Biography
Robby Benson (born January 21, 1956) is an American film and television actor, television director, educator and singer. He is best known for the films he's in Including Ice Castles 1978, Beauty and the Beast 1991 as the Beast. He also voiced Prince Alexander in King's Quest VI Heir Today Gone Tomorrow 1992.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Once Upon a Studio
2023
as Beast (voice)
Created for Disney's 100th anniversary, the short features Mickey Mouse corralling a gallery of legendary Disney characters for a group photo.

A Feeling of Home
2019
as Wes
Web entrepreneur Abby hides her Texas roots to convince a backer she's from New England, a task complicated by a trip home and an unexpected reunion w...

Apple Seed
2019
as Sirom
On a cross country road trip to rob his home town bank Prince Mccoy finds himself having to rely on the help of an ex convict hitchhiker named Carl Ro...

Straight Outta Tompkins
2015
Executive Producer, Music
A forlorn teenager abandoned in New York City spirals out of control, from a troubled kid to an accidental addict, after he mistakes the welcoming emb...

Beyond Beauty: The Untold Stories Behind the Making of Beauty and the Beast
2010
as Self
An interactive, feature-length behind-the-scenes documentary teeming with worthwhile bonus content all its own.

Billy: The Early Years
2008
Director
Most of us know Billy Graham as the self-assured and charismatic preacher who became one of the most important figures of 20th Century Christianity. N...

Disney Princess Sing Along Songs, Vol. 2 - Enchanted Tea Party
2005
as Beast (voice)
It's an enchanted royal tea party, and your little princess is the guest of honor! There, she can sing along with all her favorite Disney Princesses a...

MXP: Most Xtreme Primate
2004
as Edward
The athletically inclined chimpanzee Jack takes to the slopes. After meeting with some children in Colorado, the charming creature soon tears up the m...

Just a Dream
2002
as Dr. Sturbuck
Film crew arrives in a small town in Nevada desert. Ends up changing the life of a 12-year-old kid and a friend of his, a movie lover.

Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
2001
as Beast (voice)
When a huge snowstorm leaves everyone stranded, Mickey and all of his guests at the House of Mouse, including Pooh, Belle, Snow White, Cinderella, Ari...
Disney Through The Decades
2001
features a look through the different decades of the disney company with old footage hosted by Disney stars. appeared on the 2009 Blu-Ray release of S...

The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus
2000
as Young Santa Claus (voice)
Based on the popular book by L. Frank Baum, the beloved author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, comes the incredible story of The Life & Adventures of S...

DragonHeart: A New Beginning
2000
as Drake (voice)
When Geoff, an orphaned stable boy (Chris Masterson), discovers Drake (voice of Robby Benson), the world's last living dragon, he realizes that his dr...

The Crippled Lamb
1999
as Asah
The classic children's book The Crippled Lamb comes to home video in this special adaptation with full animation, original songs, and a name value cas...

Belle's Magical World
1998
as Beast (voice)
Belle, the Beast, Lumiere, Cogsworth and the rest of those zany castle residents use their imaginations to embark on three magical, storybook adventur...

Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas
1997
as Beast (voice)
Astonished to find the Beast has a deep-seeded hatred for the Christmas season, Belle endeavors to change his mind on the matter.

O. Henry's Christmas
1996
Three episodes based on O. Henry's texts. The first deals with the friendship between a painter and two young women. The second, a young man who recei...

Deadly Exposure
1993
as Max Pierce
A man endangers his own life when he uncovers an assassination plot while investigating his father's death

Precious Victims
1993
as Robert Sims
Paula and Robert Sims are desperate: their 12 days old baby has been kidnapped! Since there's no trace of the kidnappers, they address the public for ...

Betrayal of the Dove
1993
Story, Screenplay
A divorced mother fears for her life after a friend gets her a blind date with a doctor.

At Home with the Webbers
1993
as Roger Swade
AT HOME WITH THE WEBBERS explores what happens when a typical American family is turned into a hot, new, totally uncensored TV show. Viewers get hooke...

Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece
1993
as Host
The making of the Disney classic hosted by Robby Benson.

Invasion of Privacy
1992
as Alex Pruitt
When a mentally imbalanced prisoner gets out on parole, he tracks down the journalist who interviewed him while he was behind bars and persuades her t...

Homewrecker
1992
as Dr. David Whitson
A computer scientist invents an experimental artificial intelligence that can manage and control all the functions for his vacation cabin in the woods...

P.J. Sparkles
1992
as Blaze (voice)
PJ is an orphan with no last name and she has a special wish, she wants someone to love. One night while out riding her grey horse Blaze, PJ gets her ...

Beauty and the Beast
1991
as Beast (voice)
Follow the adventures of Belle, a bright young woman who finds herself in the castle of a prince who's been turned into a mysterious beast. With the h...

Modern Love
1990
as Greg
Modern relationships are examined in this comedy drama.

Modern Love
1990
Director, Producer, Writer
Modern relationships are examined in this comedy drama.

White Hot
1989
as Scott
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been a...

White Hot
1989
Director
A young man, short of money, is persuaided into looking after the business of a local drug dealer for a week or two. Up until then, the guy had been a...

Rent-a-Cop
1987
as Pitts
Detective Tony Church is forced to retire and become a store rent-a-cop when his drug sting operation comes to a tragic end by a masked killer. He joi...
David and Goliath
1986
as David (voice)
Derek, Margo, and Moki jump through time yet again and find themselves lost. As they search for information, they are threatened by wild animals. A yo...

City Limits
1985
as Carver
A series of teenage gangs struggle against each other in a not-so-distant future. Eventually they unite against an evil corporation, as represented by...

California Girls
1985
as Nanthan Bowzer
A New Jersey auto mechanic travels to California to find the girl of his dreams and woos a bikini fashion model while the time quarreling with her hig...

Harry & Son
1984
as Howard Keach
Widower Harry Keach is a construction worker who was raised to appreciate the importance of working for a living. He takes a dim view of his sensitive...

Running Brave
1983
as Billy Mills
The story of Billy Mills the American Indian that came from obscurity, to win the 10,000 meter long distance foot race in the Tokyo Olympics.

Two of a Kind
1982
as Nollie Minor
Nolie has just turned 21 but is retarded and acts more like 8. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things tha...

National Lampoon's Movie Madness
1982
as Brent Falcone ("Municipalians")
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.

The Chosen
1981
as Danny Saunders
In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families.

Tribute
1980
as Jud Templeton
A shallow Broadway press agent learns he is dying just as his son by his ex-wife arrives for a visit.

Die Laughing
1980
as Pinsky
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds ...

Die Laughing
1980
Writer, Original Music Composer, Producer
A San Francisco cab driver find himself in possession of a monkey that is carrying a formula for turning atomic waste into a plutonium bomb. He finds ...

Walk Proud
1979
as Emilio Mendez
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.

Walk Proud
1979
Original Music Composer
A young Chicano gang member in Los Angeles comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out.

Ice Castles
1978
as Nick Peterson
Alexis is on top of the world until a tragic accident dashes her hopes and dreams of becoming a world-class figure skater. Only with the help of those...

The End
1978
as Father Dave Benson
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his...

One on One
1977
as Henry Steele
Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes t...

One on One
1977
Writer
Henry Steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes t...

Our Town
1977
as George Gibbs
3-act play by American playwright Thornton Wilder.

The Death of Richie
1977
as Richie Werner
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home.

The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
1976
as Tad Lincoln
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln depicts the final seventeen years of Mary Todd Lincoln's life, following her husband's assassination.

Ode to Billy Joe
1976
as Billy Joe McAllister
Set in sultry 1950s Mississippi, two teenagers grapple with surging hormones and the enticing promise of love, unknowing of the tragedy that looms ahe...

Lucky Lady
1975
as Billy Weber
When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate lo...

Death Be Not Proud
1975
as Johnny Gunther
Based on the book by famed author John Gunther about the life and early death of his teenage son Johnny, who died from a brain tumor.

Virginia Hill
1974
as Leroy Small
The story of Virginia Hill, a former prostitute who was the girlfriend of '40s killer and gangster Bugsy Siegel.

All the Kind Strangers
1974
as John
An LA photographer, driving through backwoods country, spots a young boy walking on the side of the road and offers him a ride home. After reaching th...

Remember When
1974
as Frankie Hodges
An uncle's (Jack Warden) memories give strength to a New England family with four sons fighting in World War II.

Jeremy
1973
as Jeremy Jones
Jeremy is learning cello at an arts school in New York. At school he spots Susan, who practices for a ballet audition, and he falls in love.

Jory
1973
as Jory Walden
Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive's leader and a likable cowhand take the boy...

Wait Until Dark
1967
as Boy Tossing Ball (uncredited)
After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with her...