Richard Benjamin
Director and Actor
Merrimack Rep looks up to ‘Heroes’...stage. It won top comedy awards on both sides of the English Channel. Forsman read a review of a Los Angeles production starring Richard Benjamin and George Segal and got a copy of the play. He happened to know Sibleyras's London agent and... In this article: New York, Jonathan Hogan, Ron Holgate, and Tom Stoppard |
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | November 09, 2009
Opening an Indie Film Theatrically Isn't Easy - CREATING KARMA Coming to the East Coast
...KARMA came about when Wisoff and pal Carol Lee Sirugo karmically met while working as "homeless" extras in Brooklyn on a Richard Benjamin film set and decided on the spot to write and co-star in an original screenplay. Thus is...
In this article: New York City, Broadway, Connecticut, Borscht, DVD, NYU, and Todd Solondz
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Wikipedia | October 26, 2009
Richard Benjamin
Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including the 1969 film Goodbye, Columbus '', based on the novella of the same name by Philip Roth, and with Yul Brynner...
In this article: Philip Roth, Yul Brynner, Goodbye, Columbus, Walter Matthau, Mike Nichols, Westworld, Oscar, and Count Dracula
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Wikipedia | October 09, 2009
Deconstructing Harry
...read Harry's latest novel. In the novel, fictional Leslie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) is having an affair with her sister's husband Ken (Richard Benjamin). Lucy is angry because the novel is patently based on her and Harry's own affair. As a result,...
In this article: Woody Allen, Deconstructing Harry, and Ingmar Bergman
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Deadspin | October 09, 2009
What's The Next Big Late Night Scandal? LET'S PLAY ODDSMAKER! [Balls Deep]
I don't even like Woody Allen movies, unlike Leitch (how about those Cards, Willie?). Anyway, there's a scene in the movie where Richard Benjamin, who looks like this, gets a blowjob from Julia Louis Dreyfus and finishes her off by banging her...
In this article: Adam Carolla, Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Julia Louis Dreyfus, Iggy Pop, Deconstructing Harry, Viagra, Halle Berry, and Woody Allen
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MTV.com | October 07, 2009
The Sci-Fi Western Horror Of 'Westworld' In Today's Sick Day Stash
...real fear of punishment or death. Predictably, this all goes wrong when the robots quit listening to their masters. Brolin's and Richard Benjamin's characters then have to fight for their lives against the liberated slave-bots, one of whom...
In this article: Westworld, Yul Brynner, Michael Crichton, James Brolin, Delos, Starship Enterprise, Surrogates, Self-determination, and Medieval
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TIME | September 02, 2009
Robo-James' Time Machine: The Best Show Not on DVD?
...one, unavailable on DVD. What I call my "cult closet" in my office is full of almost-forgotten shows of my youth like Quark (Richard Benjamin as a space garbageman) and H. R. Pufnstuf. And with thirtysomething just having come out on the...
In this article: DVD, Relativity, Adam Goldberg, Silver, YouTube, and Jason Katims
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L.A. Times - The Envelope - Ultimate Awards Site | July 22, 2009
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will honor Mel Brooks
...as "The Producers," "Blazing Saddles" and "Young Frankenstein," there'll be a discussion with Brooks and Carl Reiner, Richard Benjamin, Teri Garr, Tracey Ullman and Lesley Ann Warren. Film historian Leonard Maltin will be the host.
In this article: Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Your Show of Shows, Oscars, Grammys, Leonard Maltin, Teri Garr, and James Cagney
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Wikipedia | July 04, 2009
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
...credits most notably include producing 1967's high-grossing hit The Graduate (1967 ). It starred Goodbye Columbus (1969 ) actor Richard Benjamin in the lead role, Joanna Shimkus, later on to become the wife of Sidney Poitier, as his...
In this article: Goodbye Columbus, The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker, Leonard Maltin, Leslie Halliwell, Lawrence Turman, and Elizabeth Ashley
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washingtonpost.com | May 21, 2009
Today in History - May 22
...Judith Crist is 87. Singer Charles Aznavour is 85. Actor Michael Constantine is 82. Conductor Peter Nero is 75. Actor-director Richard Benjamin is 71. Actor Frank Converse is 71. Actor Michael Sarrazin is 69. Former CNN anchor Bernard...
In this article: Richard Nixon, R&B, Apollo 10, Sherlock Holmes, USS Scorpion, Conservative Party, and Columbine High School
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International Herald Tribune - Culture | August 29, 2007
Slavery: Resistance amid the horror - International Herald Tribune
...sailors, African and Asian servants, and runaways who journeyed to Africa. But rather than focus on the local story, Richard Benjamin, who directs the new museum and is a Briton of Guyanese descent, takes a different tack. Under his...
In this article: Liverpool, Dog, Africa, International Herald Tribune, Archaeology, Civil War, Dysentery, University of Liverpool, and Tobacco
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Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director.
He has starred in a number of productions, including the 1969 film, Goodbye, Columbus based upon the novella of the same name by Philip Roth, and with Yul Brynner in Westworld in 1973.
Benjamin was born in New York City, New York and attended the High School of Performing Arts. He married actress Paula Prentiss on October 26, 1961 and they have two children. He graduated from Northwestern University where he was involved in many plays and studied in the famous Northwestern theater school. Benjamin is Jewish. He and his wife appeared together in the short-lived television series He & She (1967-68), as well as the film Catch-22 (1970). In 1978, he starred in the ambitious, but short-lived, television series Quark.
- Birth Date:
- May 22, 1938
- Birthplace:
- New York City, New York
- Spouse:
- Paula Prentiss (1961-)
- Occupation:
- actor, director, producer
- Years Active:
- 1962 - present
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