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Ben Carruthers

Born August 14, 1936 in Illinois, USADied September 27, 198317 films

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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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The Dirty Dozen posterFirst watchThe Dirty Dozen19677.6as Glenn Gilpin12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there.View film

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Shadows poster6.9Shadows1960Man in the Wilderness poster6.3Man in the Wilderness1971Lilith poster6.4Lilith1964The Lost Continent poster5.6The Lost Continent1968

Filmography

17 films as actor
  1. 1972Universal SoldierJesse
  2. 1971Man in the WildernessLongbow
  3. 1969Fearless FrankThe Cat
  4. 1969Riot"Surefoot"
  5. 1968The Lost ContinentRicaldi
  6. 1968To Grab the RingAlfred Lowell
  7. 1967The Dirty DozenGlenn Gilpin
  8. 1967The Unknown Man of ShandigorManuel
  9. 1965The Man Without PapersRoscoe Mortimer
  10. 1965GoldsteinJay
  11. 1965A High Wind in JamaicaAlberto
  12. 1965Love 65Benito
  13. 1965ScruggsBen Scruggs
  14. 1964LilithBenito (uncredited)
  15. 1961Guns of the TreesBen
  16. 1960ShadowsBen
  17. 1958The Beast of BudapestSentry (uncredited)