Person
Ben Carruthers
Acting · 1936–1983 · Illinois, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benito "Ben" F. Carruthers (14 August 1936, Illinois, USA - 27 September 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film Shadows (1959). He later appeared in Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) as Glenn Gilpin. His last film performance was in Man in the Wilderness (1971). Carruthers died of liver failure in 1983 at the age of 47. He stood 6' 1". His son was a drummer for a very short time in Megadeth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Carruthers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
The Wednesday Play
Roscoe Mortimer
The Champions
Perango
The Dirty Dozen
Glenn Gilpin
Man in the Wilderness
Longbow
The Lost Continent
Ricaldi
Lilith
Benito (uncredited)
A High Wind in Jamaica
Alberto
Shadows
Ben
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Manuel
Fearless Frank
The Cat
Filmography
- 1972Universal SoldierJesse
- 1971Man in the WildernessLongbow
- 1969Fearless FrankThe Cat
- 1969Riot"Surefoot"
- 1968The ChampionsPerango
- 1968The Lost ContinentRicaldi
- 1968To Grab the RingAlfred Lowell
- 1967The Dirty DozenGlenn Gilpin
- 1967The Unknown Man of ShandigorManuel
- 1965The Man Without PapersRoscoe Mortimer
- 1965GoldsteinJay
- 1965A High Wind in JamaicaAlberto
- 1965Love 65Benito
- 1965ScruggsBen Scruggs
- 1964LilithBenito (uncredited)
- 1964The Wednesday PlayRoscoe Mortimer
- 1961Guns of the TreesBen
- 1960ShadowsBen
- 1958The Beast of BudapestSentry (uncredited)
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