Harry Benson

Acting

Harry Benson

Born
(age 96)
Birthplace
Glasgow, Scotland
Credits
7 titles

Biography

Born in Glasgow and raised in Troon, Scotland, arrived in America with the Beatles in 1964.

His pictures have appeared in Life, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. He took over a hundred cover shots for People.

Harry has photographed every U.S. president from Eisenhower to Barack H. Obama; was just feet away from Bobby Kennedy the night he was assassinated; in the room with Richard Nixon when he resigned; on the Meredith march with Martin Luther King, Jr., next to Coretta Scott King at her husband’s funeral; on maneuvers with the IRA; was there when the Berlin Wall went up and when it came down; and covered the aftermath of Katrina in New Orleans.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 6

YearTitleRole
2024 Beatles '64 Film Self
2016 Harry Benson: Shoot First Film Self
2011 America in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine Film Self
2011 Bobby Fischer Against the World Film Self
2010 Smash His Camera Film Self - Photojournalist
1982 Faerie Tale Theatre TV The Grandfather Clock (1 ep)

Crew credits 2

YearTitleJob
2011 Bobby Fischer Against the World Film Still Photographer
1976 Grey Gardens Film Thanks
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