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Richard Benjamin
Director 88 years old

Richard Benjamin

New York City, New York, USA

Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

13 titles
The Goodbye Girl

The Goodbye Girl

Richard Benjamin 2004 1h 43m

The Goodbye Girl is a contemporary turn on Neil Simon's Academy Award-nominated classic film about a dumped-on divorcee and an aspiring actor who become unwilling roommates.

Marci X

Marci X

Richard Benjamin 2003 1h 24m 3.0

A Jewish-American Princess is forced to take control of a hard-core hip-hop record label and falls for the label's most controversial rapper.

The Shrink Is In

The Shrink Is In

Richard Benjamin 2001 1h 27m 5.0

A young woman impersonates a shrink to win over her Prince Charming.

Mrs. Winterbourne

Mrs. Winterbourne

Richard Benjamin 1996 1h 45m 7.0

Through a complicated mix-up, a poor unwed mother is mistaken for the widow of a rich man.

Milk Money

Milk Money

Richard Benjamin 1994 1h 48m 3.4

Young Frank and his pals get an idea for the ultimate in excitement. They decide to pool their savings, bicycle to the nearby Big City, and hire some woman of the streets to strip for them. Things do not work out that simply, but they do meet V, a Hooker With A Heart Of Gold, who ends up giving them a ride home

Mermaids

Mermaids

Richard Benjamin 1990 1h 50m 7.1

Fifteen-year-old Charlotte Flax is tired of her wacky mom moving their family to a different town any time she feels it is necessary. When they move to a small Massachusetts town and Mrs. Flax begins dating a shopkeeper, Charlotte and her 9-year-old sister, Kate, hope that they can finally settle down.

Downtown

Downtown

Richard Benjamin 1990 1h 36m 4.0

Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman.

My Stepmother Is an Alien

My Stepmother Is an Alien

Richard Benjamin 1988 1h 48m 4.7

Trying to rescue her home planet from destruction, a gorgeous extraterrestrial named Celeste arrives on Earth and begins her scientific research. She woos quirky scientist Dr. Steve Mills, a widower with a young daughter.

Little Nikita

Little Nikita

Richard Benjamin 1988 1h 38m 6.3

An FBI agent works to uncover an all-American family as Soviet sleeper agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their oblivious teenage son.

The Money Pit

The Money Pit

Richard Benjamin 1986 1h 31m 6.3

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare.

Racing with the Moon

Racing with the Moon

Richard Benjamin 1984 1h 48m 7.0

In 1942 California, two young men await induction into the U.S. Marines and say goodbye to their girlfriends.

City Heat

City Heat

Richard Benjamin 1984 1h 37m 4.8

Set in Kansas City in 1933, Eastwood plays a police lieutenant known simply by his last name, Speer. Reynolds plays a former cop turned private eye named Mike Murphy. Both Speer and Murphy served on the force together and were once good friends, but are now bitter enemies. When Murphy's partner is slain they team up again to fight the mob.

My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

Richard Benjamin 1982 1h 32m

Benjy Stone is the junior writer on the top rated variety/comedy show, in the mid 50s (the early years). Alan Swann, an Erol Flynn type actor with a drinking problem is to be that weeks guest star.

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