Benjamin H. Kline | |
Birth Name: | Benjamin Harrison Kline |
Birth Date: | 11 July 1894 |
Birth Place: | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
Death Place: | Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Resting Place: | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
Other Names: | Ben Kline Ben H. Kline Benjamin Kline |
Occupation: | Cinematographer Film director |
Years Active: | 1920–1972 |
Benjamin Harrison Kline (July 11, 1894 – January 7, 1974) was an American cinematographer and film director. He was the father of Richard H. Kline.
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 was also a noted cinematographer. Kline also directed eight films during the period of 1931–1945.[1]
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.