Ben Carruthers

Birthday: 1936-08-14
Deathday: 1983-09-27
Birthplace: Illinois, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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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Credits

Year Title Character
1972-05-01 Universal Soldier Jesse
1971-11-24 Man in the Wilderness Longbow
1969-12-10 Fearless Frank The Cat
1969-01-15 Riot "Surefoot"
1968-06-19 The Lost Continent Ricaldi
1968-03-14 To Grab the Ring Alfred Lowell
1967-06-15 The Dirty Dozen Glenn Gilpin
1967-05-01 The Unknown Man of Shandigor Manuel
1965-06-09 The Man Without Papers Roscoe Mortimer
1965-05-07 Goldstein Jay
1965-05-01 A High Wind in Jamaica Alberto
1965-03-17 Love 65 Benito
1965-01-01 Scruggs Ben Scruggs
1964-10-01 Lilith Benito (uncredited)
1961-02-28 Guns of the Trees Ben
1960-10-14 Shadows Ben
1958-02-23 The Beast of Budapest Sentry (uncredited)