Richard Benjamin

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'' (1969), ''Catch-22'' (1970), ''Portnoy's Complaint'' (1972), ''Westworld'', ''The Last of Sheila'' (both 1973) and ''Saturday the 14th'' (1981). Benjamin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Comedy Series for his performances in ''He & She'' (1968), opposite his wife Paula Prentiss.

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 Oscar 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), ''Made in America'' (1993), ''Milk Money'' (1994), ''Mrs. Winterbourne'' (1996), and ''Marci X'' (2003). Provided by Wikipedia