Harry Benham
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-02-25
Day of Death
1969-07-17 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
Harry Benham
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
Acting
(1922)
Your Best Friend
as Robert Meyers
(1921)
Hush Money
as Bishop Deems
(1920)
Polly with a Past
as Clay Cullum
(1920)
The Victim
as George Griffin, lawyer
(1918)
(1918)
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
as Harry Twombly
(1917)
The Warfare of the Flesh
as Frank Gregory
(1917)
The Last of the Carnabys
as Johnn Rand
(1917)
The Dancer's Peril
as Richard Moraino
(1917)
When You and I Were Young
as Artist
(1916)
The Man Inside
as Hunter
(1916)
The Mischief Maker
as Al Tourney
(1916)
The Path of Happiness
as Merrill Day - The Intruder
(1915)
Daughter of Kings
as J. Courtleigh Brice
(1915)
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
as Bob / Madam Blanche
(1915)
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
as Paul Leighton - an Artist
(1915)
A Freight Car Honeymoon
as Dan Boynton - the Groom
(1915)
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
as Johnny Jenkins
(1915)
His Two Patients
as The Doctor
(1915)
The Country Girl
as Belville, Phyllis' Lover
(1915)
The Girl of the Sea
as Emelyn Lewis - the Reporter
(1914)
Zudora
as John Storm
(1914)
(1914)
A Woman's Loyalty
as Jack
(1913)
King Rene’s Daughter
as Tristan, Count de Vaudemont
(1913)
Robin Hood
as Alan-a-Dale
(1913)
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
as Sherlock Holmes
(1913)
(1913)
Moths
as Correyee
(1913)
Just a Shabby Doll
as The Husband
(1913)
The Girl of the Cabaret
as May's Husband
(1913)
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
as Clarence, the Ribbon Clerk
(1912)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Mr. Hyde (some scenes) (uncredited)
(1912)
Nicholas Nickleby
as Nicolas Nickleby
(1912)
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Suitor in 1912
(1912)
The Voice of Conscience
as Suitor
(1912)
(1912)
Dora Thorne
as Lord Rowland
(1912)
Jilted
as The Fiancé
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
The Repeater
as Jack, the Repeater
(1912)
In a Garden
as The Quarrel Maker
(1912)
Star of Bethlehem
as Angel Gabriel
(1912)
The Warning
as The Father
(1912)
(1912)
Brains vs. Brawn
as Brawn / The Young Athlete
(1912)
Letters of a Lifetime
as The Brother
(1912)
Her Secret
as The Loyal Sister's Husband
(1912)
A Romance of the U.S.N.
as The Sailor
(1911)
Cinderella
as Prince
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
One Flag at Last
as Fred
(1911)
Their Burglar
as Jack
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
Get Rich Quick
as Undetermined Role
(1911)
The Tomboy
as The Guardian
(1911)
The Missing Heir
as The Policeman