Paul Benjamin
- Schauspiel
- 4. Februar 1935 · Pelion, South Carolina, USA
- 28. Juni 2019
Biografie
Paul Benjamin (February 4, 1935 – June 28, 2019) was 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 primarily did 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmografie
- Occupy, Texas · Mr. Goodman
- Ascension Day · Sam
- Back in the Day · Cody
- Deacons for Defense · Otis
- Station Agent · Henry Styles
- The Shield – Gesetz der Gewalt · Perry
- DMX: Angel · Minister
- Stanley's Gig · Teddy Branson
- Angel - Jäger der Finsternis · Fellow Resident
- Last Rites - Sakrament für einen Mörder · Fez
- The Breaks · Clerk
- Harlem, N.Y.C. · Whispers
- Rosewood Burning · James Carrier
- Höllenjagd nach San Francisco · Mose, Snake Wrangler
- Mission D.R.O.P. · Wellington Cosbie
- Emergency Room – Die Notaufnahme · Al Ervin
- The Fence · Del Reston
- Zurück auf die Straßen von San Francisco · Henry Brown
- Ein Vermieter zum Knutschen · Gilliam
- The Five Heartbeats · Mr. King
- Law & Order · Lonnie Jackson
- Do the Right Thing · ML
- The Meeting · Rashad
- Nuts… Durchgedreht · Harry Harrison
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains · Big Sam
- Dark Night - Der Tod kommt nachts · Cooper
- The Atlanta Child Murders · Homer Williams
- Night Heat
- Todesschwadron · Lester
- Ein besonderer Held · Leon
- American Playhouse · Rashad
- Gideons Paukenschlag · Artis
- Unter der Sonne Kaliforniens · Mr. Carter
- Flucht von Alcatraz · English
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings · Freeman
- One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story · John LeFlore
- Leadbelly · Wes Ledbetter
- Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys · Ramsey
- Friday Foster - Im Netz der schwarzen Spinne · Senator David Lee Hart
- Distance · Sgt. Elwood Horne
- Starsky & Hutch
- Friendly Persuasion · Swan Stebeney
- Make-Up und Pistolen
- Die Erziehung des Sonny Carson · Pops
- Bis zum letzten Atemzug · Jacob
- Kojak · Willie Daniels
- Police Story
- Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside · Lt. Valentine
- Straße zum Jenseits · Jim Harris
- Pforte zur Hölle · Fixer
- Der Anderson Clan · Jimmy
- Asphalt-Cowboy · Bartender
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Arlis