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      Richard Benjamin

      Richard Benjamin

      Highest Rated: 97% My Favorite Year (1982)

      Lowest Rated: 8% Marci X (2003)

      Birthday: May 22, 1938

      Birthplace: New York, New York, USA

      Best known for his characterizations of two Philip Roth characters, in "Goodbye Columbus" (1969) and "Portnoy's Complaint" (1972), Benjamin had walk-on juvenile parts in some 1950s films and first earned adult recognition on Broadway, starring in Neil Simon's "Star-Spangled Girl" (1966). He had directed "Barefoot in the Park" in London the previous year. Other off-beat acting highlights include "Catch-22" (1970) and "The Sunshine Boys" (1975).

      Highest rated movies

      Goodbye, Columbus
      The Last of Sheila
      Westworld
      Diary of a Mad Housewife
      Catch-22
      Deconstructing Harry
      The Sunshine Boys
      Love at First Bite

      Photos

      LITTLE NIKITA, director Richard Benjamin, on-set, 1988, (c) Columbia Pictures THE SUNSHINE BOYS, Lee Meredith, George Burns, Walter Matthau, Richard Benjamin, 1975 HOUSE CALLS, Richard Benjamin, 1978, ©Universal Pictures THE STEAGLE, Richard Benjamin, Diane Ladd, 1971 THE SUNSHINE BOYS, George Burns, Walter Matthau, Richard Benjamin, 1975 THE LAST OF SHEILA, Richard Benjamin, 1973 DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE, Richard Benjamin, Carrie Snogress, 1970 MY FAVORITE YEAR, director Richard Benjamin, on-set, 1982, ©MGM / GOODBYE COLUMBUS, Richard Benjamin, 1969 PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Richard Benjamin, 1972. PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Richard Benjamin, 1972. WESTWORLD, Richard Benjamin, 1973 THE MARRIAGE OF A YOUNG STOCKBROKER, Richard Benjamin, 1971 WESTWORLD, Richard Benjamin, James Brolin, 1973 PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Karen Black, Richard Benjamin, 1972 PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Karen Black, Richard Benjamin, 1972 GOODBYE COLUMBUS, Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, 1969 THE STEAGLE, Richard Benjamin, Susan Tyrrell, 1971 THE STEAGLE, Richard Benjamin, 1971 PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT, Lee Grant, Richard Benjamin, 1972

      Filmography

      Movies

      Credit
      40% 34% You People Dr. Green (Character) - 2023
      67% No Score Yet Ex-Husbands Unknown (Character) - 2023
      40% 52% Henry Poole Is Here Dr. Fancher (Character) $1.8M 2008
      No Score Yet 36% A Little Thing Called Murder Director - 2006
      36% 38% Keeping Up With the Steins Rabbi Schulberg (Character) $4.3M 2006
      No Score Yet 44% The Goodbye Girl Oliver Fry (Character),
      Director
      - 2004
      8% 29% Marci X Ben Feld (Character),
      Director
      $1.6M 2003
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Sports Pages Director - 2001
      No Score Yet 40% Laughter on the 23rd Floor Director - 2001
      No Score Yet 46% The Shrink Is In Director - 2000
      No Score Yet 83% The Pentagon Wars Casper Weinberger (Character),
      Director
      - 1998
      No Score Yet 57% Tourist Trap Director - 1998
      73% 82% Deconstructing Harry Ken (Character) $10.7M 1997
      15% 63% Mrs. Winterbourne Director $8.8M 1996
      12% 37% Milk Money Director $17.0M 1994
      33% 29% Made in America Director $41.8M 1993
      72% 70% Mermaids Director $34.9M 1990
      No Score Yet 32% Downtown Director $2.2M 1990
      53% 45% Little Nikita Director $1.5M 1988
      20% 30% My Stepmother Is an Alien Director $12.9M 1988
      50% 58% The Money Pit Director $30.9M 1986
      22% 24% City Heat Director - 1984
      60% 61% Racing With the Moon Director - 1984
      No Score Yet 88% Packin' It In Gary Webber (Character) - 1983
      97% 84% My Favorite Year Director - 1982
      10% 33% Saturday the 14th John (Character) - 1981
      20% 11% First Family Press Secretary Bunthorne (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 40% Witches' Brew Joshua Lightman (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 22% The Last Married Couple in America Marv Cooper (Character) - 1980
      No Score Yet 75% Scavenger Hunt Stuart Selsome (Character) - 1979
      No Score Yet 42% How to Beat the High Cost of Living Albert (Character) - 1979
      70% 55% Love at First Bite Doctor Jeff Rosenberg (Character) - 1979
      33% 48% House Calls Dr. Norman Solomon (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Fame Meyer Shine (Character) - 1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet No Room to Run Nick Loomis (Character) - 1978
      71% 72% The Sunshine Boys Ben Clark (Character) - 1975
      90% 84% The Last of Sheila Tom (Character) - 1973
      84% 70% Westworld Peter Martin (Character) - 1973
      No Score Yet 12% Portnoy's Complaint Alexander Portnoy (Character) - 1972
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Steagle Harold Weiss (Character) - 1971
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker William Alren (Character) - 1971
      81% 76% Catch-22 Maj. Danby (Character) - 1970
      82% 81% Diary of a Mad Housewife Jonathan Balser (Character) - 1970
      92% 50% Goodbye, Columbus Neil Klugman (Character) - 1969
      No Score Yet 60% Thunder Over the Plains Sergeant Shaw (uncredited) (Character) - 1953

      TV

      Credit
      72% 85% Ray Donovan Unknown (Guest Star) 2014
      96% 95% Pushing Daisies Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Titus Unknown (Character) 2000
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad About You Unknown (Guest Star) 1999
      44% No Score Yet Ink Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ray Bradbury Theater Mr. Howard (Character) 1992
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Semi-Tough Director 1980
      No Score Yet 58% Saturday Night Live Host 1979-1980
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Quark Adam Quark (Character) 1977-1978
      No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1968
      No Score Yet No Score Yet He & She Dick Hollister (Character) 1967
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Vacation Playhouse Ted Penny (Character) 1966
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare Unknown (Guest Star) 1962-1963
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1963