Robby Benson

AKA:
Robbie Benson , Robin David Segal
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
01/21/1956
Birthplace:
Dallas, Texas
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biography
A doe-eyed, dark-haired stage-trained actor, Robby Benson moved from teenaged star of the 1970s to sitcom director and voice actor in the 1990s. The son of screenwriter Jerry Segal and nightclub singer Ann Benson, he began his career as a toddler, appearing in TV commercials and summer stock productions. By the time he was approaching his teens, Benson was appearing on Broadway and even had his bar mitzvah on the stage of the Lunt-Fontanne Theater where he was appearing in the musical "The Rothschilds".

Benson made his film debut in the lead of the middling Western "Jory" (1972) but garnered Continued

Credits
(TV Show)
2004-2004
Director
2004
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Director
2003
(TV Show)
2003-2003
Director
2003
Director
2003
of Beast
1991
Pitts
Billy Weber
Jory
Danny Saunders
Producer
Howard Keach
Jud Templeton
screenplay
Producer
Director
Director
Jeremy
Billy Joe McAllister
Billy Mills
Henry Steele
Nick Peterson
Emilio
Pinsky
Scott
screenplay
screenplay
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Manhattan
 
Appeared in TV commercials and summer stock beginning at age five
1968 
Broadway debut in "Zelda" aged 12
1970 
Had bar mitzvah on stage of "The Rothschilds," in which he was appearing (date approximate)
1971 
Was regular on the CBS daytime drama "Search for Tomorrow"
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