Richard Benjamin
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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 was graduated from Northwestern University where he was involved in many plays and studied in the famous Northwestern theater school. Benjamin is Jewish.[1] 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.
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[edit] Acting filmography
- Goodbye, Columbus (1969)
- Catch-22 (1970)
- Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970)
- The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971)
- The Steagle (1971)
- Portnoy's Complaint (1972)
- The Last of Sheila (1973)
- Westworld (1973)
- The Sunshine Boys (1975)
- Quark_(TV_series) (1977-8)
- Love At First Bite (1979)
- Scavenger Hunt (1979)
- Witches' Brew (1980)
- The Last Married Couple in America (1980)
- How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
- First Family (1980)
- Saturday the 14th (1981)
- Lift (1992)
- Deconstructing Harry (1997)
- The Shrink Is In (2001)
- Marci X (2003)
- Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
[edit] Directing filmography
- My Favorite Year (1982)
- Racing with the Moon (1984)
- City Heat (1984)
- The Money Pit (1986)
- Little Nikita (1988)
- My Stepmother is an Alien (1988)
- Downtown (film) (1990)
- Mermaids (film) (1990)
- Made in America (1993)
- Milk Money (1994)
- Mrs. Winterbourne (1996)
- Marci X (2003)
[edit] Personal life
He is married to actress Paula Prentiss. They have two (now adult) children, Ross & Prentiss.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Motion Pictures". Encyclopaedia Judaica. (1971-1972). Keter Publishing House. Retrieved on 2006-11-17.
[edit] External links
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