Harry Benham
70 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 25, 1884
- Died
- Jul 17, 1969 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia
Harry Benham (February 26, 1884 – July 17, 1969) was an American silent film actor. Born in Valparaiso, Indiana, as a child Benham and his family moved to Chicago, where he was raised and attended school. Benham had a talent for singing and sang in his local church choir.
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In 1904, the production Peggy From Paris came to Chicago and, at age 20, Benham became a member of the chorus while earning a living in the wholesale paper business. Benham was soon selected to play the leading role in the production and remained in that role throughout the production's three-year run. He was subsequently able to garner more roles in other plays, such as The Sultan of Sulu, Woodland, Marrying Mary, The Gay Musician, H.M.S. Pinafore, Florodora, The Mayoress, and Madame Sherry. In 1910 Benham joined the Thanhouser Company in New Rochelle, New York, for whom he played the leading role in many of the company's films through 1915.
He married actress Ethyle Cooke, and together they had two children, Dorothy and Leland, who also became prominent Thanhouser personalities. Benham died on July 17, 1969 in Sarasota, Florida, aged 85.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 5.9 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1912 · Film
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★ 6.4 Cinderella
1911 · Film
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★ 6.6 The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912 · Film
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★ 6.2 Nicholas Nickleby
1912 · Film
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★ 6.0 Polly with a Past
1920 · Film
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★ 7.0 Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
1915 · Film
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★ 7.0 King Rene’s Daughter
1913 · Film
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★ 6.5 Just a Shabby Doll
1913 · Film
Harry Benham: movies and TV shows
Acting (70)
- 1922 The Town That Forgot God
as Harry Adams
- 1922 Your Best Friend
as Robert Meyers
- 1921 Hush Money
as Bishop Deems
- 1920 The Victim
as George Griffin, lawyer
- 1920 Polly with a Past
as Clay Cullum
- 1920 The Dangerous Paradise
as Norman Kent
- 1920 The Prey
as James Calvin
- 1918 The Love Craze
as The Hero
- 1918 Cecilia of the Pink Roses
as Harry Twombly
- 1917 The Outsider
as Donald Lyttleton
- 1917 The Last of the Carnabys
as Johnn Rand
- 1917 When You and I Were Young
as Artist
- 1917 The Warfare of the Flesh
as Frank Gregory
- 1917 The Dancer's Peril
as Richard Moraino
- 1916 The Mischief Maker
as Al Tourney
- 1916 The Path of Happiness
as Merrill Day - The Intruder
- 1916 The Man Inside
as Hunter
- 1915 When Hungry Hamlet Fled
as Johnny Jenkins
- 1915 His Two Patients
as The Doctor
- 1915 Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
as Bob / Madam Blanche
- 1915 The Country Girl
as Belville, Phyllis' Lover
- 1915 A Freight Car Honeymoon
as Dan Boynton - the Groom
- 1915 The Girl of the Sea
as Emelyn Lewis - the Reporter
- 1915 Daughter of Kings
as J. Courtleigh Brice
- 1915 The Heart of the Princess Marsari
as Paul Leighton - an Artist
- 1914 Zudora
as John Storm
- 1914
- 1914 A Woman's Loyalty
as Jack
- 1914 Coals of Fire
as Blodgett - A Rich Young Businessman
- 1914 Frou Frou
as Henri de Sartorys
- 1913 Robin Hood
as Alan-a-Dale
- 1913 Moths
as Correyee
- 1913 The Girl of the Cabaret
as May's Husband
- 1913 King Rene’s Daughter
as Tristan, Count de Vaudemont
- 1913 The Head of the Ribbon Counter
as Clarence, the Ribbon Clerk
- 1913 Just a Shabby Doll
as The Husband
- 1913 Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
as Sherlock Holmes
- 1913
- 1912 Star of Bethlehem
as Angel Gabriel
- 1912 The Repeater
as Jack, the Repeater
- 1912 Brains vs. Brawn
as Brawn / The Young Athlete
- 1912 A Romance of the U.S.N.
as The Sailor
- 1912
- 1912 In a Garden
as The Quarrel Maker
- 1912 The Warning
as The Father
- 1912 Letters of a Lifetime
as The Brother
- 1912 The Voice of Conscience
as Suitor
- 1912 When a Count Counted
as The Young Law Clerk, Her Sweetheart
- 1912
- 1912 The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Suitor in 1912
- 1912
- 1912 Her Secret
as The Loyal Sister's Husband
- 1912 Jilted
as The Fiancé
- 1912 Dora Thorne
as Lord Rowland
- 1912 Nicholas Nickleby
as Nicolas Nickleby
- 1912
- 1912
- 1912 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Mr. Hyde (some scenes) (uncredited)
- 1911
- 1911 Cinderella
as Prince
- 1911 The Tomboy
as The Guardian
- 1911
- 1911 The Missing Heir
as The Policeman
- 1911 Their Burglar
as Jack
- 1911
- 1911 One Flag at Last
as Fred
- 1911 The Smuggler
as The Secret Service Man
- 1911 Get Rich Quick
as Undetermined Role
- 1911
- 1911