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Richard Benjamin

Actor

Richard Benjamin

Born May 22, 1938 in New York City, New York, USA29 films

Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).

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Deconstructing Harry posterFirst watchDeconstructing Harry19977.2as KenWriter Harry Block draws inspiration from people he knows, and from events that happened to him, sometimes causing these people to become alienated from him as a result.View film

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Westworld poster6.8Westworld1973Catch-22 poster6.7Catch-221970You People poster5.6You People2023The Last of Sheila poster7.0The Last of Sheila1973The Sunshine Boys poster6.9The Sunshine Boys1975Henry Poole Is Here poster5.9Henry Poole Is Here2008The Pentagon Wars poster6.9The Pentagon Wars1998Love at First Bite poster6.0Love at First Bite1979

Filmography

29 films as actor
  1. 2024Ex-HusbandsSimon Pearce
  2. 2023You PeopleDr. Green
  3. 2008Henry Poole Is HereDr. Fancher
  4. 2006Keeping Up with the SteinsKen
  5. 2004The Goodbye GirlOliver Frey
  6. 2003Marci XBen Feld
  7. 2001The Shrink Is InSamantha's Editor (uncredited)
  8. 1998The Pentagon WarsCasper Weinberger
  9. 1997Deconstructing HarryKen
  10. 1983Packin' It InGary Webber
  11. 1981Saturday the 14thJohn
  12. 1980First FamilyPress Secretary Bunthorne
  13. 1980Witches' BrewJoshua Lightman
  14. 1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingAlbert
  15. 1980The Last Married Couple in AmericaMarv Cooper
  16. 1979Scavenger HuntStuart Selsome
  17. 1979Love at First BiteDr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
  18. 1978FameMeyer Shine
  19. 1978House CallsDr. Norman Solomon
  20. 1977No Room to RunNick Loomis
  21. 1975The Sunshine BoysBen Clark
  22. 1973WestworldPeter Martin
  23. 1973The Last of SheilaTom Parkman
  24. 1972Portnoy's ComplaintAlexander Portnoy
  25. 1971The SteagleHarold Weiss
  26. 1971The Marriage of a Young StockbrokerWilliam Alren
  27. 1970Diary of a Mad HousewifeJonathan Balser
  28. 1970Catch-22Maj. Danby
  29. 1969Goodbye, ColumbusNeil Klugman