Harry Benham
Acting • Born 1884-02-25 – Died 1969-07-17
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.
Filmography
67 credits
Her Secret
Movie • 1912
The Loyal Sister's Husband
Your Best Friend
Movie • 1922
Robert Meyers
Under Two Flags
Movie • 1912
The Dancer's Peril
Movie • 1917
Richard Moraino
Polly with a Past
Movie • 1920
Clay Cullum
The Last of the Carnabys
Movie • 1917
Johnn Rand
Hush Money
Movie • 1921
Bishop Deems
A Woman's Loyalty
Movie • 1914
Jack
Daughter of Kings
Movie • 1915
J. Courtleigh Brice
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
Movie • 1915
Paul Leighton - an Artist
Their Burglar
Movie • 1911
Jack
The Missing Heir
Movie • 1911
The Policeman
The Tomboy
Movie • 1911
The Guardian
She
Movie • 1911
Jilted
Movie • 1912
The Fiancé
Letters of a Lifetime
Movie • 1912
The Brother
The Warning
Movie • 1912
The Father
Brains vs. Brawn
Movie • 1912
Brawn / The Young Athlete
A Romance of the U.S.N.
Movie • 1912
The Sailor
The Repeater
Movie • 1912
Jack, the Repeater
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
Movie • 1913
Clarence, the Ribbon Clerk
The Girl of the Cabaret
Movie • 1913
May's Husband
The Mischief Maker
Movie • 1916
Al Tourney
The Warfare of the Flesh
Movie • 1917
Frank Gregory
The Old Curiosity Shop
Movie • 1911
Dora Thorne
Movie • 1912
Lord Rowland
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Movie • 1912
Mr. Hyde (some scenes) (uncredited)
The Mummy
Movie • 1911
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Movie • 1912
Lady Anne's Suitor in 1912
King Rene’s Daughter
Movie • 1913
Tristan, Count de Vaudemont
Moths
Movie • 1913
Correyee
Pamela Congreve
Movie • 1914
Nicholas Nickleby
Movie • 1912
Nicolas Nickleby
The Voice of Conscience
Movie • 1912
Suitor
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Movie • 1915
Bob / Madam Blanche
Zudora
Movie • 1914
John Storm
Just a Shabby Doll
Movie • 1913
The Husband
Star of Bethlehem
Movie • 1912
Angel Gabriel
Get Rich Quick
Movie • 1911
Undetermined Role
In a Garden
Movie • 1912
The Quarrel Maker
Cinderella
Movie • 1911
Prince
His Uncle's Wives
Movie • 1913
East Lynne
Movie • 1912
One Flag at Last
Movie • 1911
Fred
David Copperfield
Movie • 1911
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Movie • 1918
Harry Twombly
The Love Craze
Movie • 1918
The Hero
The Path of Happiness
Movie • 1916
Merrill Day - The Intruder
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
Movie • 1913
Sherlock Holmes
Robin Hood
Movie • 1913
Alan-a-Dale
The Lady from the Sea
Movie • 1911
When You and I Were Young
Movie • 1917
Artist
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
Movie • 1915
Johnny Jenkins
The Country Girl
Movie • 1915
Belville, Phyllis' Lover
A Freight Car Honeymoon
Movie • 1915
Dan Boynton - the Groom
The Wrecked Taxi
Movie • 1912
The Man Inside
Movie • 1916
Hunter
The Forest Rose
Movie • 1912
The Victim
Movie • 1920
George Griffin, lawyer
His Two Patients
Movie • 1915
The Doctor
The Girl of the Sea
Movie • 1915
Emelyn Lewis - the Reporter
The Town That Forgot God
Movie • 1922
Harry Adams
The Prey
Movie • 1920
James Calvin
The Dangerous Paradise
Movie • 1920
Norman Kent
Frou Frou
Movie • 1914
Henri de Sartorys
The Smuggler
Movie • 1911
The Secret Service Man
Her Ladyship's Page
Movie • 1912