Robby Benson

...was raised in New York City and took his mother's maiden name as his stage name when he was 10. Benson made his Broadway debut in The Rothschilds. Benson had an early role on the daytime soap Search for Tomorrow (1971-72). As a film star,...

In this article: Death of Richie, Karla DeVito, Broadway, Lucky Lady, Tisch School of the Arts, and Surgery

...1996 film Dragonheart. The film is directed by Doug Lefler and stars Christopher Masterson, Harry Van Gorkum, and the voice of Robby Benson. The story starts a year or so after the death of Sir Bowen, a knight of the old code. In the last...

In this article: Dragonheart: A New Beginning and Christopher Masterson

...a memoir by American author John Gunther, taking its name from by John Donne. The story was portrayed in a 1975 TV movie starring Robby Benson as Johnny Gunther and Arthur Hill as John Gunther. In the book, Gunther records the true story of...

In this article: John Gunther, Cancer, Arthur Hill, and Death Be Not Proud

...seeing A Star is Born on a date and thought it was so cool that parts of this movie was filmed in Az. I had a mini-crush on Robby Benson after I saw Ode to Billy Joe and had to crap scared out of me watching the Omen. Of course, one of my...

In this article: The Dirty Dozen, Cool Hand Luke, Bonnie and Clyde, and Ode to Billy Joe

One on One is a 1977 movie starring Robby Benson and Annette O'Toole. It was written by Robby Benson and Jerry Segal (Robby Benson's father), based on a story by Segal, and shot on location in 1976 at Colorado State University. The movie...

In this article: One on One, Annette O'Toole, Lamont Johnson, Colorado State University, and Warner Brothers

...album called "Wake 'Em Up in Tokyo" which has not been reissued on CD, featured several songs written by Robby and Karla. In 1990, she and Benson co-starred in the film Modern Love '' (1990). After Robby voiced the title role in Disney's...

In this article: Karla DeVito, Linda Ronstadt, Disney, Hair, The Breakfast Club, Chicago, New York, Children's Theatre, and Bat out of Hell

...a special sports-themed version. He came up with the 1978 figure skating melodrama "Ice Castles," with Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson; the original "Bad News Bears"; and "The Cheerleaders," a 1974 drive-in classic. Despite the obvious...

In this article: Humphrey Bogart, Zidane, French Open, Ice Castles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Paris-Roubaix, San Francisco Chronicle, and Zinedine Zidane

...to see Henry Cavill's sex scenes as Charles Brandon. I realized that Cavill (pictured, left) reminds me of a superhot Robby Benson. It's the eyes. They're not the same color, but they've got a similar depth and softness and intoxicating...

In this article: Henry Cavill, Weirds, YouTube, Javier Bardem, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and I Capture the Castle

...project, and filming was set to begin in two months. "I said yes to this because Larry needed me," Benson says. "I said yes because I wanted to help make the movie good." Early on, Benson learned to serve the project above all else --...

In this article: Billy: The Early Years, Karla DeVito, Billy Graham, Paul Newman, Surgery, Los Angeles Times, New York City, and North Carolina

"I was attracted to this project for, I think, all the right reasons for me, and spiritually, the things I believe in," Benson said. "To me, young Billy is just such a good, decent human being. I wanted to make a movie _ this sounds...

In this article: Billy Graham, Ice Castles, Armand Hammer, Franklin Graham, Charles Templeton, God, and Billy: The Early Years