- While working as casting director at 20th Century-Fox, BL discovered and named Marilyn Monroe
- Hosted the British version of "I've Got a Secret" during the 1950s.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1724 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.
- A few years before his death, Ben Lyon was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in a ceremony at the British Consulate in Los Angeles.
- Following his death, he was interred in the Chapel Columbarium at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
- Son-in-law of Phyllis Daniels.
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