Richard Benjamin
American actor and film director · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1938 · age 88
Richard Samuel Benjamin is an American actor and 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 and Saturday the 14th (1981).
Richard Benjamin is read about 541 times a day, in 32 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 104 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
Ex-HusbandsFilm, Simon Pearce2020
Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindFilm2008
Childrens HospitalSeries, Dan Richards
Henry Poole Is HereFilm, 2008Dr. Fancher2007
Pushing DaisiesSeries, Jerry Holmes2004
The Goodbye GirlFilm, Director, Producer1998
The Pentagon WarsFilm, Director1996
Mrs. WinterbourneFilm, Director1993
Made in AmericaFilm, Director1992
Love & WarSeries1988
Little NikitaFilm, Director1984
City HeatFilm, Director1982
WoganSeries1981
Saturday the 14thFilm, John1978
House CallsFilm, Dr. Norman Solomon1977
QuarkSeries, Adam Quark1975
Saturday Night LiveSeries1973
The Last of SheilaFilm, Tom Parkman1971
The SteagleFilm, Harold Weiss1969
Goodbye, ColumbusFilm, Neil Klugman1967Theatre World AwardAward1963Vacation PlayhouseSeries, Ted Penny1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSeries1956
Tony AwardsSeries1951
Hallmark Hall of FameSeries, Meyer Shine1938Born22 May 1938People around Richard
Philip Bosco Richard directed The Money Pit and Milk Money
Kelsey Grammer Richard directed The Pentagon Wars (1998)
Jane Krakowski Richard directed Mrs. Winterbourne and Marci X
Carol Kane Richard directed Racing with the Moon (1984)
Herbert Ross Directed The Sunshine Boys (1979)
Michael Schoeffling Richard directed Mermaids (1990)
David Arquette Richard directed The Shrink Is In (2001)
Rip Torn Richard directed City Heat (1985)
Fred Willard Also in Pushing Daisies
Judy Davis Richard directed A Little Thing Called Murder (2006)
Nia Long Richard directed Made in America (1993)
Madeline Kahn Richard directed City Heat (1985)
Susan Saint James Also in How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
Buck Henry Directed First Family (1980)
Art Evans Richard directed Downtown (1990)
Hamilton Camp Richard directed City Heat (1985)
Roger Aaron Brown Richard directed Downtown (1990)- Robert Scheerer Directed How to Beat the High Co$t of Living (1980)
Basil Hoffman Richard directed My Favorite Year (1982)- Melvin Simon Produced Scavenger Hunt (1979)
Woody Allen Directed Deconstructing Harry (1998)
Clint Eastwood Richard directed City Heat (1985)
Nicolas Cage Richard directed Racing with the Moon (1984)
Cher Richard directed Mermaids (1991)
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. A marriage is drawn as ended only where its end is recorded, so a spouse drawn here may be a former one.
Correct this familyKnown for
View all 40 titles
Deconstructing Harry 1997
Mrs. Winterbourne 1996
The Last of Sheila 1973
The Pentagon Wars 1998
The Sunshine Boys 1975
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 40
79 credits on file
Television 16
Media & music
Awards
About this person
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, 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 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.
