Richard Benjamin

Richard Samuel Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of well-known films, including ''Goodbye, Columbus'' (1969), ''Catch-22'' (1970), ''Portnoy's Complaint'' (1972), ''Westworld'', ''The Last of Sheila'' (both 1973) and ''Saturday the 14th'' (1981). In 1968, Benjamin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performance on the CBS sitcom ''He & She'' (starring opposite his wife Paula Prentiss), which aired from 1967-1968. In 1976, Benjamin received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture for his performance as aged vaudevillian Willy Clark's (Walter Matthau) comedically long-suffering nephew, confidant and talent agent, Ben Clark, in Herbert Ross' ''The Sunshine Boys'' (1975), based on Neil Simon's 1972 hit stage play of the same name. After directing for television, his first film as a director was the 1982 comedy ''My Favorite Year'', starring Peter O'Toole, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actor. His other films as a director include ''City Heat'' (1984), ''The Money Pit'' (1986), ''My Stepmother Is an Alien'' (1988), ''Mermaids'' (1990), ''Made in America'' (1993), ''Milk Money'' (1994), ''Mrs. Winterbourne'' (1996), and ''Marci X'' (2003). Provided by Wikipedia