Made stage debut in Off-Broadway production of "The Prodigal Son"

Performed in "Sweet Charity" in Las Vegas; first association with Bob Fosse

Performed in "Hair" in New York and Los Angeles

Made screen debut in "Sweet Charity", directed by Fosse

Played Judas Iscariot in "Jesus Christ Superstar" on Broadway; earned first Tony Award nomination

Won Tony Award for turn as the Leading Player in the stage musical "Pippin", directed and choreographed by Fosse

Played featured role in "Funny Lady"; cast in a role that was a composite of black entertainers like Bert Williams and Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson

Hosted NBC summer variety series "Ben Vereen . . . Comin' at Ya"

Played title role in "Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style" (ABC)

Offered memorable Emmy-nominated performance as Chicken George in "Roots" (ABC)

Co-starred with Jeff Goldblum in short-lived detective series "Tenspeed and Brownshoe" (ABC)

Joined the cast of the ABC sitcom "Webster", playing the title character's uncle

Reprised role of Tenspeed on "J.J. Starbuck" (NBC)

Played Hutch in "Silk Stalkings" (USA)

Struck by car while walking alongside Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu

Made return to the Broadway stage succeeding Keith David as the Chimney Man in the musical "Jelly's Last Jam"

Co-starred in the seasonal musical "A Christmas Carol"

Returned to Broadway as co-star of the award-winning revue "Fosse"

Cast in "Idlewild" a musical set in the 1930's