Richard Benjamin

Info

Role

Director | Actor

Date of birth

05/22/1938

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Primetime Emmy Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards

1 nomination

Golden Globes, USA
Golden Globes, USA

1 win & 1 nomination

Richard Benjamin

Biography

Although his actress wife Paula Prentiss became a star by the early 1960s, it took Richard Benjamin almost fifteen years to establish his screen persona, but the wait was rewarding. After extensive work in theatre as actor and director, and his participation in the cult TV series He & She (1967), in which he co-starred with Prentiss, he won the starring role in the screen adaptation of Philip Roth's best-seller, Goodbye, Columbus (1969). That was followed by roles in Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker (1971) and another Roth adaptation, Portnoy's Complaint (1972), that turned him into a prominent "archetype of East Coast Jewish intellectual agony", as critic Jonathan Romney defines him. But his forte was comedy and he won a Golden Globe when he repeated his stage role in the film version of Neil Simon's The Sunshine Boys (1975). Although he still performs, Benjamin turned to direction since the 80s with the highly acclaimed comedy My Favorite Year (1982).

Known For

Filmography

Sort by
Popularity
Movies

0% (You've watched 0 of 42)

You People

You People

5.5
5.5
Acting
Role: Dr. Green
The Money Pit

The Money Pit

5.1
5.1
Directing
Westworld

Westworld

7.2
7.2
Acting
Role: Peter Martin
Acting
Role: Ken
Mermaids

Mermaids

6.7
6.7
Directing
Directing
Catch-22

Catch-22

7.1
7.1
Acting
Role: Major Danby
Made in America

Made in America

5.1
5.1
Directing
Milk Money

Milk Money

5.7
5.7
Directing
Acting
Role: Dr. Fancher
City Heat

City Heat

5.5
5.5
Directing
Directing
Acting
Role: Tom
Directing
Acting
Role: Ben Clark
Acting
Role: Dr. Jeff Rosenberg
Little Nikita

Little Nikita

5.9
5.9
Directing
Marci X

Marci X

3.0
3.0
Acting / Directing
Role: Ben Feld
Load more
Series

0% (You've watched 0 of 28)

Shows

0% (You've watched 0 of 61)

FAILED