Benjamin Harrison Kline (July 11, 1894 – January 7, 1974) was an American cinematographer and film director. He was the father of Richard H. Kline.

Biography

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]

Partial filmography

As director

Kline directed seven films, one Rin Tin Tin serial and six westerns:

• The Lightning Warrior (1931)
• Cowboy in the Clouds (1943)
• Sundown Valley (1944)
• Cowboy from Lonesome River (1944)
• Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944)
• Saddle Leather Law (1944)
• Sagebrush Heroes (1945)

Sources also suggest that Kline replaced B. Reeves Eason as uncredited director of the serial The Galloping Ghost in 1931.

As cinematographer