Richard Benjamin
American actor and film director / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Catch-22 (1970), Portnoy's Complaint (1972), Westworld (1973), The Last of Sheila (1973), and The Sunshine Boys (1975), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture. Benjamin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performances in He & She (1968), opposite his wife Paula Prentiss.
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Born | Richard Samuel Benjamin (1938-05-22) May 22, 1938 (age 85) New York City, U.S. |
Alma mater | Northwestern University |
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Years active | 1962–present |
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Children | 2 |
After directing for television, his first film as a director was the 1982 comedy My Favorite Year, starring Peter O’Toole, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. His other films as a director include City Heat (1984), The Money Pit (1986), My Stepmother Is an Alien (1988), Mermaids (1990), Made in America (1993), Milk Money (1994), Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), and Marci X (2003).