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Richard Benjamin

Known for acting · Born 22 May 1938 · 88 · New York City, New York, USA

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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 Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).

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Known for

Westworld

1973

The Money Pit

1986

Mermaids

1990

My Stepmother Is an Alien

1988

Made in America

1993

Catch-22

1970

Milk Money

1994

Mrs. Winterbourne

1996

City Heat

1984

The Last of Sheila

1973

Little Nikita

1988

My Favorite Year

1982

Acting (54)

2025SEGALSelfFilm
2024Ex-HusbandsSimon PearceFilm
2023You PeopleDr. GreenFilm
2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelfFilm
2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - FilmmakerFilm
2012PabloSelfFilm
2008Henry Poole Is HereDr. FancherFilm
2008Childrens HospitalDan RichardsSeries
2007Pushing DaisiesJerry HolmesSeries
2006Keeping Up with the SteinsKenFilm
2004The Goodbye GirlOliver FreyFilm
2003Marci XBen FeldFilm
2003Halloween: A Cut Above the RestPeter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)Film
2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelfFilm
2001The Shrink Is InSamantha's Editor (uncredited)Film
2000TitusBillSeries
1998The Pentagon WarsCasper WeinbergerFilm
1997Deconstructing HarryKenFilm
1992Mad About YouMr. Frank DiChristophoroSeries
1992Love & WarSeries
1989First WorksSelfFilm
1983Packin' It InGary WebberFilm
1982WoganSelfSeries
1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special LadySelfFilm
1981Saturday the 14thJohnFilm
1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingAlbertFilm
1980The Last Married Couple in AmericaMarv CooperFilm
1980Witches' BrewJoshua LightmanFilm
1980First FamilyPress Secretary BunthorneFilm
1979Love at First BiteDr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van HelsingFilm
1979Scavenger HuntStuart SelsomeFilm
1978House CallsDr. Norman SolomonFilm
1978FameMeyer ShineFilm
1977QuarkAdam Quark · 8 episodesSeries
1977No Room to RunNick LoomisFilm
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host · 2 episodesSeries
1975The Sunshine BoysBen ClarkFilm
1975The Lion Roars AgainSelfFilm
1973WestworldPeter MartinFilm
1973The Last of SheilaTom ParkmanFilm
1973On Location with WestworldSelf (uncredited)Film
1972Portnoy's ComplaintAlexander PortnoyFilm
1971The SteagleHarold WeissFilm
1971The Marriage of a Young StockbrokerWilliam AlrenFilm
1970Catch-22Maj. DanbyFilm
1970Diary of a Mad HousewifeJonathan BalserFilm
1969Goodbye, ColumbusNeil KlugmanFilm
1967He & SheDick Hollister · 26 episodesSeries
1963Vacation PlayhouseTed PennySeries
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf · 5 episodes, Self - Guest HostSeries
1961Dr. KildareDr. Adam Barstow, InternSeries
1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter · 2 episodesSeries
1951Hallmark Hall of FameMeyer ShineSeries
—Science Fiction Film AwardsSelfSeries

Crew (1)

2017Ida Western ExileThanksFilm

Directing (21)

2006A Little Thing Called MurderDirectorFilm
2004The Goodbye GirlDirector, ProducerFilm
2003Marci XDirectorFilm
2001The Shrink Is InDirectorFilm
2001Laughter on the 23rd FloorDirectorFilm
2001The Sports PagesDirectorFilm
1998The Pentagon WarsDirectorFilm
1998Tourist TrapDirectorFilm
1996Mrs. WinterbourneDirectorFilm
1994Milk MoneyDirectorFilm
1993Made in AmericaDirectorFilm
1990MermaidsDirectorFilm
1990DowntownDirectorFilm
1988My Stepmother Is an AlienDirectorFilm
1988Little NikitaDirectorFilm
1986The Money PitDirectorFilm
1984City HeatDirectorFilm
1984Racing with the MoonDirectorFilm
1982My Favorite YearDirectorFilm
1980Semi-ToughDirectorSeries
—Back of BookDirectorFilm