Harry Benham
Known for: Acting
Born: February 25, 1884
Died: July 17, 1969
Place of birth: Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
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
70 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
8.0
The Town That Forgot God
1922
10.0
Your Best Friend
1922
9.0
Hush Money
1921
NR
The Victim
1920
6.0
Polly with a Past
1920
7.0
The Dangerous Paradise
1920
7.0
The Prey
192010.0
The Love Craze
1918
NR
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
1918NR
The Outsider
1917
NR
The Last of the Carnabys
1917
9.0
When You and I Were Young
1917
NR
The Warfare of the Flesh
1917
NR
The Dancer's Peril
1917
NR
The Mischief Maker
1916
NR
The Path of Happiness
1916
NR
The Man Inside
19167.0
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
19159.0
His Two Patients
1915
7.0
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
1915NR
The Country Girl
19158.0
A Freight Car Honeymoon
19158.0
The Girl of the Sea
1915NR
Daughter of Kings
19159.0
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
1915
NR
Zudora
1914
8.0
Pamela Congreve
19147.0
A Woman's Loyalty
1914
10.0
Coals of Fire
19141.0
Frou Frou
1914
6.0
Robin Hood
1913
NR
Moths
191310.0
The Girl of the Cabaret
1913
7.0
King Rene’s Daughter
19138.0
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
1913
6.5
Just a Shabby Doll
1913
10.0
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
19138.0
His Uncle's Wives
1913
5.0
Star of Bethlehem
19128.0
The Repeater
19127.0
Brains vs. Brawn
1912
8.0
A Romance of the U.S.N.
1912
NR
The Forest Rose
1912
6.0
In a Garden
19127.0
The Warning
19128.0
Letters of a Lifetime
19124.0
The Voice of Conscience
1912
10.0
When a Count Counted
19127.0
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
6.6
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912
9.0
Under Two Flags
1912
9.0
Her Secret
1912
10.0
Jilted
1912
8.0
Dora Thorne
1912
6.2
Nicholas Nickleby
1912
10.0
East Lynne
19127.0
Her Ladyship's Page
1912
5.9
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1912
4.0
She
1911
6.4
Cinderella
1911NR
The Tomboy
1911
9.0
The Lady from the Sea
19117.0
The Missing Heir
191110.0
Their Burglar
1911
8.0
David Copperfield
1911NR
One Flag at Last
19117.0
The Smuggler
1911
4.0
Get Rich Quick
1911
8.5
The Mummy
1911
8.0
The Old Curiosity Shop
1911