Harry Benham

Harry Benham

b. 1884 — d. 1969 (aged 85) Valparaiso, Indiana, USA

Actor

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.

Known For

Robin Hood

Zudora

The Dancer's Peril

The Dancer's Peril

The Warfare of the Flesh

The Warfare of the Flesh

Filmography

The Town That Forgot God

The Town That Forgot God

Your Best Friend

Your Best Friend

Hush Money

Polly with a Past

Polly with a Past

The Victim

George Griffin, lawyer

The Prey

The Dangerous Paradise

For Love or Money

John T. Hamilton

Cecilia of the Pink Roses

Cecilia of the Pink Roses

Convict 993

The Warfare of the Flesh

The Warfare of the Flesh

Putting the Bee in Herbert

Herbert Macklin

The Last of the Carnabys

The Last of the Carnabys

The Dancer's Peril

The Dancer's Peril

Richard Moraino

When Thieves Fall Out

When You and I Were Young

When You and I Were Young

The Outsider

Donald Lyttleton

Peggy and the Law

Through Flames to Love

The Clever Mrs. Carter

The Heart Wrecker

Her Mother's Sweetheart

George Maitland

The Girl Who Didn't Tell

Held for Damages

Bob Norton - Elisha's Son

A College Boomerang

Professor Grayson

The Capital Prize

Her Wonderful Secret

Love's Masquerade

The Man Inside

The Little Grey Mouse

The Mischief Maker

The Mischief Maker

Toto of the Byways

The Path of Happiness

The Path of Happiness

Merrill Day - The Intruder

Animated Weekly, No. 19

Henri Bergere - a Young Violinist

The Angel of the Attic

The Doll Doctor

Madame Blanche, Beauty Doctor

A Freight Car Honeymoon

Dan Boynton - the Groom

The Scoop at Bellville

Millionaire Lineham

The Heart of the Princess Marsari

Paul Leighton - an Artist

Uncle Harry Burton

The Country Girl

The Country Girl

Belville, Phyllis' Lover

When the Fleet Sailed

Lieutenant Monroe

When Hungry Hamlet Fled

Newell's Accomplice

The Girl of the Sea

Emelyn Lewis - the Reporter

His Two Patients

Daughter of Kings

J. Courtleigh Brice

Zudora

John Storm - Zudora's Lover

The Runaway Princess

The American Millionaire

The Golden Cross

Stronger Than Death

The Success of Selfishness

Tom - Grace's Husband

The Harlow Handicap

The Head Surveyor

When Sorrow Fades

Jim - an Editor

The Trail of the Love-Lorn

Jack - U.S. Postal Inspector

Frou Frou

Henri de Sartorys

Was She Right in Forgiving Him?

Nelson Morgan - The Artist

The Girl Across the Hall

Jim Kelly - a Mechanic

Blodgett - A Rich Young Businessman

The Elevator Man

Jack - Rose's Sweetheart

A Woman's Loyalty

Pamela Congreve

Pamela Congreve

The Scientist's Doll

Jack - the Scientist's Nephew

Harry - Alice's Brother

The Man Without Fear

George Travis - a Man without Fear

Their Golden Wedding

Tom - Son of William and Enna (age 28)

Harry's Waterloo

Nine Separate Characters

The Harvest of Regrets

The Mettle of a Man

Mrs. Van Ruyter's Stratagem

Harry Broadhurst - Mrs. Van Ruyter's Young Lawyer

Her Love Letters

Williamson - The Well-to-Do Broker

The Miser's Reversion

Jack - May's Sweetheart

An American in the Making

An American in the Making

Robin Hood

King René's Daughter

King René's Daughter

Tristan, Count de Vaudemont

Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four

Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four

Sherlock Holmes

Just a Shabby Doll

Just a Shabby Doll

His Uncle's Wives

His Uncle's Wives

He Couldn't Lose

His Father's Wife

Little Dorrit

The Medium's Nemesis

The Medium's Nemesis

What Might Have Been

Billy, Rolfe's Clerk

The Children's Hour

The Grandfather

Beauty in the Seashell

Beauty in the Seashell

Babies Prohibited

The Millionaire Father

A Clothes-Line Quarrel

Harry - A Commuter

For Another's Sin

For Another's Sin

The Eye of Krishla

The Floorwalker's Triumph

The Floorwalker

← Back