Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.

Writing
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Acting credits
10
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
TMDB popularity
1.8
Low visibility
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TMDB ID: 6729
IMDb ID: nm0000914
Known for: Writing
Born: September 29, 1932
Died: May 11, 2025
Age: 92
Place of birth: Waxahachie, Texas, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1946 - 2010
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.47
Wikidata: Q59085
Other jobs
Robert Douglas Benton (September 29, 1932 - May 11, 2025) was an American screenwriter and film director. Benton was born in Waxahachie, Texas, the son of Dorothy (née Spaulding) and Ellery Douglass Benton, a telephone company employee. He attended the University of Texas and Columbia University. Benton has enjoyed a highly successful career in film, winning numerous prestigious awards for both writing and directing. He was also the art director at Esquire magazine in the early 1960s. In 2006, he appeared in the documentary Wanderlust, as did a number of other well-known people. Benton's family originally hailed from Northumberland in Great Britain, where the Bentons held a seat long before the Norman Conquest. Many family members settled in America, including Abigail and Isabel Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1642; George Benton, who settled in Barbados in 1669; and Robert Benton, who settled in Virginia in 1635. Benton was once a noble family, but they became commoners after the Norman invasion. Robert Benton still has relatives living in England who trace their origins to the seventeenth century. Other prominent Bentons include: Thomas Hart Benton and William Burnett Benton.


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