ABOUT BEN LYON
Air Force officer and Hollywood actor of the '20s and '30s, starring in the epic Hell's Angels.
As a handsome actor, he was often paired in the 1920s with the top actresses of the age: Mary Astor , Gloria Swanson , Colleen Moore and others.
After his work in front of the camera, he moved into an executive role, where among his other claims to fame, he suggested to a young Norma Jean Baker to change her name to Marilyn Monroe .
He married Bebe Daniels . The couple settling down in England, where they co-hosted a popular BBC radio show called Life With the Lyons.
After meeting Marilyn Monroe, he mused that she reminded him of his Hell's Angels co-star, Jean Harlow .
