Cast & creator
Richard Benjamin
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Saturday Night Live
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).
Also known as: Dick Benjamin, Ричард Бенджамин
61
film credits
18
television credits
56
1951–2025 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (79)
Showing 79 of 79 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self - Guest Host
1962
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
1956
Mad About You
Mr. Frank DiChristophoro
1992
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Adam Barstow
1961Dr. Kildare
Intern
1961
Wogan
Self
1982
Childrens Hospital
Dan Richards
2008
Pushing Daisies
Jerry Holmes
2007
Titus
Bill
2000
Love & War
1992Vacation Playhouse
Ted Penny
1963
The Money Pit
Director
1986
He & She
Dick Hollister
1967
My Stepmother Is an Alien
Director
1988
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Meyer Shine
1951
Westworld
Peter Martin
1973
You People
Dr. Green
2023
Catch-22
Maj. Danby
1970
Deconstructing Harry
Ken
1997
Milk Money
Director
1994
Mermaids
Director
1990
Quark
Adam Quark
1977
The Pentagon Wars
Casper Weinberger
1998The Pentagon Wars
Director
1998
The Last of Sheila
Tom Parkman
1973
Made in America
Director
1993
Racing with the Moon
Director
1984
Love at First Bite
Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
1979
Henry Poole Is Here
Dr. Fancher
2008
Mrs. Winterbourne
Director
1996
Science Fiction Film Awards
Self
City Heat
Director
1984Semi-Tough
Director
1980
Keeping Up with the Steins
Ken
2006
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker
2014
How to Beat the High Cost of Living
Albert
1980
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
The Shrink Is In
Samantha's Editor (uncredited)
2001The Shrink Is In
Director
2001
Ex-Husbands
Simon Pearce
2024
Little Nikita
Director
1988
First Works
Self
1989
Marci X
Ben Feld
2003Marci X
Director
2003
The Last Married Couple in America
Marv Cooper
1980
Saturday the 14th
John
1981
The Sunshine Boys
Ben Clark
1975
My Favorite Year
Director
1982
Diary of a Mad Housewife
Jonathan Balser
1970
Downtown
Director
1990
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1982
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind
Self
2020
Scavenger Hunt
Stuart Selsome
1979The Lion Roars Again
Self
1975
Goodbye, Columbus
Neil Klugman
1969
Pablo
Self
2012
The Goodbye Girl
Oliver Frey
2004The Goodbye Girl
Director
2004The Goodbye Girl
Producer
2004
The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
William Alren
1971
Laughter on the 23rd Floor
Director
2001
House Calls
Dr. Norman Solomon
1978
Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)
2003
Fame
Meyer Shine
1978
First Family
Press Secretary Bunthorne
1980
On Location with Westworld
Self (uncredited)
1973
Tourist Trap
Director
1998
A Little Thing Called Murder
Director
2006
The Sports Pages
Director
2001
The Steagle
Harold Weiss
1971
Portnoy's Complaint
Alexander Portnoy
1972
Witches' Brew
Joshua Lightman
1980
SEGAL
Self
2025
No Room to Run
Nick Loomis
1977Back of Book
Director
Packin' It In
Gary Webber
1983
Ida Western Exile
Thanks
2017