When rustic comedian Chic Sale began making 2-reel comedies at RKO Radio in the early 1930s, Sale's vaudeville partner Ben Holmes came along for the ride. Before long, Holmes gave up acting to join RKO's writing and directing staff, overseeing the short-subject antics of such comedians as Clark and McCullough, Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol. With 1934's Lightning Strikes Twice, Holmes branched out into features, directing RKO medium-budgeters like Maid's Night Out (1938) and Petticoat Larceny (1943). Ben Holmes also handled the second-unit direction of Sandrich's Buck Benny Rides Again (Paramount, 1940).
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Petticoat Larceny
Director |
1943 | |||
Dear! Deer!
Director |
1942 | |||
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One Crowded Night
Screen Story |
1940 | |||
The Saint's Double Trouble
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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I'm from the City
Director |
1938 | |||
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Little Orphan Annie
Director |
1938 | |||
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The Maid's Night Out
Director |
1938 | |||
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The Saint in New York
Director |
1938 | |||
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There Goes My Girl
Director |
1937 | |||
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Too Many Wives
Director |
1937 | |||
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We're on the Jury
Director |
1937 | |||
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The Farmer in the Dell
Director |
1936 | |||
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Lightning Strikes Twice
Director |
1935 | |||
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The Plot Thickens
Director |
1935 | |||
Top Hat
Actor |
1935 | |||
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Cockeyed Cavaliers
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
Odor in the Court
Director |
1934 | |||
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Art in the Raw
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
| 1933 | ||||
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Melody Cruise
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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The Expert
Actor |
1932 |
