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Richard Benjamin
(1938-)
American actor and film director
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Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known film productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella by Philip Roth; Catch-22 (1970), from the Joseph Heller best-seller; Westworld (1973), a science-fiction thriller by Michael Crichton; and The Sunshine Boys (1975), written by Neil Simon. After directing for television, his first film as director was the 1982 comedy My Favorite Year. His other films as director include City Heat (1984), starring Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood, The Money Pit (1986) with Tom Hanks, and Made in America (1993) with Whoopi Goldberg.

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Born Richard Benjamin
22 May 1938 (age 87)
New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac Gemini
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Paula Prentiss

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1960 - 
Married · 26 Oct 1961
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    Ross Thomas info 1st child with Paula Prentiss Male b. 27 Mar 1974 Age: 51 1974- Celebrity Baby
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    Prentiss Benjamin info 2nd child with Paula Prentiss Female b. 3 Jul 1978 Age: 47 1978- American, Actress
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