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.
Personal Details
Movies (50)
The Town That Forgot God
as Harry Adams
1922
Your Best Friend
as Robert Meyers
1922
Hush Money
as Bishop Deems
1921
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
1920
The Love Craze
as The Hero
1918
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
as Harry Twombly
1918
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
1917
The Mischief Maker
as Al Tourney
1916
The Path of Happiness
as Merrill Day - The Intruder
1916
The Man Inside
as Hunter
1916
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
1915
Zudora
as John Storm
1914
Pamela Congreve
1914
A Woman's Loyalty
as Jack
1914
Frou Frou
as Henri de Sartorys
1914
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
His Uncle's Wives
1913
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
The Forest Rose
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
The Wrecked Taxi
1912
The Portrait of Lady Anne
as Lady Anne's Suitor in 1912
1912
Under Two Flags
1912
Her Secret
as The Loyal Sister's Husband
1912
Jilted
as The Fiancé
1912