Harry Benham
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 25, 1884
- Died
- July 17, 1969 (aged 85)
- Birthplace
- 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. 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.
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Filmography
Your Best Friend
Movie · as Robert Meyers
The Town That Forgot God
Movie · as Harry Adams
Hush Money
Movie · as Bishop Deems
Polly with a Past
Movie · as Clay Cullum
The Victim
Movie · as George Griffin, lawyer
The Prey
Movie · as James Calvin
The Dangerous Paradise
Movie · as Norman Kent
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Movie · as Harry Twombly
The Love Craze
Movie · as The Hero
The Dancer's Peril
Movie · as Richard Moraino
The Last of the Carnabys
Movie · as Johnn Rand
The Warfare of the Flesh
Movie · as Frank Gregory
When You and I Were Young
Movie · as Artist
The Outsider
Movie · as Donald Lyttleton
The Mischief Maker
Movie · as Al Tourney
The Path of Happiness
Movie · as Merrill Day - The Intruder
The Man Inside
Movie · as Hunter
Daughter of Kings
Movie · as J. Courtleigh Brice
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
Movie · as Paul Leighton - an Artist
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Movie · as Bob / Madam Blanche
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
Movie · as Johnny Jenkins
The Country Girl
Movie · as Belville, Phyllis' Lover
A Freight Car Honeymoon
Movie · as Dan Boynton - the Groom
His Two Patients
Movie · as The Doctor
The Girl of the Sea
Movie · as Emelyn Lewis - the Reporter
A Woman's Loyalty
Movie · as Jack
Pamela Congreve
Movie
Zudora
Movie · as John Storm
Frou Frou
Movie · as Henri de Sartorys
Coals of Fire
Movie · as Blodgett - A Rich Young Businessman
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
Movie · as Clarence, the Ribbon Clerk
The Girl of the Cabaret
Movie · as May's Husband
King Rene’s Daughter
Movie · as Tristan, Count de Vaudemont
Moths
Movie · as Correyee
Just a Shabby Doll
Movie · as The Husband
His Uncle's Wives
Movie
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
Movie · as Sherlock Holmes
Robin Hood
Movie · as Alan-a-Dale
Her Secret
Movie · as The Loyal Sister's Husband
Under Two Flags
Movie
Jilted
Movie · as The Fiancé
Letters of a Lifetime
Movie · as The Brother
The Warning
Movie · as The Father
Brains vs. Brawn
Movie · as Brawn / The Young Athlete
A Romance of the U.S.N.
Movie · as The Sailor
The Repeater
Movie · as Jack, the Repeater
Dora Thorne
Movie · as Lord Rowland
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie · as Mr. Hyde (some scenes) (uncredited)
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Movie · as Lady Anne's Suitor in 1912
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie · as Nicolas Nickleby
The Voice of Conscience
Movie · as Suitor
Star of Bethlehem
Movie · as Angel Gabriel
In a Garden
Movie · as The Quarrel Maker
East Lynne
Movie
The Wrecked Taxi
Movie
The Forest Rose
Movie
Her Ladyship's Page
Movie
When a Count Counted
Movie · as The Young Law Clerk, Her Sweetheart
Their Burglar
Movie · as Jack
The Missing Heir
Movie · as The Policeman
The Tomboy
Movie · as The Guardian
She
Movie
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie
The Mummy
Movie
Get Rich Quick
Movie · as Undetermined Role
Cinderella
Movie · as Prince
One Flag at Last
Movie · as Fred
David Copperfield
Movie
The Lady from the Sea
Movie
The Smuggler
Movie · as The Secret Service Man