922
Robin Hood as
Henchman to Prince John
Archive Footage
2015
Hey Moe, Hey Dad! (TV Series documentary) as
Various characters
- Déjà Vu All Over Again (2015) - Various characters (uncredited)
1986
The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series) as
Hawkins (1986)
References
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