Biography
Born in Glasgow and raised in Troon, Scotland, arrived in America with the Beatles in 1964.
His pictures have appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. He took over a hundred cover shots for People.
Harry has photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to Barack H. Obama; was just feet away from Bobby Kennedy the night he was assassinated; in the room with Richard Nixon when he resigned; on the Meredith march with Martin Luther King, Jr., next to Coretta Scott King at her husband’s funeral; on maneuvers with the IRA; was there when the Berlin Wall went up and when it came down; and covered the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans.
Filmography
all 6
Movies 5
self 5
TV Shows 1
Self
Harry Benson: Shoot First (2016)
Movie
Self
America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine (2011)
Movie
self / Still Photographer
Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011)
Movie
Self - Photojournalist
Smash His Camera (2010)
Movie
Self
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami (2008)
Movie
The Grandfather Clock
Faerie Tale Theatre (1982)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.68
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1982
2010
2011
2016
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GenderMale
Birthday1929-12-02 (94 years old)
Harry Benson- Filmography
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