Alex Benno

{{Short description|Dutch actor (1873–1952)}}

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| name = Alex Benno

| birth_date = 2 November 1873

| birth_place = Oberhausen, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|04|02|1873|09|02|df=yes}}

| death_place = Haarlem, Netherlands

| occupation = Actor, screenwriter, film director

| yearsactive = 1913-1937

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Alex Benno (2 November 1873 – 2 April 1952) was a Dutch film actor, screenwriter and director of the silent era.{{Cite web |title=Personen in de Nederlandse filmsector |url=https://www.filmfestival.nl/persoon/alex-benno |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=Nederlands Film Festival |language=nl}}{{Cite book |last=Maltby |first=Richard |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Explorations_in_New_Cinema_History/Qs-_QWbBH_gC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=alex+benno+film&pg=PA132&printsec=frontcover |title=Explorations in New Cinema History: Approaches and Case Studies |last2=Biltereyst |first2=Daniel |last3=Meers |first3=Philippe |date=2011-03-16 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-4443-9640-9 |language=en}} He appeared in 15 films between 1913 and 1920.{{Cite web |date=2014-11-10 |title=Alex Benno {{!}} EYE |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110202228/https://www.eyefilm.nl/collectie/filmgeschiedenis/persoon/alex-benno |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=web.archive.org}}

Career

Benno, born German in a Jewish family, moved to the Netherlands before directing films himself for the first time in 1919, played small roles in a number of films by other directors, he also acted as a so-called character comedian who had put some of his creations on paper. Quite a number of episodes of sheet music show his productivity in this field.

Filmography

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