Paul Benjamin
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- 4 de febrero de 1935 · Pelion, South Carolina, USA
- 28 de junio de 2019
Biografía
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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- Occupy, Texas · Mr. Goodman
- Ascension Day · Sam
- Cuentas pendientes · Cody
- Deacons for Defense · Otis
- Vías cruzadas · Henry Styles
- The Shield: Al margen de la ley · Perry
- DMX: Angel · Minister
- Stanley's Gig · Teddy Branson
- Ángel · Fellow Resident
- Last Rites · Fez
- The Breaks · Clerk
- Hampones · Whispers
- Rosewood · James Carrier
- Vanishing Point · Mose, Snake Wrangler
- Drop Squad · Wellington Cosbie
- Urgencias · Al Ervin
- The Fence · Del Reston
- Back to the Streets of San Francisco · Henry Brown
- El súper · Gilliam
- The Five Heartbeats · Mr. King
- Ley y orden · Lonnie Jackson
- Haz lo que debas · ML
- The Meeting · Rashad
- Loca · Harry Harrison
- The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains · Big Sam
- Aguarda un extraño · Cooper
- The Atlanta Child Murders · Homer Williams
- Night Heat
- Stoney el frio · Lester
- Una especie de héroe · Leon
- American Playhouse · Rashad
- La trompeta de Gedeon · Artis
- Knots Landing · Mr. Carter
- Fuga de 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 · Senator David Lee Hart
- Distance · Sgt. Elwood Horne
- Starsky y Hutch
- Friendly Persuasion · Swan Stebeney
- La mujer policia
- The Education of Sonny Carson · Pops
- Con furia en la sangre · Jacob
- Kojak · Willie Daniels
- Police Story
- Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside · Lt. Valentine
- Pánico en la calle 110 · Jim Harris
- Nacido para ganar · Fixer
- Supergolpe en Manhattan · Jimmy
- Cowboy de medianoche · Bartender
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Arlis