Paul Benjamin
Acting
Born February 4, 1935 · Pelion, South Carolina, USA
Biography
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 Ca…
Known For · 40 titles
Law & Order
ER
The Shield
Knots Landing
Angel
American Playhouse
Starsky & Hutch
Kojak
Police Woman
Police Story
Night Heat
Escape from Alcatraz
Midnight Cowboy
Do the Right Thing
The Station Agent
Hoodlum
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Atlanta Child Murders
The Five Heartbeats
Across 110th Street
Nuts
The Super
The Deadly Trackers
The Anderson Tapes
Rosewood
Back in the Day
Leadbelly
Vanishing Point
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
Born to Win
Some Kind of Hero
Deacons for Defense
Friday Foster
Deadly Force
Gideon's Trumpet
The Education of Sonny Carson
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
A Stranger Waits
The Breaks
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside