Paul Benjamin
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Acting Credits
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 fi...
Known For
Filmography
Occupy, Texas
2016
as Mr. Goodman
Ascension Day
2007
as Sam
Deacons for Defense
2005
as Otis
Back in the Day
2005
as Cody
The Station Agent
2003
as Henry Styles
The Shield
2002
as Perry
DMX: Angel
2001
as Minister
Stanley's Gig
2000
as Teddy Branson
The Breaks
1999
as Clerk
Last Rites
1999
as Fez
Angel
1999
as Fellow Resident
Hoodlum
1997
as Whispers
Rosewood
1997
as James Carrier
Vanishing Point
1997
as Mose, Snake Wrangler
Drop Squad
1994
as Wellington Cosbie
The Fence
1994
as Del Reston
ER
1994
as Al Ervin
Back to the Streets of San Francisco
1992
as Henry Brown
The Five Heartbeats
1991
as Mr. King
The Super
1991
as Gilliam
Law & Order
1990
as Lonnie Jackson
Do the Right Thing
1989
as ML
The Meeting
1989
as Rashad
The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains
1987
as Big Sam
A Stranger Waits
1987
as Cooper
Nuts
1987
as Harry Harrison
The Atlanta Child Murders
1985
as Homer Williams
Night Heat
1985
Deadly Force
1983
as Lester
Some Kind of Hero
1982
as Leon
American Playhouse
1982
as Rashad
Gideon's Trumpet
1980
as Artis
Escape from Alcatraz
1979
as English
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1979
as Freeman
Knots Landing
1979
as Mr. Carter
One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
1978
as John LeFlore
Leadbelly
1976
as Wes Ledbetter
Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys
1976
as Ramsey
Friendly Persuasion
1975
as Swan Stebeney
Distance
1975
as Sgt. Elwood Horne
Friday Foster
1975
as Senator David Lee Hart
Starsky & Hutch
1975
The Education of Sonny Carson
1974
as Pops
Police Woman
1974
Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside
1973
as Lt. Valentine
The Deadly Trackers
1973
as Jacob
Kojak
1973
as Willie Daniels
Police Story
1973
Across 110th Street
1972
as Jim Harris
The Anderson Tapes
1971
as Jimmy
Born to Win
1971
as Fixer
Midnight Cowboy
1969
as Bartender
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Arlis