Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including Goodbye, Columbus (1969), based on the novella (1959) by Philip Roth, and Westworld (1973).

Filmography

• 2024Ex-Husbands — Simon Pearce
• 2023You People — Dr. Green
• 2017Ida Western Exile — Thanks
• Childrens Hospital — Dan Richards
• 2008Henry Poole Is Here — Dr. Fancher
• Pushing Daisies — Jerry Holmes
• 2006A Little Thing Called Murder — Director
• 2006Keeping Up with the Steins — Ken
• 2004The Goodbye Girl — Oliver Frey, Director, Producer
• 2003Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest — Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 2003Marci X — Ben Feld, Director
• 2001Laughter on the 23rd Floor — Director
• 2001The Shrink Is In — Samantha's Editor (uncredited), Director
• 2001The Sports Pages — Director
• Titus — Bill
• 1998The Pentagon Wars — Casper Weinberger, Director
• 1998Tourist Trap — Director
• 1997Deconstructing Harry — Ken
• 1996Mrs. Winterbourne — Director
• 1994Milk Money — Director
• 1993Made in America — Director
• Love & War
• Mad About You — Mr. Frank DiChristophoro
• 1990Downtown — Director
• 1990Mermaids — Director
• 1988Little Nikita — Director
• 1988My Stepmother Is an Alien — Director
• 1986The Money Pit — Director
• 1984City Heat — Director
• 1984Racing with the Moon — Director
• 1983Packin' It In — Gary Webber
• 1982My Favorite Year — Director
• 1981Saturday the 14th — John
• 1980First Family — Press Secretary Bunthorne
• 1980How to Beat the High Cost of Living — Albert
• Semi-Tough — Director
• 1980The Last Married Couple in America — Marv Cooper
• 1980Witches' Brew — Joshua Lightman
• 1979Love at First Bite — Dr. Jeffery Rosenberg / Van Helsing
• 1979Scavenger Hunt — Stuart Selsome
• 1978Fame — Meyer Shine
• 1978House Calls — Dr. Norman Solomon
• 1977No Room to Run — Nick Loomis
• Quark — Adam Quark
• 1975The Sunshine Boys — Ben Clark
• 1973The Last of Sheila — Tom Parkman
• 1973Westworld — Peter Martin
• 1972Portnoy's Complaint — Alexander Portnoy
• 1971The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker — William Alren
• 1971The Steagle — Harold Weiss
• 1970Catch-22 — Maj. Danby
• 1970Diary of a Mad Housewife — Jonathan Balser
• 1969Goodbye, Columbus — Neil Klugman
• He & She — Dick Hollister
• Vacation Playhouse — Ted Penny
• Dr. Kildare — Dr. Adam Barstow, Intern
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Meyer Shine
• Back of Book — Director

Appearances as themselves (14)

• 2025SEGAL — Self
• 2020Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind — Self
• 2014Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles — Self - Filmmaker
• 2012Pablo — Self
• 2002AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories — Self
• 1989First Works — Self
• 1982Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady — Self
• Wogan — Self
• Saturday Night Live — Self - Host
• 1975The Lion Roars Again — Self
• 1973On Location with Westworld — Self (uncredited)
• The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Self, Self - Guest Host
• Tony Awards — Self - Presenter
• Science Fiction Film Awards — Self