Biography
Richard Samuel Benjamin is an American actor and director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Catch-22 (1970), Portnoy's Complaint (1972), Westworld, The Last of Sheila and Saturday the 14th (1981). In 1968, Benjamin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance on the CBS sitcom He & She, which aired from 1967-1968. In 1976, Benjamin received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture for his performance as aged vaudevillian Willy Clark's comedically long-suffering nephew, confidante and talent agent, Ben Clark, in Herbert Ross' The Sunshine Boys (1975), based on Neil Simon's 1972 hit stage play of the same name.
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Awards & recognition
- Theatre World Award · 1967
Filmography39 titles
Pushing Daisies
Packin' It In
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Deconstructing Harry
Mrs. Winterbourne
Pablo
Childrens Hospital
The Pentagon Wars
The Sunshine Boys
Saturday Night Live
The Last of Sheila
Westworld
Mad About You
Mermaids
Catch-22
My Favorite Year
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Milk Money
The Money Pit
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Love & War
Racing with the Moon
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Ex-Husbands
Little Nikita
Henry Poole Is Here
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Downtown
You People
Scavenger Hunt
Made in America
City Heat
Keeping Up with the Steins
Goodbye, Columbus
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Saturday the 14th
The Steagle
The Shrink Is In
Marci X