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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...
Known for
Law & OrderSeries • 1990
ERSeries • 1994
The ShieldSeries • 2002
Knots LandingSeries • 1979
American PlayhouseSeries • 1982
AngelSeries • 1999
Starsky & HutchSeries • 1975
Police WomanSeries • 1974
KojakSeries • 1973
Police StorySeries • 1973
Night HeatSeries • 1985
Escape from AlcatrazMovie • 1979
Do the Right ThingMovie • 1989
Midnight CowboyMovie • 1969
The Station AgentMovie • 2003
HoodlumMovie • 1997
The SuperMovie • 1991
Across 110th StreetMovie • 1972
The Anderson TapesMovie • 1971
NutsMovie • 1987
The Five HeartbeatsMovie • 1991
RosewoodMovie • 1997
Some Kind of HeroMovie • 1982
The Deadly TrackersMovie • 1973