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Paul Benjamin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1938-02-04,Pelion, South Carolina, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

Do the Right Thing

7.8

Do the Right Thing
1989-06-14

The Station Agent

7.354

The Station Agent
2003-12-05

Escape from Alcatraz

7.511

Escape from Alcatraz
1979-06-22

The Anderson Tapes

6.1

The Anderson Tapes
1971-06-17

6.1

Leadbelly
1976-05-28

The Education of Sonny Carson

4.9

The Education of Sonny Carson
1974-07-17

Deacons for Defense

6.167

Deacons for Defense
2005-04-05

Friendly Persuasion

0

Friendly Persuasion
1975-05-18

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

4.2

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979-04-28

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

0

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973-03-14

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

6.6

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987-10-31

Gideon's Trumpet

6.2

Gideon's Trumpet
1980-04-30

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

5.5

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978-09-26

The Deadly Trackers

5.6

The Deadly Trackers
1973-12-21

0

Ascension Day
2007-02-02

5.8

Stanley's Gig
2000-06-19

6.396

Hoodlum
1997-08-27

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

5.5

Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992-01-27

5.118

Deadly Force
1983-07-08

Midnight Cowboy

7.5

Midnight Cowboy
1969-05-25

6.5

Rosewood
1997-02-21

Some Kind of Hero

5.6

Some Kind of Hero
1982-04-02

5

Distance
1975-12-22

Across 110th Street

6.759

Across 110th Street
1972-12-19

6.2

The Breaks
1999-02-26

Back in the Day

4.719

Back in the Day
2005-05-24

0

DMX: Angel
2001-12-18

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

6

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976-04-22

5.3

Born to Win
1971-12-01

6

Friday Foster
1975-12-25

A Stranger Waits

5

A Stranger Waits
1987-03-29

6.3

Nuts
1987-11-20

0

The Meeting
1989-05-03

8.138

The Shield
2002-03-12

Starsky & Hutch

7.25

Starsky & Hutch
1975-09-10

7.9

Angel
1999-10-05

6.694

Knots Landing
1979-12-27

6.996

Kojak
1973-10-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame

8.571

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951-12-24

7.824

ER
1994-09-19

6.25

Police Woman
1974-09-13

6.882

Police Story
1973-03-20

The Atlanta Child Murders

5.9

The Atlanta Child Murders
1985-02-10

6.6

Night Heat
1985-01-31

7.393

Law & Order
1990-09-13