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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.
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1972
Universal Soldier
Movie Jesse
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1971
Man in the Wilderness
Movie Longbow
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1969
Fearless Frank
Movie The Cat
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1969
Riot
Movie "Surefoot"
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1968
The Champions
TV show Perango
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1968
The Lost Continent
Movie Ricaldi
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1968
To Grab the Ring
Movie Alfred Lowell
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1967
The Dirty Dozen
Movie Glenn Gilpin
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1967
The Unknown Man of Shandigor
Movie Manuel
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1965
The Man Without Papers
Movie Roscoe Mortimer
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1965
Goldstein
Movie Jay
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1965
A High Wind in Jamaica
Movie Alberto
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1965
Love 65
Movie Benito
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1965
Scruggs
Movie Ben Scruggs
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1964
Lilith
Movie Benito (uncredited)
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1964
The Wednesday Play
TV show Roscoe Mortimer
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1961
Guns of the Trees
Movie Ben
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1960
Shadows
Movie Ben
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1958
The Beast of Budapest
Movie Sentry (uncredited)