Richard Benjamin - Biography

Change Image Last Editor: jad.nehme				Richard Benjamin Biography -   Name : Richard Benjamin Profession : Actor Born : May 22, 1938 (1938-05-22) (age 70) New York City, New York Occupation : actor, director, producer Years active : 1962 - present Spouse(s) : Paula Prentiss (1961-)

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Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including the 1969 film, Goodbye, Columbus based upon the novella of the same name by Philip Roth, and with Yul Brynner in Westworld in 1973. Benjamin was born in New York City, New York and attended the High School of Performing Arts. He married actress Paula Prentiss on October 26, 1961 and they have two children. He graduated from Northwestern University where he was involved in many plays and studied in the famous Northwestern theater school. Benjamin is Jewish. He and his wife appeared together in the short-lived television series He & She (1967-68), as well as the film Catch-22 (1970). In 1978, he starred in the ambitious, but short-lived, television series Quark. He is married to actress Paula Prentiss. They have two (now adult) children, Ross & Prentiss.