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Paul Benjamin (born 1938) is an American actor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】The New York Times">title=Paul Benjamin )〕 Benjamin was born in Pelion, South Carolina. 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 gave exceptional performances 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 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 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''. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paul Benjamin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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