Paul Benjamin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-02-04 (81 years old)

Deathday

2019-06-28

Place of Birth

Pelion, South Carolina, USA

Paul Benjamin

Biography

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 C...

Acting

2003

The Station Agent

as Henry Styles

1979

1971

1976

Leadbelly

as Wes Ledbetter

1975

Friendly Persuasion

as Swan Stebeney

1973

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

as Lt. Valentine

1980

2007

2000

Stanley's Gig

as Teddy Branson

1997

Hoodlum

as Whispers

1983

Deadly Force

as Lester

1969

Midnight Cowboy

as Bartender

1997

Rosewood

as James Carrier

1975

Distance

as Sgt. Elwood Horne

1972

Across 110th Street

as Jim Harris

1999

The Breaks

as Clerk

2005

2001

DMX: Angel

as Minister

1971

Born to Win

as Fixer

1975

Friday Foster

as Senator David Lee Hart

1987

1987

Nuts

as Harry Harrison

1989

The Meeting

as Rashad

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