Paul Benjamin

Personal Info

Birthday

February 4, 1938

Day of Death

2019-06-28

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

Pelion, South Carolina, USA

Paul Benjamin

Biography

Paul Benjamin (born 1938) 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 did extensive 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.

Known For

Law & Order

The Shield

Angel

Knots Landing

Kojak

Escape from Alcatraz

Midnight Cowboy

Filmography

2007
Ascension Day
as Sam
2005
Back in the Day
as Cody
Deacons for Defense
as Otis
2003
The Station Agent
as Henry Styles
2001
DMX: Angel
as Minister
2000
Stanley's Gig
as Teddy Branson
1999
The Breaks
as Clerk
1997
Hoodlum
as Whispers
Rosewood
as James Carrier
1992
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
as Henry Brown
1989
Do the Right Thing
as ML
The Meeting
as Rashad
1987
Nuts
as Harry Harrison
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
as Big Sam
A Stranger Waits
as Cooper
1983
Deadly Force
as Lester
1982
Some Kind of Hero
as Leon
1980
Gideon's Trumpet
as Artis
1979
Escape from Alcatraz
as English
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
as Freeman
1978
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
as John LeFlore
1976
Leadbelly
as Wes Ledbetter
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
as Ramsey
1975
Friday Foster
as Senator David Lee Hart
Distance
as Sgt. Elwood Horne
Friendly Persuasion
as Swan Stebeney
1974
The Education of Sonny Carson
as Pops
1973
The Deadly Trackers
as Jacob
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
as Lt. Valentine
1972
Across 110th Street
as Jim Harris
1971
Born to Win
as Fixer
The Anderson Tapes
as Jimmy
1969
Midnight Cowboy
as Bartender