Paul Benjamin
Actor/Actriz
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Paul Benjamin (February 4, 1935 – June 28, 2019) was an American actor. 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 primarily did 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.
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Como Actor/Actriz
La Ley y el Orden
Lonnie Jackson
Sala de urgencias
Al Ervin
El Escudo
Perry
Angel
Fellow Resident
Knots Landing
Mr. Carter
Mujer Policía
Starsky y Hutch
Kojak
Willie Daniels
Police Story
Night Heat
Alcatraz: fuga imposible
English
Perdidos en la noche
Bartender
Haz lo correcto
ML
Descubriendo la amistad
Henry Styles
El gángster
Whispers
The Atlanta Child Murders
Homer Williams
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Arlis
Rosewood
James Carrier
The Five Heartbeats
Mr. King
Nuts
Harry Harrison
Las grabaciones de Anderson
Jimmy
Friday Foster
Senator David Lee Hart
Across 110th Street
Jim Harris
Vanishing Point
Mose, Snake Wrangler
The Super
Gilliam
Deacons for Defense
Otis
Drop Squad
Wellington Cosbie
Back in the Day
Cody
Gideon's Trumpet
Artis
The Deadly Trackers
Jacob