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Paul Benjamin‌

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Birthday

calendar1938-02-04

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Paul Benjamin

Pelion, South Carolina, USA

Paul Benjamin

Pelion, South Carolina, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1938-02-04

Popularity

star3.2

Biography

Paul Benjamin (born 1938) is 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 did extensive 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 Hoodlum, and John Singleton's Rosewood. On television, he appeared in the 1994 pilot episode of ER, which led to his recurring role of homeless man Al Ervin during the next few seasons. Benjamin also worked on the American Masters documentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ralph Ellison, which aired on PBS. After 2000, he appeared primarily in small independent films like Stanley's Gig, The Station Agent, Deacons For Defense, and James Hunter's 2004 drama Back in the Day. He recently made a special appearance in the independent film The Talk Man, directed by Gene Gallerano. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing‌
star7.8
calendar 1989

The Station Agent

The Station Agent‌
star7.3
calendar 2003

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz‌
star7.5
calendar 1979

The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes‌
star6.1
calendar 1971

Leadbelly

Leadbelly‌
star6.2
calendar 1976

The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson‌
star4.9
calendar 1974

Deacons for Defense

Deacons for Defense‌
star6.1
calendar 2003

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings‌
star3.7
calendar 1979

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains‌
star6.6
calendar 1987

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet‌
star6.2
calendar 1980

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story‌
star5.5
calendar 1978

The Deadly Trackers

The Deadly Trackers‌
star5.6
calendar 1973

Ascension Day

Ascension Day‌
star0.0
calendar 2007

Stanley's Gig

Stanley's Gig‌
star5.8
calendar 2000

Hoodlum

Hoodlum‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Back to the Streets of San Francisco‌
star5.3
calendar 1992

Deadly Force

Deadly Force‌
star5.1
calendar 1983

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy‌
star7.5
calendar 1969

Rosewood

Rosewood‌
star6.5
calendar 1997

Some Kind of Hero

Some Kind of Hero‌
star5.5
calendar 1982

Distance

Distance‌
star5.0
calendar 1975

Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street‌
star6.8
calendar 1972

The Breaks

The Breaks‌
star6.5
calendar 1999

Back in the Day

Back in the Day‌
star5.1
calendar 2005

DMX: Angel

DMX: Angel‌
star0.0
calendar 2001

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys‌
star6.0
calendar 1976

Born to Win

Born to Win‌
star5.4
calendar 1971

Friday Foster

Friday Foster‌
star5.9
calendar 1975

A Stranger Waits

A Stranger Waits‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Nuts

Nuts‌
star6.3
calendar 1987

The Meeting

The Meeting‌
star0.0
calendar 1989

Tv Credits

The Shield

The Shield‌
star8.1
calendar 2002

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch‌
star7.2
calendar 1975

Angel

Angel‌
star7.9
calendar 1999

Knots Landing

Knots Landing‌
star6.8
calendar 1979

Kojak

Kojak‌
star6.9
calendar 1973

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Hallmark Hall of Fame‌
star8.8
calendar 1951

ER

ER‌
star7.8
calendar 1994

Police Woman

Police Woman‌
star6.3
calendar 1974

Police Story

Police Story‌
star7.1
calendar 1973

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders‌
star5.9
calendar 1985

Night Heat

Night Heat‌
star6.6
calendar 1985

Law & Order

Law & Order‌
star7.4
calendar 1990