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Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan’s High School of Performing Arts.
Ben Vereen Biography / Wiki
| Name | Ben Vereen |
| Also Know | |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Miami, Florida, USA |
| Date of Birth | 1946-10-10 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 75 |
| Deathday |
Ben Vereen Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Fosse | Performer | 2002-02-05 | Fosse is a three-act musical revue showcasing the choreography of Bob Fosse. The musical was conceived by Richard Maltby, Jr., Chet Walker, and Ann Re… |
| Pippin | Leading Player | 1982-01-01 | The musical uses the premise of a mysterious performance troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the story of Pippin, a young prince on his search fo… |
| Breakin’ Through | 1984-01-01 | STREET DANCERS: They’re bold and they’re bad; they’re breakers — freestyle dancers who know a mean beat as well as a mean street. STAGE DANCERS: Gra… | |
| Louis Armstrong – Chicago Style | 1976-01-25 | The story of how jazz great Louis Armstrong got his start playing in Chicago clubs, how he was framed on a drug charge, and his travels throughout Eur… | |
| The Charmkins | Dragonweed (voice) | 1983-10-25 | The Charmkins is a television film based on an early 1980s toyline by Hasbro, which was broadcast on October 25, 1983…. |
| Vaudeville | Narrator | 1997-11-27 | Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s) i… |
| Tapioca | Nuts | 2009-03-24 | An insane homeless guy turns the world upside down for a blowhard. Tapioca is a funny, raunchy romp, a quirky, comic tale of redemption starring Broad… |
| Once Upon a Forest | Phineas (voice) | 1993-06-18 | A young mouse, mole and hedgehog risk their lives to find a cure for their badger friend, who’s been poisoned by men…. |
| Time Out of Mind | Dixon | 2014-09-07 | Evicted from his squat and suddenly alone on the streets, George is a man without a home. Struggling with his demons and desperately trying to connect… |
| Mary’s Incredible Dream | Devil / Noah / Man | 1976-01-22 | Extremely rare, never repeated special starring Mary Tyler Moore, Ben Vereen, Doug Kershar, Arthur Fiedler, The Manhattan Transfer. “A special in wh… |
| The Cheryl Ladd Special | Himself | 1979-04-09 | A TV musical special starring Cheryl Ladd and her guest stars in various musical numbers and vignettes…. |
| Puss in Boots | Puss in Boots | 1985-09-09 | A young man (Gregory Hines) journeys from rags-to-riches thanks to his talented Puss in Boots (Ben Vereen). Starring Ben Vereen, Gregory Hines, Alfre … |
| Accidental Friendship | Wes | 2008-11-15 | Homeless woman Yvonne Caldwell is a woman with good reason to be bitter: she has lost everything except her two beloved dogs, Bebe and Man-Man. With h… |
| Lost In London | Paul Williams | 1985-11-20 | Facing his parent’s impending divorce and emotional upheaval, a young boy runs away and joins a gang of London street urchins who live by their wits, … |
| Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin’ To Do | Self | 2015-11-06 | A retrospective of Chita Rivera’s film, television and stage career, including interviews with Dick Van Dyke, Ben Vereen, Carol Lawrence and others. O… |
| Chita: A Legendary Celebration | Self | 2020-05-29 | Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS presents a 2013 concert celebrating Chita Rivera’s 80th birthday as a fundraiser to aid struggling artists during th… |
| Lynda Carter: Body and Soul | Self | 1984-03-16 | Lynda Carter’s fifth musical TV special, with guest stars Eddie Rabbit and Ben Vereen…. |
| Sabine | Stanley | 1982-01-14 | A 15-year-old girl meets her father for the first time. He never married her mother because his adventurous life did not allow it. He takes his daught… |
| Funny Lady | Bert Robbins | 1975-03-15 | Famous singer Fanny Brice has divorced her first husband Nicky Arnstein. During the Great Depression she has trouble finding work as an artist, but me… |
| Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. | Carlos | 1970-09-04 | A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old…. |
| All That Jazz | O’Connor Flood | 1979-12-16 | Joe Gideon is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors and choreographers in musical theater. But he can feel his world slowly col… |
| And Then Came Love | Chuck Cooper | 2007-01-01 | Successful New York journalist and single mom Julie Davidson’s (Vanessa Williams) six-year old son Jake (Jeremy Gumbs) is acting up, so she finds his … |
| Intruders | 1992-05-17 | A mother escapes her abusive husband and takes her young daughter toward refuge in a secluded home, only to be assailed by intruders hungry for the go… | |
| Buy & Cell | Shaka | 1989-01-27 | Herbie Altman is framed for Stock fraud by his boss when the SEC starts investigating his company. Sent to prison, he helps a fellow inmate successful… |
| The Zoo Gang | The Winch | 1985-05-19 | A former boxer known as Old Leather Face opens a nightclub called the Zoo, which does not do a good business. A group of homeless teenagers want to re… |
| Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years | Self | 1985-06-23 | Documentary about the life of explorer Jacques Cousteau…. |
| I’ll Take You There | Mr. Gwin | 1999-09-03 | A woman forces a man to move forward with his life after his wife dumps him…. |
| Idlewild | Percy Senior | 2006-08-25 | A musical set in the Prohibition-era American South, where a speakeasy performer and club manager Rooster must contend with gangsters who have their e… |
| The Kid Who Loved Christmas | Morris | 1990-01-01 | A sweet, poignant story about young Reggie (Trent Cameron), an orphan who is just about to be adopted by a jazz musician (Michael Warren) and his wife… |
| The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again | Dr. Everett von Scott | 2016-10-20 | A straitlaced, square couple, seeking shelter from a storm, find themselves in the castle of a transsexual alien mad scientist intent on creating a bu… |
| Why Do Fools Fall In Love | Richard Barrett | 1998-08-28 | In the mid-80s, three women (each with an attorney) arrive at the office of New York entertainment manager, Morris Levy. One is an L.A. singer, former… |
| Feast of All Saints | Rudolphe Lermontant | 2001-11-11 | Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b… |
| The Saint in Manhattan | Pianist in Bar | 1987-06-12 | Simon Templar returns to New York via Concorde and is feeling restless, until a note from an old flame surfaces. This TV movie was an unsold pilot for… |
| Sweet Charity | Dancer | 1969-02-25 | Taxi dancer, Charity continues to have faith in the human race despite apparently endless disappointments at its hands, and hope that she will finally… |
| The Jesse Owens Story | Herb Douglas | 1984-07-09 | The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama wo… |
| Top Five | Carl Allen | 2014-12-12 | A comedian tries to make it as a serious actor when his reality-TV star fiancé talks him into broadcasting their wedding on her TV show…. |
| Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme | Itsy-Bitsy Spider | 1990-05-19 | Set in the mythical world of Rhymeland, Gordon Goose returns home to discover that his mom has mysteriously vanished. Now the characters of Rhymeland … |
| On Broadway | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-20 | An all-star cast tells the inside story of the Broadway theater, and how it came back from the brink thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inc… |
| Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age | Self | 2021-08-14 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age explores the world of Broadway from 1959 through the early 1980s as recounted by a diverse cast of Broadway stars who … |
| Night of 100 Stars | Self | 1982-03-08 | The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York’s Radio City … |
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