Harry Benham
Acting
Born 1884-02-25
Died 1969-07-17
Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
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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.
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Acting
52 credits
Zudora
The Victim
Frou Frou
The Outsider
Nicholas Nickleby
Dora Thorne
The Prey
The Mischief Maker
The Repeater
Her Secret
The Girl of the Sea
The Tomboy
The Warning
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Polly with a Past
The Town That Forgot God
The Dangerous Paradise
Their Burglar
Daughter of Kings
The Warfare of the Flesh
His Two Patients
Moths
Coals of Fire
In a Garden
When a Count Counted
King Rene’s Daughter
Cinderella
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Brains vs. Brawn
Letters of a Lifetime
The Smuggler
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
Robin Hood
The Girl of the Cabaret
Hush Money
A Woman's Loyalty
The Missing Heir
The Country Girl
One Flag at Last
Just a Shabby Doll
Star of Bethlehem
Get Rich Quick
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
The Dancer's Peril
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
A Romance of the U.S.N.
When You and I Were Young
A Freight Car Honeymoon
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
The Path of Happiness
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The Old Curiosity Shop
Pamela Congreve
David Copperfield
The Forest Rose
His Uncle's Wives
Under Two Flags
She
The Lady from the Sea
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