Person
Richard Benjamin
Acting · Born 1938-05-22 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).
Known for
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
Wogan
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Mad About You
Mr. Frank DiChristophoro
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Adam Barstow
Childrens Hospital
Dan Richards
Pushing Daisies
Jerry Holmes
Love & War
1992
Titus
Bill
Filmography
- 2025SEGALSelf
- 2024Ex-HusbandsSimon Pearce
- 2023You PeopleDr. Green
- 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains BehindSelf
- 2017Ida Western ExileThanks
- 2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson WellesSelf - Filmmaker
- 2012PabloSelf
- 2008Childrens HospitalDan Richards
- 2008Henry Poole Is HereDr. Fancher
- 2007Pushing DaisiesJerry Holmes
- 2006Keeping Up with the SteinsKen
- 2006A Little Thing Called MurderDirector
- 2004The Goodbye GirlOliver Frey
- 2003Marci XBen Feld
- 2003Halloween: A Cut Above the RestPeter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love StoriesSelf
- 2001The Shrink Is InSamantha's Editor (uncredited)
- 2001Laughter on the 23rd FloorDirector
- 2001The Sports PagesDirector
- 2000TitusBill
- 1998Tourist TrapDirector
- 1998The Pentagon WarsCasper Weinberger
- 1997Deconstructing HarryKen
- 1996Mrs. WinterbourneDirector
- 1994Milk MoneyDirector
- 1993Made in AmericaDirector
- 1992Mad About YouMr. Frank DiChristophoro
- 1992Love & War
- 1990MermaidsDirector
- 1990DowntownDirector
- 1989First WorksSelf
- 1988My Stepmother Is an AlienDirector
- 1988Little NikitaDirector
- 1986The Money PitDirector
- 1984City HeatDirector
- 1984Racing with the MoonDirector
- 1983Packin' It InGary Webber
- 1982My Favorite YearDirector
- 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
- 1982WoganSelf
- 1981Saturday the 14thJohn
- 1980First FamilyPress Secretary Bunthorne
- 1980Witches' BrewJoshua Lightman
- 1980How to Beat the High Cost of LivingAlbert
- 1980Semi-ToughDirector
- 1980The Last Married Couple in AmericaMarv Cooper
- 1979Scavenger HuntStuart Selsome
- 1979Love at First BiteDr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
- 1978FameMeyer Shine
- 1978House CallsDr. Norman Solomon
- 1977No Room to RunNick Loomis
- 1977QuarkAdam Quark
- 1975The Sunshine BoysBen Clark
- 1975Saturday Night LiveSelf - Host
- 1975The Lion Roars AgainSelf
- 1973WestworldPeter Martin
- 1973The Last of SheilaTom Parkman
- 1973On Location with WestworldSelf (uncredited)
- 1972Portnoy's ComplaintAlexander Portnoy
- 1971The SteagleHarold Weiss
- 1971The Marriage of a Young StockbrokerWilliam Alren
- 1970Diary of a Mad HousewifeJonathan Balser
- 1970Catch-22Maj. Danby
- 1969Goodbye, ColumbusNeil Klugman
- 1967He & SheDick Hollister
- 1963Vacation PlayhouseTed Penny
- 1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf
- 1961Dr. KildareDr. Adam Barstow
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Presenter
- 1951Hallmark Hall of FameMeyer Shine
- —Science Fiction Film AwardsHimself
- —Back of BookDirector
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