---
name: "Harry Benn"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/harry-benn"
fi1m_id: "harry-benn"
imdb_id: "nm0071461"
tmdb_id: 23650
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "20 February 1925"
died: "25 May 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-23T04:00:16.871668+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Harry Benn

## Identity

Harry Benn

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/harry-benn
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** harry-benn
- **IMDb ID:** nm0071461
- **TMDB ID:** 23650
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23650

Producer. Born 20 February 1925 in Paddington, London, England. Died 25 May 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 20 February 1925, Paddington, London, England
- **Died:** 25 May 2008
- **Active:** 1985–1991
- **Average Fi1m score:** 65, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 68 (2), 1990s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 65 to 58 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Mystery 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $188m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0071461/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/23650

## Biography

Harry Benn was a British film producer and production manager. He worked on a number of feature films from the 1960s onwards, often in associate or co-producer roles early in his career.

His credits include associate producer on *The Boy Friend* (1971), *Valentino* (1977) and *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985); producer on *The Razor's Edge* (1984) and *Kafka* (1991); and co-producer on *Good Morning, Vietnam* (1987) and *Swing Kids* (1993). He died in 2008.

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kafka* (1991), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)
- *Good Morning, Vietnam* (1987), Fi1m 68, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/good-morning-vietnam.md)
- *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), Fi1m 68, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Swing Kids* (1993), Co-Producer
- *Kafka* (1991), Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/kafka.md)
- *Good Morning, Vietnam* (1987), Co-Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/good-morning-vietnam.md)
- *Young Sherlock Holmes* (1985), Associate Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/young-sherlock-holmes.md)
- *The Razor's Edge* (1984), Producer, Executive Producer
- *Fanny Hill* (1983), Producer
- *Valentino* (1977), Associate Producer
- *Inserts* (1975), Associate Producer
- *And Then There Were None* (1974), Associate Producer
- *Callan* (1974), Associate Producer
- *Savage Messiah* (1972), Associate Producer
- *The Boy Friend* (1971), Associate Producer
- *The Devils* (1971), as Production Controller
- *Our Mother's House* (1967), as Production Controller
- *Dateline Diamonds* (1965), Producer
- *The Fur Collar* (1962), Production Supervisor

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