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Ben Carruthers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Benito "Ben" F. Carruthers (14 August 1936, Illinois, USA - 27 September 1983, Los Angeles, California) was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film Shadows (1959). He later appeared in Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen (1967) as Glenn Gilpin. His last film performance was in Man in the Wilderness (1971). Carruthers died of liver failure in 1983 at the age of 47. He stood 6' 1". His son was a drummer for a very short time in Megadeth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Carruthers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Aug 14, 1936
Movie/TV Credits:
17
First Appeared:
In the movie The Beast of Budapest 1958-02-23
Latest Project:
Movie I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work 1984-07-01
Known For
Poster of The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Poster of Goldstein
Poster of Love 65
Poster of Guns of the Trees
Filmography
Movie I'm Almost Not Crazy: John Cassavetes - The Man and His Work Ben 1984-07-01
Movie Universal Soldier Jesse 1972-05-01
Movie Man in the Wilderness Longbow 1971-11-24
Movie Scruggs Ben Scruggs 1970-04-23
Movie Riot "Surefoot" 1969-01-15
Movie Fearless Frank The Cat 1969-12-10
Movie The Lost Continent Ricaldi 1968-06-19
Movie To Grab the Ring Alfred Lowell 1968-03-14
Movie The Unknown Man of Shandigor Manuel 1967-05-01
Movie The Dirty Dozen Glenn Gilpin 1967-06-15
Movie Love 65 Benito 1965-03-17
Movie A High Wind in Jamaica Alberto 1965-05-01
Movie Goldstein Jay 1965-05-07
Movie Lilith Benito (uncredited) 1964-10-01
Movie Guns of the Trees Ben 1961-02-28
Movie Shadows Ben 1960-10-14
Movie The Beast of Budapest Sentry (uncredited) 1958-02-23