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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1936-08-14 (88 years old)

Place of Birth

Illinois, USA

Ben Carruthers

Biography:

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.

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Known For

Acting

1972

1971

1969

Fearless Frank as The Cat
Riot as "Surefoot"

1968

To Grab the Ring as Alfred Lowell
The Champions as Perango

1967

1965

The Man Without Papers as Roscoe Mortimer
Goldstein as Jay
Love 65 as Benito
Scruggs as Ben Scruggs

1964

Lilith as Benito (uncredited)

1961

1960

Shadows as Ben

1958

The Beast of Budapest as Sentry (uncredited)