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Ben Astar

Actor

Ben Astar

Born June 15, 1909 in Palestine [now Israel]Died October 20, 198824 films

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Blade Runner posterFirst watchBlade Runner19827.9as Abdul Ben HassanIn the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator…View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Bad and the Beautiful poster7.3The Bad and the Beautiful1952The Robe poster6.8The Robe19535 Fingers poster7.55 Fingers1952The Story of Ruth poster7.5The Story of Ruth1960Walk Don't Run poster6.5Walk Don't Run1966Bye Bye Birdie poster5.9Bye Bye Birdie1963

Filmography

24 films as actor
  1. 1982Blade RunnerAbdul Ben Hassan
  2. 1980The Kids Who Knew Too MuchPremier Markov
  3. 1978SextetteIsraeli Delegate
  4. 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundGeneral Mailenkoff
  5. 1966Walk Don't RunDimitri
  6. 1964A House Is Not a HomeMax Ludwig
  7. 1963Bye Bye BirdieBallet Manager
  8. 1962Five Weeks in a BalloonMyanga
  9. 1961The Honeymoon MachineRussian consul
  10. 1961On the DoubleGeneral Zlinkov
  11. 1960The Story of RuthOfficial (uncredited)
  12. 1959The Man Who Understood WomenFrench Doctor
  13. 1959This Earth Is MineYakowitz
  14. 1954Charge of the LancersGen. Inderman
  15. 1953The RobeCleander (uncredited)
  16. 1953The Desert SongSheik
  17. 1953Fort TiFrançois Leroy
  18. 1953Target Hong KongSuma
  19. 1952The Bad and the BeautifulJoe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
  20. 1952Assignment: ParisMinister of Justice Vajos
  21. 19525 FingersSiebert
  22. 1951The Light TouchHamadi Mahmoud
  23. 1951Queen for a DayMr. Nalawak
  24. 1951Smuggler's IslandPort Authority Captain