Ben Carruthers
American actor (1936-1983) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 47
Benito F. Carruthers was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film Shadows (1959).
Ben Carruthers is read about 65 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Universal SoldierFilm, Jesse1971
Man in the WildernessFilm, Longbow1969
Fearless FrankFilm, The Cat
RiotFilm, 1969"Surefoot"1968
The ChampionsSeries, Perango
The Lost ContinentFilm, 1968Ricaldi1967
The Dirty DozenFilm, Glenn Gilpin
The Unknown Man of ShandigorFilm, 1967Manuel1965
A High Wind in JamaicaFilm, Alberto
GoldsteinFilm, 1965JayScruggsFilm, 1965Ben Scruggs1964
The Wednesday PlaySeries, Roscoe Mortimer
LilithFilm, 1964Benito (uncredited)1961
Guns of the TreesFilm, Ben1960
ShadowsFilm, Ben1958
The Beast of BudapestFilm, Sentry (uncredited)1936Born14 August 1936People around Ben
John Cassavetes Directed Shadows (1962)
Jim Brown Also in The Dirty Dozen and Riot
Robert Aldrich Directed The Dirty Dozen (1967)
Jonas Mekas Directed Guns of the Trees (1961)
Seymour Cassel Produced Shadows (1962)
Philip Kaufman Directed Goldstein and Fearless Frank
William Castle Produced Riot (1970)
Bo Widerberg Directed Love 65 (1965)
Richard C. Sarafian Directed Man in the Wilderness (1971)- Alexander Mackendrick Directed A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)
- Cy Endfield Directed Universal Soldier (1971)
Anthony Holland Also in Goldstein and Fearless Frank- Michael Carreras Directed The Lost Continent (1968)
Buzz Kulik Directed Riot (1970)
Nikolai van der Heyde Directed To Grab the Ring (1968)
Al Mancini Also in The Dirty Dozen and To Grab the Ring
Ben CarruthersPartners
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyKnown for
View all 17 titles
The Dirty Dozen 1967
Shadows 1960
Lilith 1964
Man in the Wilderness 1971
The Lost Continent 1968
Filmography 17
19 credits on file
Television 2
Media & music
Photos 1
About this person
His other films included A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) as Glenn Gilpin, Fearless Frank (1967), To Grab the Ring (1968), The Lost Continent (1968), Riot (1969) as the unpredictable and psychotic Joe Surefoot, Man in the Wilderness (1971), and Universal Soldier (1971).
