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Robby Benson

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Robby Benson
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Robby Benson is an American writer, director, composer, lyricist, actor, professor of film, filmmaker and novelist. He began his career in the theater, (Oliver, The King and I); on Broadway (co-starring in Zelda, The Rothschilds and Joseph Papp's The Pirates of Penzance, where he met and fell in love with the great, Karla DeVito!); Benson wrote the libretto and composed the music for the musical that opened in NYC at The Historic Cherry Lane Theatre (Open Heart), and wrote the best-selling novel, "Who Stole The Funny?" (HarperCollins), along with the medical memoir, "I'm Not Dead... Yet". Benson was nominated for a Golden Globe (one of several) for his second film, "Jeremy" which also won an award at the Cannes Film Festival. He sold his first screenplay to Warner Brothers at 18 years-old entitled, "One on One". He has starred in such films as One on One, Ode To Billie Joe, Ice Castles, Jeremy (Golden Globe nominee) Tribute, Harry and Son, Running Brave, The Chosen, Die Laughing (wrote screenplay & music), Walk Proud (scored the film as well), The End, Lucky Lady, Death Be Not Proud (Golden Globe nominee), The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, and Our Town among a few. He also wrote and directed the feature film, 'Modern Love' and composed the score for Straight Outta Tompkins and co-wrote the hit song in The Breakfast Club ("We are Not Alone" - the iconic John Hughes film - the scene where the kids dance in the library) with his wife and loving partner of 40 years, the great Karla DeVito! Benson and DeVito have received RIAA Gold Records, including Nobody Makes Me Crazy, which was covered by Diana Ross; Benson has also written scores for feature films. Benson also voiced 'Beast" in Disney's Academy Award nominated 'Beauty and the Beast." In television, Benson has exec. produced and directed over one hundred episodes of Network shows: from one-hour single camera to 30-minute sitcoms including many top ten shows such as Ellen, Friends, Dharma & Greg, Jesse, The Naked Truth, Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place, Sabrina The Teenage Witch (also directed the pilot), Dream On (nominated Best Director/Single Camera), Muddling Through, Good Advice, Monty, Evening Shade and many more. Robby Benson has been a professor of film production at several universities for 20 years. At NYU's famed Tisch School of the Arts in the Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television, Benson received the honor of being nominated for both NYU's Distinguished Teaching Award in 2006, and the David Payne-Carter Award for Teaching Excellence in 2010. Robby is currently developing his second theatrical musical, "I Hear A Song!"
BornJanuary 21, 1956
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Robby Benson in The Chosen (1981)
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Robby Benson in Harry & Son (1984)
Robby Benson and Barry Diamond in Movie Madness (1982)
Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson in Ice Castles (1978)
Robby Benson, John Marley, and Linda Purl in Jory (1973)
Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson in Ice Castles (1978)
Lynn-Holly Johnson and Robby Benson in Ice Castles (1978)
Robby Benson in The End (1978)

Known for

Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Beauty and the Beast
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  • Beast(voice)
  • 1991
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)
Friends
8.9
TV Series
  • Director
Robby Benson and Annette O'Toole in One on One (1977)
One on One
6.5
  • Henry Steele
  • 1977
Ed Sullivan in The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show
7.9
TV Series
  • Self

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Actor

  • Disney Speedstorm
    • (voice)
  • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
    Severance
  • Cookie Run: Kingdom (2021)
    Cookie Run: Kingdom
    • (English version, voice)
  • A Feeling of Home (2019)
    A Feeling of Home
  • Apple Seed (2019)
    Apple Seed
  • Kelsey Lansdowne in Disney Comics in Motion (2018)
    Disney Comics in Motion
    • (voice)
  • Robby Benson in Brave New World (2011)
    Brave New World
  • Kinect Disneyland Adventures (2011)
    Kinect Disneyland Adventures
    • (voice)
  • Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ (2007)
    Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+
    • (English version, voice)
  • Haley Joel Osment, Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, David Gallagher, and Hayden Panettiere in Kingdom Hearts II (2005)
    Kingdom Hearts II
    • (English version, voice)
  • MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2004)
    MXP: Most Xtreme Primate
  • Wayne Allwine, Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, and Russi Taylor in House of Mouse (2001)
    House of Mouse
    • (voice)
  • American Dreams (2002)
    American Dreams
  • Beauty and the Beast DVD Read-Along (2002)
    Beauty and the Beast DVD Read-Along
    • (voice)
  • Kingdom Hearts (2002)
    Kingdom Hearts
    • (English version, voice)
  • Just a Dream (2002)
    Just a Dream

Director

  • Armie Hammer in Billy: The Early Years (2008)
    Billy: The Early Years
  • Keith Carradine, Erik von Detten, Evan Ellingson, Shaun Sipos, Andrew Eiden, and Jason Dolley in Complete Savages (2004)
    Complete Savages
  • Elliott Gould, Joely Fisher, Adam Arkin, and Holland Taylor in Baby Bob (2002)
    Baby Bob
  • Teri Polo and David Sutcliffe in I'm with Her (2003)
    I'm with Her
  • James Garner, Katey Sagal, David Spade, Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, and Martin Spanjers in 8 Simple Rules (2002)
    8 Simple Rules
  • Bob Patterson (2001)
    Bob Patterson
  • The Huntress (2000)
    The Huntress
  • Traylor Howard, Ryan Reynolds, Suzanne Cryer, Nathan Fillion, and Richard Ruccolo in Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998)
    Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
  • Dharma & Greg (1997)
    Dharma & Greg
  • Christina Applegate, George Dzundza, Bruno Campos, David DeLuise, Jennifer Milmore, and Liza Snyder in Jesse (1998)
    Jesse
  • Justin Cooper, Sean O'Bryan, and William Ragsdale in Brother's Keeper (1998)
    Brother's Keeper
  • Reunited
  • Téa Leoni in The Naked Truth (1995)
    The Naked Truth
  • Maria Pitillo, David Newsom, and Bradley White in House Rules (1998)
    House Rules
  • Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer in Friends (1994)
    Friends

Soundtrack

  • Apple Seed (2019)
    Apple Seed
  • Hughes the Force (2011)
    Hughes the Force
    • (uncredited)
  • Armie Hammer in Billy: The Early Years (2008)
    Billy: The Early Years
  • Treasury of Children's Stories (1996)
    Treasury of Children's Stories
  • Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me (1993)
    Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Friend Like Me
  • Robby Benson and Paige O'Hara in Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    Beauty and the Beast
    • (uncredited)
  • White Hot (1989)
    White Hot
  • Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, and Anthony Michael Hall in The Breakfast Club (1985)
    The Breakfast Club
  • Die Laughing (1980)
    Die Laughing
  • Johnny Carson in The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
    • ...
  • American Bandstand (1952)
    American Bandstand
  • Walk Proud (1979)
    Walk Proud
    • ("Adios Yesterday")
  • The Midnight Special (1972)
    The Midnight Special
  • Dinah Shore in Dinah! (1974)
    Dinah!
  • Robby Benson, John Savage, Samantha Eggar, Stacy Keach, Arlene Farber, Brent Campbell, Patti Parkison, and Tim Parkison in All the Kind Strangers (1974)
    All the Kind Strangers
    • ("All The Kind Strangers")
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    • January 21, 1956
    • Dallas, Texas, USA
    • Karla DeVitoJuly 11, 1982 - present (2 children)
    • Lyric Benson
    • Ann Benson
    • Shelli Segal(Sibling)
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