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Paul Benjamin (February 4, 1935 – June 28, 2019) was an American actor. Early life Born to Fair, a Baptist preacher (1890–1950) and Rosa Benjamin (née Butler; 1895–1940) in Pelion, South Carolina, Benjamin was the youngest of 12 children. Benjamin moved to Columbia, South Carolina with an older brother after the death of his parents. Benjamin attended C.A. Johnson High School and later enrolled at Benedict College. Career Benjamin relocated to New York and studied at the Herbert Berghof Studio. He made his film debut in 1969 as a bartender in Midnight Cowboy. After small roles in Sidney Lumet's The Anderson Tapes (1971) and Born to Win (1971), he did extensive television work in the 1970s. A few notable exceptions were a major role in Barry Shear's Across 110th Street (1972), and smaller parts in Shear's western The Deadly Trackers (1973), Michael Campus' The Education of Sonny Carson (1974), Arthur Marks' Friday Foster (1975), Gordon Parks' biopic Leadbelly (1976), and Don Siegel's prison film Escape from Alcatraz (1979). He also performed in the TV adaptations of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1979) and Gideon's Trumpet (1980). He later starred in the 1987 HBO movie The Man Who Broke 1,000 Chains, based on the novel by Robert E. Burns. On the big screen in the 1980s and 1990s, Benjamin worked with some well-known actors and directors. He acted in Some Kind of Hero (1982) opposite Richard Pryor, Martin Ritt's drama film Nuts (1987) starring Barbra Streisand, Pink Cadillac (1989) with Clint Eastwood, Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing (1989), Robert Townsend's The Five Heartbeats (1991), Bill Duke's Hoodlum (1997), and John Singleton's Rosewood (1997). On television, he appeared in the 1988 episode of In The Heat of the Night as a death row inmate and in the 1994 pilot episode of ER, which led to his recurring role of homeless man Al Ervin during the next few seasons. Benjamin also worked on the American Masters documentary of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ralph Ellison, which aired on PBS. He also acted in an episode of the 14th season of Law & Order entitled "Identity" (2003) as well as an episode of The Shield. After 2000, he acted mainly in independent films like Stanley's Gig, The Station Agent, Deacons For Defense, and James Hunter's 2005 drama Back in the Day. Death Benjamin died on June 28, 2019, in Los Angeles at age 84. Filmography References External links Paul Benjamin at IMDb Paul Benjamin at the Internet Broadway Database Paul Benjamin at the Internet Off-Broadway Database Paul Benjamin at AllMovie. Discover the Paul Benjamin popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Paul Benjamin books.
Best Seller Paul Benjamin Books of 2024
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Waiting for Love
Rosie HarrisWith all her signature warmth, wonderful characters and unforgettable drama, lose yourself in this moving saga of one girl's battle for happiness in the face of a life of shattered...
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Die Entdeckung der Unendlichkeit
Aeneas RoochWas ist die Unendlichkeit? Gibt es verschiedene Unendlichkeiten? Vielleicht sogar in unterschiedlichen Größen? Wächst die Unendlichkeit immer weiter und ist niemals abgeschlossen? ...
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The Conservative Mind
Russell Kirk"It is inconceivable even to imagine, let alone hope for, a dominant conservative movement in America without Kirk's labor." WILLIAM F BUCKLEY "A profound critique of co...
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Troubled Waters
Rosie HarrisLet muchloved multimillion copy bestseller Rosie Harris take you back in time with this wonderfully evocative, emotional and atmospheric saga of love, life and trauma. Fans of Dill...
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Poetry from the Future
Srećko Horvat'A compelling vision, an urgent necessity, and not beyond reach' Noam ChomskyThe past is forgotten, and the future is without hope. Dystopia has become a reality. This is the new ...
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La Capitaine Nilia - Voyages excentriques Volume VI
Paul d'IvoiC'est en Égypte que nous retrouvons Armand et Robert Lavarède, puisque ce dernier doit maintenant se mettre à la tête de l'armée d'insurrection contre l'occupant anglais, afin de p...
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Unwoke
Ted CruzOur institutions have gone "woke." Everybody knows that. But nobody has come up with a way to stop it. Until now.In this hardhitting new book, Senator Ted Cruz delivers a realistic...
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February House
Sherill TippinsAn “irresistible” account of a littleknown literary salon and creative commune in 1940s Brooklyn (The Washington Post Book World). A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the...
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Selected Essays of John Berger
John BergerThe writing career of Booker Prize winner John Berger–poet, storyteller, playwright, and essayist–has yielded some of the most original and compelling examinations of art and lif...
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Selected Essays
Samuel JohnsonThis volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary charact...
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Angelic Music
Corey Mead“Fascinating, insightful, and, best of all, great fun…with spirited charm, Mead weaves history, music, science, and medicine into the story” (The Washington Post) of Ben Franklin’s...
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Velvet
Jane FeatherClad in black velvet and posing as a widowed French comtesse, Gabrielle de Beaucaire had returned to England for one purpose only to ruin the man responsible for her young lover's...
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Give Me a Fast Ship
Tim McGrathWINNER OF THE SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON AWARD FOR NAVAL LITERATURE“A meticulous, adrenalinefilled account of the earliest days of the Continental Navy.”New York Times Bestselling Author...
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Corsaire Triplex - Voyages excentriques Volume V
Paul d'IvoiLe corsaire Triplex, étrange justicier semblant doué à la fois d'ubiquité et du pouvoir de percer tous les secrets, a déclaré une guerre sans merci contre Toby Allsmine, Directeur ...
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Queerstories
Maeve MarsdenThere's more to being queer than coming out and getting married. This exciting and contemporary collection contains stories that are as diverse as the LGBTQIA+ community from which...
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Willehalm
Wolfram EschenbachWolfram von Eschenbach (fl. c. 11951225), best known as the author of Parzival, based Willehalm, his epic poem of military prowess and courtly love, on the style and subject matt...
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The Power of Dreams
Rosie HarrisFans of Dilly Court, Kitty Neale, Emma Hornby and Rosie Goodwin will love this vivid and compelling saga, set around Tiger Bay and Cardiff. Muchloved multimillion copy bestseller ...
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Turn Of The Tide
Rosie HarrisLet muchloved multimillion copy bestseller Rosie Harris sweep you away to Liverpool in this captivating and emotionally charged saga. Perfect for readers of Dilly Court, Kitty Nea...
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Quinn
Em StrangA piercingly original debut about the limits of forgiveness, from an awardwinning Scottish poet A Scotsman 'Best Book of 2023' From an awardwinning Scottish poet, an unforgettable ...
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Jack Dickson and Benjamin Harrow v. Paul Rimmeir and Germaine Rimmeir
Special Division A. Supreme Court of FloridaDREW, Chief Justice. The petition for certiorari seeks to have an amended final decree by the lower court set aside because it fails to conform with the governing princi...
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Allen Gewalten zum Trotz
Erwin RosenDiese Ausgabe von "Allen Gewalten zum Trotz" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. Erwin Carlé (Pseudonym Erwin Rosen; 18761923) war ein deutscher...
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Empire for Liberty
Richard H. ImmermanThe men who spoke of liberty to shape an American empireHow could the United States, a nation founded on the principles of liberty and equality, have produced Abu Ghraib, torture m...