Ben Carruthers

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-08-14 (47 years old)

Deathday

1983-09-27

Place of Birth

Illinois, USA

Ben Carruthers

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benito "Ben" F. Carruthers (14 August 1936, Illinois, USA - 27 September 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film Shadows (1959). He later appeared in Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) as Glenn Gilpin. His last film performance was in Man in the Wilderness (1971). Carruthers died of liver failure in 1983 at the age of 47. He stood 6' 1". His son was a drummer for a very short time in Megadeth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Carruthers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipe...

Acting

1968

1958

The Beast of Budapest

as Sentry (uncredited)

1964

Lilith

as Benito (uncredited)

1960

Shadows

as Ben

1965

The Man Without Papers

as Roscoe Mortimer

1971

1972

1967

The Dirty Dozen

as Glenn Gilpin

1965

Goldstein

as Jay

1969

Fearless Frank

as The Cat

1965

Love 65

as Benito

1968

To Grab the Ring

as Alfred Lowell

1965

Scruggs

as Ben Scruggs

1969

Riot

as "Surefoot"

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