About Ben Turbett
Lived 1874 – 1936 (aged 61–62). Ben Turbett was an American film director.
Ben Turbett (1874 – March 6, 1936) was an opera performer, actor, and film director in the United States.
He was born in Salem, Massachusetts and performed in operas as a young man. In 1909 he appeared in the Broadway production Stubborn Cinderella.
Filmography Actor The Blue Coyote Cherry Crop d'Ashley Miller (1914) The Working of a Miracle d'Ashley Miller (1915) The Corporal's Daughter de Will Louis (1915) The Broken Word de Frank McGlynn Sr. (1915)
Director The Voice of the Violin (1915) When Love Is King (1916) The Last Sentence (1917) The Royal Pauper (1917) Builders of Castles (1917) The Half back (1917) Gallegher (1917) Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917) The Courage of the Commonplace (1917) The Lady of the Photograph (1917) The Courage of the Common Place (1917)
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Who was Ben Turbett?
American film director
When was Ben Turbett born?
Ben Turbett was born in 1874 in Salem.
When did Ben Turbett die?
Ben Turbett died on 6 March 1936 in Atlanta.
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Ben Turbett was a film director.
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Ben Turbett was American.
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