Henry B. Harris
American theatre producer and owner

Henry B. Harris

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American theatre producer and owner
A.K.A.
Henry Harris
Gender:
Male
Places:
United States of America
Is:
Film producerTheatre director
Work field:
ArtsFilm, TV, Stage & Radio
Birth:
1 December 1866(St. Louis)
Death:
15 April 1912(North Atlantic)
Star sign:
Sagittarius
Family:
Father:
William Harris
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Henry B. Harris (December 1, 1866 – April 15, 1912); Henry Birkhardt Harris, born in St. Louis, was a Broadway producer and theatre owner who died in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. His wife was actress Renee Harris (born Irene Wallach) married 1898, who was injured in a fall on the Grand Staircase of the Titanic, but survived the sinking and lived until 1969. In 1925, Renee Harris co-produced the first play by Moss Hart, The Beloved Bandit, though it was not a success.
Harris was the son of William Harris Sr., a founder of the Theatrical Syndicate in the 1890s. He had a brother William Harris Jr. Harris worked for his father in the theatrical business in Boston for a number of years before starting out on his own producing plays in 1901. He managed such stars as Amelia Bingham and Robert Edeson. He leased and managed the Hudson Theatre in New York and in 1911 built the Folies Bergère Theatre.
Harris perished along with over 1500 other souls in the Titanic's sinking, April 15, 1912. His body was lost at sea. If it was recovered and brought to Halifax by one of the cable ships sent out to look for bodies, it was never identified as such.

Selected plays produced by Henry B. Harris

  • Soldiers of Fortune (1901)
  • Strongheart (1905)
  • The Lion and the Mouse (1905)
  • The Chorus Lady (1906) (*made star of Rose Stahl)
  • The Struggle Everlasting (1907)
  • The Traveling Salesman (1908)
  • Pierre of the Plains (1908)
  • The Third Degree (1909) (*made star of Helen Ware)
  • Such a Little Queen (1909)(*made star of Elsie Ferguson)
  • A Skylark (1910) (with May de Sousa)
  • The Arab (1911)