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Harry Benham
Valparaiso, Indiana, USA
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,…
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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.
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1922
The Town That Forgot God
Movie Harry Adams
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1922
Your Best Friend
Movie Robert Meyers
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1921
Hush Money
Movie Bishop Deems
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1920
The Victim
Movie George Griffin, lawyer
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1920
Polly with a Past
Movie Clay Cullum
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1920
The Dangerous Paradise
Movie Norman Kent
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1920
The Prey
Movie James Calvin
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1918
The Love Craze
Movie The Hero
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1918
Cecilia of the Pink Roses
Movie Harry Twombly
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1917
The Outsider
Movie Donald Lyttleton
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1917
The Last of the Carnabys
Movie Johnn Rand
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1917
When You and I Were Young
Movie Artist
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1917
The Warfare of the Flesh
Movie Frank Gregory
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1917
The Dancer's Peril
Movie Richard Moraino
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1916
The Mischief Maker
Movie Al Tourney
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1916
The Path of Happiness
Movie Merrill Day - The Intruder
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1916
The Man Inside
Movie Hunter
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1915
When Hungry Hamlet Fled
Movie Johnny Jenkins
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1915
His Two Patients
Movie The Doctor
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1915
Madam Blanche, Beauty Doctor
Movie Bob / Madam Blanche
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1915
The Country Girl
Movie Belville, Phyllis' Lover
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1915
A Freight Car Honeymoon
Movie Dan Boynton - the Groom
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1915
The Girl of the Sea
Movie Emelyn Lewis - the Reporter
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1915
Daughter of Kings
Movie J. Courtleigh Brice
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1915
The Heart of the Princess Marsari
Movie Paul Leighton - an Artist
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1914
Zudora
Movie John Storm
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1914
Pamela Congreve
Movie
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1914
A Woman's Loyalty
Movie Jack
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1914
Coals of Fire
Movie Blodgett - A Rich Young Businessman
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1914
Frou Frou
Movie Henri de Sartorys
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1913
Robin Hood
Movie Alan-a-Dale
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1913
Moths
Movie Correyee
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1913
The Girl of the Cabaret
Movie May's Husband
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1913
King Rene’s Daughter
Movie Tristan, Count de Vaudemont
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1913
The Head of the Ribbon Counter
Movie Clarence, the Ribbon Clerk
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1913
Just a Shabby Doll
Movie The Husband
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1913
Sherlock Holmes Solves the Sign of the Four
Movie Sherlock Holmes
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1913
His Uncle's Wives
Movie
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1912
Star of Bethlehem
Movie Angel Gabriel
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1912
The Repeater
Movie Jack, the Repeater
