Paul Benjamin
- Recitazione
- 4 febbraio 1935 · Pelion, South Carolina, USA
- 28 giugno 2019
Biografia
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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Filmografia
- Occupy, Texas · Mr. Goodman
- Ascension Day · Sam
- Back in the Day · Cody
- Deacons for defence - Lotta per la libertà · Otis
- The Station Agent · Henry Styles
- The Shield · Perry
- DMX: Angel · Minister
- Stanley's Gig · Teddy Branson
- Angel · Fellow Resident
- Visioni di morte · Fez
- The Breaks · Clerk
- Hoodlum · Whispers
- Rosewood · James Carrier
- Vanishing Point · Mose, Snake Wrangler
- Drop Squad · Wellington Cosbie
- E.R. - Medici in prima linea · Al Ervin
- The Fence · Del Reston
- Back to the Streets of San Francisco · Henry Brown
- Il padrone di casa · Gilliam
- The Five Heartbeats · Mr. King
- Law & Order - I due volti della giustizia · Lonnie Jackson
- Fa' la cosa giusta · ML
- The Meeting · Rashad
- Pazza · Harry Harrison
- Incatenato all'inferno · Big Sam
- A Stranger Waits · Cooper
- The Atlanta Child Murders · Homer Williams
- Night Heat
- Forza bruta · Lester
- State uniti in America · Leon
- American Playhouse · Rashad
- Gideon's Trumpet · Artis
- California · Mr. Carter
- Fuga da 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
- Assassinio all'aeroporto · Senator David Lee Hart
- Distance · Sgt. Elwood Horne
- Starsky & Hutch
- Friendly Persuasion · Swan Stebeney
- Pepper Anderson agente speciale
- The Education of Sonny Carson · Pops
- La rossa ombra di Riata · Jacob
- Kojak · Willie Daniels
- Sulle strade della California
- Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside · Lt. Valentine
- Rubare alla mafia è un suicidio · Jim Harris
- Il mio uomo è una canaglia · Fixer
- Rapina record a New York · Jimmy
- Un uomo da marciapiede · Bartender
- Hallmark Hall of Fame · Arlis