Chester Bennett

{{short description|American film director (1892–1943)}} {{for|the Australian cricketer|Chester Bennett (cricketer)}} {{Infobox person | name = Chester Bennett | image = Chester Bennett 1921.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bennett in 1921 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1892|02|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California, US | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|10|29|1892|02|12}} | death_place = Hong Kong | resting_place = | yearsactive = | spouse = }} thumb|Chester Bennett in 1920 EH '''Chester Bennett''' (1892 - 1943) was an American silent film director. He was executed by the Japanese during the Occupation of Hong Kong in 1943.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/chester-bennett-the-american-hero-of-hong-kong/|title=Chester Bennett – 'The American Hero of Hong Kong'|website=The Dark World's Fire: Tom and Lena Edgar in War|date=16 November 2011|access-date=15 August 2016|archive-date=28 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928151746/https://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/chester-bennett-the-american-hero-of-hong-kong/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/stream/variety154-1944-05#page/n98/mode/1up|title=Chester Bennett, Silent Film Director, Shot by the Japs|newspaper=Variety|date=17 May 1944|access-date=14 August 2016}}</ref>

==Filmography== * ''When a Man Loves'' (1919) * ''Captain Swift'' (1920) * ''The Purple Cipher'' (1920) * ''A Master Stroke'' (1920) * ''The Romance Promoters'' (1920) * ''Three Sevens'' (1921) * ''The Secret of the Hills'' (1921) * ''Diamonds Adrift'' (1921) * ''Belle of Alaska'' (1922) * ''Colleen of the Pines'' (1922) * ''The Snowshoe Trail'' (1922) * ''Thelma'' (1922) * ''Divorce'' (1923) * ''The Lullaby'' (1924) * ''The Painted Lady'' (1924) * ''Champion of Lost Causes'' (1925) *''The Ancient Mariner'' (1925) * ''Honesty – The Best Policy'' (1926)

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==External links== {{commons category|Chester Bennett}} *{{IMDb name|id=0071665|name=Chester Bennett}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160921082032/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f629001 Chester Bennett] at BFI

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