Editing Richard Benjamin (section)

{{short description|American actor and film director}}
{{For|those of a similar name|Rick Benjamin (disambiguation)|Benjamin Richards (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Richard Benjamin
| image              = Richard Benjamin LOC.jpg
| caption            = Benjamin in 1972
| birth_name         = Richard Samuel Benjamin
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1938|5|22|mf=y}}
| birth_place        = New York City, U.S.
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Paula Prentiss]]|1961}}
| children           = 2
| alma_mater         = [[Northwestern University]]
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actor|director|producer}}
| years_active       = 1962–present
}}

'''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 (film)|Goodbye, Columbus]]'' (1969), ''[[Catch-22 (film)|Catch-22]]'' (1970), ''[[Portnoy's Complaint (film)|Portnoy's Complaint]]'' (1972), ''[[Westworld (film)|Westworld]]'', ''[[The Last of Sheila]]'' (both 1973) and ''[[Saturday the 14th]]'' (1981). In 1968, Benjamin was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for [[Emmy Award|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 [[Golden Globe|Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture]] for his performance as aged [[vaudevillian]] Willy Clark's ([[Walter Matthau]]) comedically long-suffering nephew, confidante and talent agent, Ben Clark, in [[Herbert Ross]]' ''[[The Sunshine Boys (1975 film)|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 Academy Award 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 film)|Mermaids]]'' (1990), ''[[Made in America (1993 film)|Made in America]]'' (1993), ''[[Milk Money (film)|Milk Money]]'' (1994), ''[[Mrs. Winterbourne]]'' (1996), and ''[[Marci X]]'' (2003).