Acting
Harry Benham
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
Your Best Friend
Film · 1922
The Town That Forgot God
Film · 1922
Hush Money
Film · 1921
Polly with a Past
Film · 1920
The Victim
Film · 1920
The Prey
Film · 1920
The Dangerous Paradise
Film · 1920
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Film · 1918
The Love Craze
Film · 1918
The Dancer's Peril
Film · 1917
The Last of the Carnabys
Film · 1917
The Warfare of the Flesh
Film · 1917
When You and I Were Young
Film · 1917
The Outsider
Film · 1917
The Mischief Maker
Film · 1916
The Path of Happiness
Film · 1916
The Man Inside
Film · 1916
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
Film · 1915
Daughter of Kings
Film · 1915
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Film · 1915
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
Film · 1915
The Country Girl
Film · 1915
A Freight Car Honeymoon
Film · 1915
His Two Patients
Film · 1915
The Girl of the Sea
Film · 1915
A Woman's Loyalty
Film · 1914
Pamela Congreve
Film · 1914
Zudora
Film · 1914
Frou Frou
Film · 1914
Coals of Fire
Film · 1914
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
Film · 1913
The Girl of the Cabaret
Film · 1913
Moths
Film · 1913
King Rene’s Daughter
Film · 1913
Just a Shabby Doll
Film · 1913
His Uncle's Wives
Film · 1913
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
Film · 1913
Robin Hood
Film · 1913
Her Secret
Film · 1912
Under Two Flags
Film · 1912
Jilted
Film · 1912
Letters of a Lifetime
Film · 1912
The Warning
Film · 1912
A Romance of the U.S.N.
Film · 1912
Brains vs. Brawn
Film · 1912
The Repeater
Film · 1912
Dora Thorne
Film · 1912
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Film · 1912
The Portrait of Lady Anne
Film · 1912
Nicholas Nickleby
Film · 1912
The Voice of Conscience
Film · 1912
Star of Bethlehem
Film · 1912
In a Garden
Film · 1912
East Lynne
Film · 1912
The Wrecked Taxi
Film · 1912
The Forest Rose
Film · 1912
Her Ladyship's Page
Film · 1912
When a Count Counted
Film · 1912
Their Burglar
Film · 1911
The Missing Heir
Film · 1911
The Tomboy
Film · 1911
She
Film · 1911
The Old Curiosity Shop
Film · 1911
The Mummy
Film · 1911
Get Rich Quick
Film · 1911
Cinderella
Film · 1911
One Flag at Last
Film · 1911
David Copperfield
Film · 1911
The Lady from the Sea
Film · 1911
The Smuggler
Film · 1911