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Richard Benjamin

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Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), Catch-22 (1970), Portnoy's Complaint (1972), Westworld, The Last of Sheila (both 1973) and Saturday the 14th (1981). In 1968, Benjamin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance on the CBS sitcom He & She (starring opposite his wife Paula Prentiss), which aired from 1967-1968. In 1976, Benjamin received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture for his performance as aged vaudevillian Willy Clark's (Walter Matthau) comedically long-suffering nephew, confidante and talent agent, Ben Clark, in Herbert Ross' The Sunshine Boys (1975), based on Neil Simon's 1972 hit stage play of the same name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Benjamin is the 5,184th most popular actor (down from 4,710th in 2019), the 8,097th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,889th in 2019) and the 2,369th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Richard Benjamin ranks 5,184 out of 13,578. Before him are Tony Plana, Charles Hallahan, Allen Garfield, Gary Merrill, Amelia Bence, and Eric Winter. After him are Julian Richings, Blair Brown, Wilfred Lucas, Donna Mills, Denise Crosby, and Wings Hauser.

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Among people born in 1938, Richard Benjamin ranks 449. Before him are Emilio Trivini, Vija Celmins, Anita Thallaug, Haruhiro Yamashita, Duane Eddy, and Natalya Krachkovskaya. After him are Carlos Monsiváis, Reni Santoni, Shuji Tsurumi, Gimax, Nicolás Ardito Barletta Vallarino, and Aleksandar Kozlina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Benjamin ranks 8,099 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Homer Haskins (1870), Chet Miller (1902), Bernard A. Harris Jr. (1956), Allen Garfield (1939), Gary Merrill (1915), and Eric Winter (1976). After him are John Antoine Nau (1860), Blair Brown (1946), Abraham Flexner (1866), Cytherea (1981), Carl Blegen (1887), and Donna Mills (1940).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Richard Benjamin ranks 2,370. Before him are Cailee Spaeny (1997), Patricia Heaton (1958), Charles Hallahan (1943), Allen Garfield (1939), Gary Merrill (1915), and Eric Winter (1976). After him are Blair Brown (1946), Donna Mills (1940), Denise Crosby (1957), Wings Hauser (1947), Butterfly McQueen (1911), and Dooley Wilson (1886).

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