Paul Benjamin

Paul Benjamin

1938-02-04 Pelion, South Carolina, USA 33 Credits

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. He gave exceptional p...

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Ascension Day

Ascension Day

2007

as Sam

Acting

A drama focused on Nat Turner and the 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia.

Back in the Day

Back in the Day

2005

as Cody

4.7
Acting

A young man slides back into a life of crime after reuniting with a shady acquaintance from his past.

Deacons for Defense

Deacons for Defense

2005

as Otis

6.2
Acting

Inspired by a true story, this drama is set in 1965, not long after passage of the Civil Rights Act. Despite the Act, the African-American citizens of...

The Station Agent

The Station Agent

2003

as Henry Styles

7.4
Acting

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a w...

DMX: Angel

DMX: Angel

2001

as Minister

Acting

Angel is a fascinating glimpse into the psyche of rap's most conflicted and charismatic MC. DMX commands arena stages, wrecks his competition in battl...

Stanley's Gig

2000

as Teddy Branson

5.8
Acting

An emotionally dysfunctional ukulele minstrel lands a gig at a nursing home where he strikes up an unlikely relationship with an ancient jazz chanteus...

The Breaks

The Breaks

1999

as Clerk

6.2
Acting

Derrick, a racially-confused Irishman raised in the hood by a black family is having the worst day ever. Determined to prove to his fed-up mother and ...

Hoodlum

Hoodlum

1997

as Whispers

6.4
Acting

In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harle...

Rosewood

Rosewood

1997

as James Carrier

6.5
Acting

Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

Back to the Streets of San Francisco

1992

as Henry Brown

5.5
Acting

Mike Stone's back and his old partner, Steve Keller, is missing. So Mike heads up an investigation. At the same time, he is investigating another brut...

Do the Right Thing

Do the Right Thing

1989

as ML

7.8
Acting

Salvatore "Sal" Fragione is the Italian owner of a pizzeria in Brooklyn. A neighborhood local, Buggin' Out, becomes upset when he sees that the pizzer...

The Meeting

The Meeting

1989

as Rashad

Acting

Fictional meeting between Dr. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X in Harlem in the early '60's.

Nuts

Nuts

1987

as Harry Harrison

6.3
Acting

A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent.

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains

1987

as Big Sam

6.6
Acting

The true story of Robert Elliot Burns, the prisoner who, after being sentenced to a Georgia chain gang, attempted two daring escapes.

A Stranger Waits

A Stranger Waits

1987

as Cooper

5.0
Acting

Most men consider the widow Kate Bennington to be irresistible, but when she dives into a madly passionate love affair with a mysterious younger man, ...

Deadly Force

Deadly Force

1983

as Lester

5.1
Acting

Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now...

Some Kind of Hero

Some Kind of Hero

1982

as Leon

5.6
Acting

A Vietnam vet returns home from a prisoner of war camp and is greeted as a hero, but is quickly forgotten and soon discovers how tough survival is in ...

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet

1980

as Artis

6.2
Acting

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision whic...

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

as English

7.5
Acting

San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

1979

as Freeman

4.2
Acting

Based on writer Maya Angelou's eloquent reminiscences of her days as a gifted youngster growing up in the South during the Depression years where she ...

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story

1978

as John LeFlore

5.5
Acting

The true story of baseball star Ron LeFlore, from his days as a street-corner punk with no future to his days behind bars on a petty robbery convictio...

Leadbelly

Leadbelly

1976

as Wes Ledbetter

6.1
Acting

The life of Blues and folk singer Huddie Leadbetter, nicknamed Leadbelly is recounted. Covering the good times and bad from his 20s to 40s. Much of th...

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

Judge Horton and the Scottsboro Boys

1976

as Ramsey

6.0
Acting

In 1930s Alabama, nine young black men are accused of raping two white women. The judge in the case, unlike the rest of the town, comes to believe tha...

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

1975

as Senator David Lee Hart

6.0
Acting

Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in Am...

Distance

Distance

1975

as Sgt. Elwood Horne

5.0
Acting

’Distance’ is an award-winning, independent feature film exploring the distance between men and women through the intertwined stories of two couples. ...

Friendly Persuasion

Friendly Persuasion

1975

as Swan Stebeney

Acting

During the Civil War, a Quaker couple risks their lives by helping runaway slaves.

The Education of Sonny Carson

The Education of Sonny Carson

1974

as Pops

4.9
Acting

A 1974 film based on the best-selling autobiography of Sonny Carson who joined a gang and committed petty crime before being sent to prison. After his...

The Deadly Trackers

The Deadly Trackers

1973

as Jacob

5.6
Acting

Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against ev...

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

Mr. Inside/Mr. Outside

1973

as Lt. Valentine

Acting

Two New York City cops investigate a drug-smuggling ring that they believe is run by New York-based foreign diplomats.

Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street

1972

as Jim Harris

6.7
Acting

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are tw...

Born to Win

Born to Win

1971

as Fixer

5.3
Acting

A smart-mouthed junkie and a former hairdresser spends his days looking for just "one more fix".

The Anderson Tapes

The Anderson Tapes

1971

as Jimmy

6.2
Acting

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the enti...

Midnight Cowboy

Midnight Cowboy

1969

as Bartender

7.5
Acting

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an aili...