Biography
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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
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Movies 54
Your Best Friend (1922)
Hush Money (1921)
Polly with a Past (1920)
The Love Craze (1918)
Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918)
The Last of the Carnabys (1917)
The Warfare of the Flesh (1917)
The Dancer's Peril (1917)
The Mischief Maker (1916)
The Path of Happiness (1916)
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor (1915)
Daughter of Kings (1915)
The Heart of the Princess Marsari (1915)
Zudora (1914)
Pamela Congreve (1914)
A Woman's Loyalty (1914)
Robin Hood (1913)
Moths (1913)
The Girl of the Cabaret (1913)
Little Dorrit (1913)
King Rene’s Daughter (1913)
The Head of the Ribbon Counter (1913)
An American in the Making (1913)
Just a Shabby Doll (1913)
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four (1913)
His Uncle's Wives (1913)
Star of Bethlehem (1912)
The Repeater (1912)
Brains vs. Brawn (1912)
A Romance of the U.S.N. (1912)
The Forest Rose (1912)
In a Garden (1912)
The Warning (1912)
Letters of a Lifetime (1912)
The Voice of Conscience (1912)
The Portrait of Lady Anne (1912)
Under Two Flags (1912)
Her Secret (1912)
Jilted (1912)
Dora Thorne (1912)
Nicholas Nickleby (1912)
East Lynne (1912)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
She (1911)
Cinderella (1911)
The Tomboy (1911)
The Lady from the Sea (1911)
The Missing Heir (1911)
Their Burglar (1911)
David Copperfield (1911)
One Flag at Last (1911)
Get Rich Quick (1911)
The Mummy (1911)
The Old Curiosity Shop (1911)
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GenderMale
Birthday1884-02-26
Deathday1969-07-17 (85 years old)
Birth PlaceValparaiso, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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