Harry Benham
Acting
- Born:
- 1884-02-25
- Died:
- 1969-07-17
- 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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Town That Forgot God
Your Best Friend
Hush Money
The Victim
Polly with a Past
The Dangerous Paradise
The Prey
The Love Craze
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
The Outsider
The Last of the Carnabys
When You and I Were Young
The Warfare of the Flesh
The Dancer's Peril
The Mischief Maker
The Path of Happiness
The Man Inside
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
His Two Patients
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
The Country Girl
A Freight Car Honeymoon
The Girl of the Sea
Daughter of Kings
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
Zudora
Pamela Congreve
A Woman's Loyalty
Coals of Fire
Frou Frou
Robin Hood
Moths
The Girl of the Cabaret
King Rene’s Daughter
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
Just a Shabby Doll
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
His Uncle's Wives
Star of Bethlehem
The Repeater
Brains vs. Brawn
A Romance of the U.S.N.
The Forest Rose
In a Garden
The Warning
Letters of a Lifetime
The Voice of Conscience
When a Count Counted
The Wrecked Taxi
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Under Two Flags
Her Secret
Jilted
Dora Thorne
Nicholas Nickleby
East Lynne
Her Ladyship's Page
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
She
Cinderella
The Tomboy
The Lady from the Sea
The Missing Heir
Their Burglar
David Copperfield
One Flag at Last
The Smuggler
Get Rich Quick
The Mummy
The Old Curiosity Shop