Paul Benjamin was well-known as an American actor whose career spanned six decades. Benjamin appeared in dozens of films and television shows beginning in the late 1960s.
He made his film debut in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy. After small roles in Sidney Lumet’s The Anderson Tapes (1971) and Born to Win (1971), he did extensive television work in the 1970s.
A few notable exceptions were a major role in Barry Shear’s Across 110th Street (1972), and smaller parts in Shear’s western The Deadly Trackers (1973), Michael Campus’ The Education of Sonny Carson (1974), Arthur Marks’ Friday Foster (1975), Gordon Parks’ biopic Leadbelly (1976), and Don Siegel’s prison film Escape from Alcatraz (1979).
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Paul Benjamin’s birthday, age, and birthplace
The late actor was born on February 4, 1938, in Pelion, South Carolina, U.S., and died on June 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. at the age of 81.
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Paul Benjamin’s nationality, ethnicity
He holds an American nationality and belongs to the African-American ethnicity.
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Paul Benjamin religion
He is a Christian and a son of a Baptist preacher.
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Paul Benjamin’s height and weight
He stands tall at 6 feet and 4 inches tall and has a body weight of about 85 kg.
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Paul Benjamin’s educational background
He attended C.A. Johnson High and, upon graduation, enrolled at Benedict College for about a year before deciding to move to New York City and pursue his dream.
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Paul Benjamin’s parents and siblings
Benjamin was raised by his parents and he is the youngest of twelve children of a Baptist preacher, the Reverend Fair Benjamin, and his wife Rosa.
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Paul Benjamin’s wife and children
He was not known to have married therefore he has no children.
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Paul Benjamin’s top movies and TV shows
Some of his top movies and TV shows are Midnight Cowboy (1969), The Anderson Tapes (1971), Born to Win (1971), Across 110th Street (1972), The Deadly Trackers (1973), The Education of Sonny Carson (1974), Distance (1975), Friday Foster (1975), Leadbelly (1976), One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (1978), I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979, TV Movie), Escape from Alcatraz (1979), Gideon’s Trumpet (1980, TV Movie), Some Kind of Hero (1982), Deadly Force (1983), Nuts (1987), and many more.
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Paul Benjamin awards
He was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 2004, and the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast in 2003.
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Paul Benjamin’s home: Where does Paul Benjamin live?
He was living in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Paul Benjamin’s earnings and net worth
At the time of his death, his estimated net worth was about 5 million, but his earnings are not revealed.
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Paul Benjamin’s social media pages
He has no social media handles.
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