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Paul Benjamin Died at age: 81

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Paul Benjamin

Date of Birth:

Feb 04, 1938

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 28, 2019

Biography of

Paul Benjamin

    Paul Benjamin (born 1938) is an American actor.

    Benjamin was born in Pelion, South Carolina. He made his film debut in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy. After a small role in Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes, he did extensive television work in the 1970s.

    A few notable exceptions were a major role in Barry Shear's Across 110th Street, and smaller parts in Gordon Parks' biopic Leadbelly, Arthur Marks' Friday Foster, and Don Siegel's prison film Escape from Alcatraz. He gave exceptional performances in the TV adaptations of I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings and Gideon's Trumpet. He later starred in the HBO movie The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, based on the novel by Robert E. Burns.

    On the big screen in the 1990s, Benjamin worked with some well known directors. He appeared in Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats, Bill Duke's Hoodlum, and John Singleton's Rosewood.

    On television, he appeared in the 1994 pilot episode of ER, which led to his recurring role of homeless man Al Ervin during the next few seasons. Benjamin also worked on the American Masters documentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ralph Ellison, which aired on PBS.

    After 2000, he appeared primarily in small independent films like Stanley's Gig, The Station Agent, Deacons For Defense, and James Hunter's 2004 drama Back in the Day.

    He recently made a special appearance in the independent film The Talk Man, directed by Gene Gallerano.

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Filmography of

Paul Benjamin

Found 30 Movies in total

Back in the Day

Cody ( Actor )

... 2005

The Station Agent

Henry Styles ( Actor )

... 2003

Deacons for Defense

Otis ( Actor )

... 2003

The Breaks

Clerk ( Actor )

... 1999

Hoodlum

Whispers ( Actor )

... 1997

Rosewood

James Carrier ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1992

... 1989

The Meeting

Rashad ( Actor )

... 1989

Nuts

Harry Harrison ( Actor )

... 1987

... 1987

A Stranger Waits

Cooper ( Actor )

... 1987

Deadly Force

Lester ( Actor )

... 1983

Some Kind of Hero

Leon ( Actor )

... 1982

Gideon's Trumpet

Artis ( Actor )

... 1980

Escape from Alcatraz

English ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1979

... 1978

Leadbelly

Wes Ledbetter ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1976

Friday Foster

Senator David Lee Hart ( Actor )

... 1975

Distance

Sgt. Elwood Horne ( Actor )

... 1975

Friendly Persuasion

Swan Stebeney ( Actor )

... 1975

... 1974

The Deadly Trackers

Jacob ( Actor )

... 1973

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

Lt. Valentine ( Actor )

... 1973

Across 110th Street

Jim Harris ( Actor )

... 1972

Born to Win

Fixer ( Actor )

... 1971

The Anderson Tapes

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1971

Midnight Cowboy

Bartender ( Actor )

... 1969