- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- February 4, 1935
- Place of Birth
- Pelion, South Carolina, USA
- Died
- June 28, 2019
Paul Benjamin
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 Hea…
Filmography
movieOccupy, Texas
2016 · Mr. Goodman
movieAscension Day
2007 · Sam
movieBack in the Day
2005 · Cody
movieDeacons for Defense
2005 · Otis
movieThe Station Agent
2003 · Henry Styles
tvThe Shield
2002 · Perry
movieDMX: Angel
2001 · Minister
movieStanley's Gig
2000 · Teddy Branson
tvAngel
1999 · Fellow Resident
movieLast Rites
1999 · Fez
movieThe Breaks
1999 · Clerk
movieHoodlum
1997 · Whispers
movieRosewood
1997 · James Carrier
movieVanishing Point
1997 · Mose, Snake Wrangler
movieDrop Squad
1994 · Wellington Cosbie
tvER
1994 · Al Ervin
movieThe Fence
1994 · Del Reston
movieBack to the Streets of San Francisco
1992 · Henry Brown
movieThe Super
1991 · Gilliam
movieThe Five Heartbeats
1991 · Mr. King
tvLaw & Order
1990 · Lonnie Jackson
movieDo the Right Thing
1989 · ML
movieThe Meeting
1989 · Rashad
movieNuts
1987 · Harry Harrison
movieThe Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987 · Big Sam
movieA Stranger Waits
1987 · Cooper
tvThe Atlanta Child Murders
1985 · Homer Williams
tvNight Heat
1985
movieDeadly Force
1983 · Lester
movieSome Kind of Hero
1982 · Leon
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982 · Rashad
movieGideon's Trumpet
1980 · Artis
tvKnots Landing
1979 · Mr. Carter
movieEscape from Alcatraz
1979 · English
movieI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979 · Freeman
movieOne in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978 · John LeFlore
movieLeadbelly
1976 · Wes Ledbetter
movieJudge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976 · Ramsey
movieFriday Foster
1975 · Senator David Lee Hart
movieDistance
1975 · Sgt. Elwood Horne
tvStarsky & Hutch
1975
movieFriendly Persuasion
1975 · Swan Stebeney
tvPolice Woman
1974
movieThe Education of Sonny Carson
1974 · Pops
movieThe Deadly Trackers
1973 · Jacob
tvKojak
1973 · Willie Daniels
tvPolice Story
1973
movieMr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973 · Lt. Valentine
movieAcross 110th Street
1972 · Jim Harris
movieBorn to Win
1971 · Fixer
movieThe Anderson Tapes
1971 · Jimmy
movieMidnight Cowboy
1969 · Bartender
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Arlis