Wilson Benge

Wilson Benge
Benge in Queen of the Amazons (1947)
Born	George Frederick Benge 1 March 1875 Greenwich, London, England
Died	1 July 1955 (aged 80) Hollywood, California, U.S.
Years active	1922-1955
Spouse(s)	Sarah L. Benge (?-1954) (her death)

George Frederick "Wilson" Benge (1 March 1875 – 1 July 1955) was an English actor who mostly featured in American films from the silent days.

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.

Selected filmography

• Robin Hood (1922)
• Alias Mary Flynn (1925)
• The Clinging Vine (1926)
• The Midnight Message (1926)
• Do Detectives Think? (1927)
• That's My Daddy (1928)
• You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
• Bulldog Drummond (1929)
• Raffles (1930)
• Men in Her Life (1931)
• Scram! (1932)
• Unholy Love (1932)
• Twin Husbands (1933)
• Dodsworth (1936)
• What Becomes of the Children? (1936)
• Rulers of the Sea (1939)
• The Spider Woman (1944)
• The Pearl of Death (1944)
• House of Fear (1945)
• Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
• Dressed To Kill (1946)
• The Three Musketeers (1948)
• The Scarlet Coat (1955)

External links

• Wilson Benge at the Internet Movie Database
• Wilson Benge at BFI Film & TV Database