Harry Henderson (actor) explained

Harry Henderson was an actor in theater and films in the United States. He made four films with the Colored Players Film Corporation.^[1] He was also cast in several Oscar Micheaux films and had a starring role in the film melodrama The Scar of Shame. He portrays a wealthy concert pianist in the film.^[2] He also had a lead role in the 1926 film The Prince of His Race.^[3]

Filmography

• Uncle Jasper's Will (1922)
• The Dungeon (1922)
• The Ghost of Tolston's Manor (1923)
• The Virgin of Seminole (1923)
• Ten Nights in a Barroom (1926) as Willie Hammond, the Judge's Son
• The Prince of His Race (1926) as Tom Beuford
• The House Behind the Cedars (1927)^[4]
• Children of Fate (1928)^[5]
• The Scar of Shame (1929) as Alvin Hillyard

Notes and References

1. Book: Oscar Micheaux and His Circle: African-American Filmmaking and Race Cinema of the Silent Era. Charles. Musser. Jane Marie. Gaines. Pearl. Bowser. March 28, 2016. Indiana University Press. 9780253021557. Google Books.
2. Web site: Lucia Lynn Moses (ca. 1906-). Adrienne. Wartts. 6 December 2008 .
3. Book: Smith, Jessie Carney. Encyclopedia of African American Popular Culture [4 volumes]]. December 17, 2010. ABC-CLIO. 9780313357978. Google Books.
4. Book: McCann, Bob. Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. December 21, 2009. McFarland. 9780786458042. Google Books.
5. Web site: Letter: Macon, Georgia to the Colored Players Film Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1927 Oct. 28 - Digital Library of Georgia. dlg.usg.edu.