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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).

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Highest rated movies

97% 84% My Favorite Year
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92% 51% Goodbye, Columbus
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90% 84% The Last of Sheila
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82% 82% Diary of a Mad Housewife
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81% 76% Catch-22
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80% Ex-Husbands
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74% 82% Deconstructing Harry
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71% 70% Mermaids
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71% 72% The Sunshine Boys
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Richard Benjamin

Richard Benjamin GOODBYE COLUMBUS, Richard Benjamin, 1969 DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE, Richard Benjamin, Carrie Snogress, 1970 HOUSE CALLS, Richard Benjamin, 1978, ©Universal Pictures THE LAST OF SHEILA, Richard Benjamin, 1973 LITTLE NIKITA, director Richard Benjamin, on-set, 1988, (c) Columbia Pictures THE MARRIAGE OF A YOUNG STOCKBROKER, Richard Benjamin, 1971 GOODBYE COLUMBUS, Richard Benjamin, Ali MacGraw, 1969 DIARY OF A MAD HOUSEWIFE, Richard Benjamin, Carrie Snodgress, 1970 CATCH-22, Martin Balsam (L), Richard Benjamin (R), Buck Henry (bgrd), 1970 View more photos

Filmography

Movies

Credit
39% 34% You People Dr. Green (Character) - 2023
80% No Score Yet Ex-Husbands Simon Pearce (Character) - 2023
39% 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 84% The Pentagon Wars Casper Weinberger (Character),
Director 		- 1998
No Score Yet 57% Tourist Trap Director - 1998
74% 82% Deconstructing Harry Ken (Character) $10.7M 1997
15% 63% Mrs. Winterbourne Director $8.8M 1996
12% 37% Milk Money Director $17.0M 1994
32% 29% Made in America Director $41.8M 1993
71% 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% 32% 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 74% Scavenger Hunt Stuart Selsome (Character) - 1979
No Score Yet 45% How to Beat the High Cost of Living Albert (Character) - 1979
70% 55% Love at First Bite Doctor Jeff Rosenberg (Character) - 1979
38% 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 11% 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% 82% Diary of a Mad Housewife Jonathan Balser (Character) - 1970
92% 51% Goodbye, Columbus Neil Klugman (Character) - 1969
No Score Yet 55% Thunder Over the Plains Sergeant Shaw (uncredited) (Character) - 1953

TV

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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 57% 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