Vintage British postcard. The Trans-Atlantic Film Co. (which was the European distribution section of Universal, based in Britain), 1917. This card refers to Ben WIlson's lead in the serial The Voice on the Wire (Stuart Paton, Universal 1917).
Ben F. Wilson (also credited as Benjamin Wilson; July 7, 1876 – August 25, 1930), was an American stage and film actor, director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era. He appeared in more than 210 (others claim 169) films between 1911 and 1930. He also directed more than 130 (123 according to others) films between 1912 and 1930, while he produced 69 of them, and also wrote 11 screenplays.
In 1911 Wilson started his career as actor at the Edison studios at Fort Lee, NJ., where J. Searle Dawley directed him in 13 films in 1911-13. In 1913 he was the male star in Edison's serial Who Will Marry Mary, the sequel to one of the earliest American serials, What Happened to Mary (1912), both starring Mary Fuller. In 1914 Wilson starred as Inspector Cleek in a series of mystery shorts. After leaving Edison, Wilson worked for Nestor and then started his own company, which films were distributed by Universal. Wilson directed most of his films in the years 1915-16.
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