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Home/People/Ben Carruthers
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Born
Aug 14, 1936Died: Sep 27, 1983
Lived 47 years
Place of Birth
Illinois, USA
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male

Career Highlights

17
Movies
1
TV Shows
Also Known As
Benito F. Carruthers
IMDb Profile

Ben Carruthers

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ben Carruthers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Universal Soldier poster

Universal Soldier

as Jesse
1972
Man in the Wilderness poster

Man in the Wilderness

as Longbow
1971
Fearless Frank poster

Fearless Frank

as The Cat
1969
Riot poster

Riot

as "Surefoot"
1969
The Lost Continent poster

The Lost Continent

as Ricaldi
1968
To Grab the Ring poster

To Grab the Ring

as Alfred Lowell
1968
The Dirty Dozen poster

The Dirty Dozen

as Glenn Gilpin
1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor poster

The Unknown Man of Shandigor

as Manuel
1967
The Man Without Papers poster

The Man Without Papers

as Roscoe Mortimer
1965
Goldstein poster

Goldstein

as Jay
1965
A High Wind in Jamaica poster

A High Wind in Jamaica

as Alberto
1965
Love 65 poster

Love 65

as Benito
1965
Scruggs poster

Scruggs

as Ben Scruggs
1965
Lilith poster

Lilith

as Benito (uncredited)
1964
Guns of the Trees poster

Guns of the Trees

as Ben
1961
Shadows poster

Shadows

as Ben
1960
The Beast of Budapest poster

The Beast of Budapest

as Sentry (uncredited)
1958