Robby Benson

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Robby Benson

Robby Benson (* 21st January 1956 in Dallas , Texas as Robin David Segal ) is an American actor , director and singer .

life and career

Robin David Segal was born in Dallas to a Jewish family. His mother Ann was a singer and his father Jerry Segal was a writer. He has a sister named Shelli Segal. He grew up in New York City and started performing as a child; for this he took the maiden name of his mother Benson .

He made his Broadway debut on the theater stage with the musical The Rothschilds . Soon after, he also starred in the Search for Tomorrow series (1972). He made his debut as a film actor with the Western Jory (1973). Soon after, he was also seen in other films such as Jeremy and Ode to Billy Joe in teen roles .

As early as 1976, he was included in the list of the twelve most promising new actors from John Willis' Screen World . He was also one of the candidates for the role of Luke Skywalker from Star Wars , which ultimately went to Mark Hamill . Instead, he was in various other film projects, often seen television films, such as Eisfieber (1978) or Harry & Sohn (1984). In 1983 he played the role of Billy Mills in the documentary film Running Brave .

Benson also works as a voice actor after lending his voice to the Disney film Beauty and the Beast in 1991, and then dubbing in various other cartoon productions and video games and lending his voice to the characters, for example in Fantasy, which appeared in 2000 -Christmas movie The Adventures of Santa Claus Nicholas, Father Christmas. As a director, Benson has directed over 100 episodes from a wide variety of sitcoms , including: B. Friends , Sabrina - Totally Bewitched! and Ellen .

Private

Benson is temporarily a professor at the Tisch School of the Arts from New York University worked after that status at the Appalachian State University has acquired. Since 1982 he has been married to the actress Karla DeVito , with whom he has two children, a son and a daughter. He has also had a serious heart defect since birth.

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personal data
SURNAME Benson, Robby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Segal, Robin David (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, director and singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 21, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Dallas , Texas, United States