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.
69 acting credits
Acting · 69
David Copperfield
1911
Polly with a Past
1920
Cinderella
1911
The Victim
1920
Nicholas Nickleby
1912
Robin Hood
1913
When You and I Were Young
1917
Dora Thorne
1912
The Warfare of the Flesh
1917
Zudora
1914
Star of Bethlehem
1912
The Dancer's Peril
1917
Hush Money
1921
The Last of the Carnabys
1917
Frou Frou
1914
She
1911
Her Secret
1912
The Portrait of Lady Anne
1912
Moths
1913
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
1915
Letters of a Lifetime
1912
The Girl of the Cabaret
1913
A Romance of the U.S.N.
1912
King Rene’s Daughter
1913
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
1918
The Forest Rose
1912
Her Ladyship's Page
1912
The Lady from the Sea
1911
The Old Curiosity Shop
1911
Your Best Friend
1922
The Prey
1920
East Lynne
1912
Pamela Congreve
1914
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
1915
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
1913
Daughter of Kings
1915
The Man Inside
1916
The Repeater
1912
The Love Craze
1918
Jilted
1912
Under Two Flags
1912
The Town That Forgot God
1922
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1912
The Mummy
1911
His Uncle's Wives
1913
The Tomboy
1911
A Woman's Loyalty
1914
The Country Girl
1915
The Mischief Maker
1916
The Path of Happiness
1916
The Warning
1912
The Dangerous Paradise
1920
Their Burglar
1911
A Freight Car Honeymoon
1915
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
1913
The Smuggler
1911
Brains vs. Brawn
1912
His Two Patients
1915
Get Rich Quick
1911
One Flag at Last
1911
The Missing Heir
1911
In a Garden
1912
When a Count Counted
1912
The Voice of Conscience
1912
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
1915
The Girl of the Sea
1915
Coals of Fire
1914
Just a Shabby Doll
1913
The Wrecked Taxi
1912