Acting
Harry Benson
Acting · Born 1929-12-02 · Glasgow, Scotland
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.
Credits · 7
FilmBeatles '64
2024 · Self
FilmHarry Benson: Shoot First
2016 · Self
FilmAmerica in Pictures - The Story of Life Magazine
2011 · Self
FilmBobby Fischer Against the World
2011 · Self
FilmSmash His Camera
2010 · Self - Photojournalist
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · The Grandfather Clock
FilmGrey Gardens
1976 · Thanks