Ben Carruthers

Ben Carruthers

Born: August 14, 1936
Died: September 27, 1983
in Illinois, USA
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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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Movies for Ben Carruthers...

Universal Soldier
Title: Universal Soldier
Character: Jesse
Released: May 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A life-long mercenary commander and weapons expert is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.
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Man in the Wilderness
Title: Man in the Wilderness
Character: Longbow
Released: November 24, 1971
Type: Movie
In the early 1800s, a group of fur trappers and Indian traders are returning with their goods to civilization and are making a desperate attempt to beat the oncoming winter. When guide Zachary Bass is injured in a bear attack, they decide he's a goner and leave him behind to die. When he recovers instead, he swears revenge on them and tracks them and their paranoiac expedition leader down.
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Scruggs
Title: Scruggs
Character: Ben Scruggs
Released: April 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.
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Fearless Frank
Title: Fearless Frank
Character: The Cat
Released: December 10, 1969
Type: Movie
A country boy arrives in Chicago, gets killed by some gangsters, and returns to life with superhuman powers in this satirical look at movie genres.
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Riot
Title: Riot
Character: "Surefoot"
Released: January 15, 1969
Type: Movie
A riot in a state prison is staged to cover up an escape attempt, during which many inmates and guards are killed. Shot on location at Arizona State Prison.
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Title: The Champions
Character: Perango
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
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The Lost Continent
Title: The Lost Continent
Character: Ricaldi
Released: June 19, 1968
Type: Movie
An eclectic group of characters set sail on Captain Lansen’s leaky cargo ship in an attempt to escape their various troubles. When a violent storm strikes, the ship is swept into the Sargasso Sea and the passengers find themselves trapped on an island populated by man-eating seaweed, giant crabs and Spanish conquistadors who believe it’s still the 16th century.
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To Grab the Ring
Title: To Grab the Ring
Character: Alfred Lowell
Released: March 14, 1968
Type: Movie
This film takes a decidedly satirical look at the inner workings of the gangster underworld. Alfred Lowell is a washed-up actor sent to London to take care of some mob business. Alfred's mind is not on his job, as he prefers to probe his past for the reasons why he has failed as a thespian. He entertains thoughts of suicide, but his involvement in the gang prevents him from ending his life.
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The Dirty Dozen
Title: The Dirty Dozen
Character: Glenn Gilpin
Released: June 15, 1967
Type: Movie
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
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The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Title: The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Character: Manuel
Released: May 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Crazed scientist Herbert Von Krantz has invented a device to sterilize all nuclear weapons -- and a mad herd of rival spies are desperate to get their hands on the device, including a sect of bald, turtleneck-wearing assassins.
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The Man Without Papers
Title: The Man Without Papers
Character: Roscoe Mortimer
Released: June 9, 1965
Type: Movie
Years ago, it was Roscoe who kept his friends alive in a Korean prison camp. Now, he's penniless and without papers in London - will his now-prosperous former friends help him?
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Goldstein
Title: Goldstein
Character: Jay
Released: May 7, 1965
Type: Movie
GOLDSTEIN, the feature film debut of talented director Philip Kaufman, is an early example of American independent filmmaking from the early 1960s. A fable about an old man with an odd effect on those he encounters, the film is a funny, warm-hearted postcard from an important moment in American cinema. GOLDSTEIN, starring veteran character actor Lou Gilbert, shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival with Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution. Cinema deity Jean Renoir called the film "the best American film I have seen in 20 years."
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A High Wind in Jamaica
Title: A High Wind in Jamaica
Character: Alberto
Released: May 1, 1965
Type: Movie
In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.
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Love 65
Title: Love 65
Character: Benito
Released: March 17, 1965
Type: Movie
A film director has problems coping with his wife and marriage. The daughter is their only connecting link. He is looking for love and sex elsewhere. A married woman becomes his new partner for a while.
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Lilith
Title: Lilith
Character: Benito (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charming young woman suffering from schizophrenia, whose fragile beauty captivates all who meet her.
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Guns of the Trees
Title: Guns of the Trees
Character: Ben
Released: February 28, 1961
Type: Movie
A depressed woman, Barbara, is on the verge of suicide while a man she meets in a church and a married couple try to convince her that life is worth living.
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Shadows
Title: Shadows
Character: Ben
Released: October 14, 1960
Type: Movie
The relationship between Lelia, a light-skinned black woman, and Tony, a white man is put in jeopardy when Tony meets Lelia’s darker-skinned jazz singer brother, Hugh, and discovers that her racial heritage is not what he thought it was.
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The Beast of Budapest
Title: The Beast of Budapest
Character: Sentry (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1958
Type: Movie
Archival footage combined with new footage re-creates the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It is also a love story between a devout communist woman and the liberal son of a prominent professor. Because of their political differences, the two can never be together.