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Richard Benner(1943-1990)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Richard Benner was born in 1943 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Monsters (1988), Outrageous! (1977) and Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980). He died on 2 December 1990 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Born1943
DiedDecember 2, 1990
Born1943
DiedDecember 2, 1990
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Known for

Monsters (1988)
Monsters
7.3
TV Series
  • Director(as Dick Benner)
Outrageous! (1977)
Outrageous!
6.9
  • Director
  • 1977
Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
Happy Birthday, Gemini
5.2
  • Director
  • 1980
Craig Russell in Too Outrageous! (1987)
Too Outrageous!
6.1
  • Director(as Dick Benner)
  • 1987

Credits

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Director



  • Les contes d'Avonlea (1990)
    Les contes d'Avonlea
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director (as Dick Benner)
    • 1990
  • C. David Johnson, Eric Peterson, and Sonja Smits in Street Legal (1987)
    Street Legal
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1988–1989
  • 9B (1988)
    9B
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1988
  • Monsters (1988)
    Monsters
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director (as Dick Benner)
    • 1988
  • Craig Russell in Too Outrageous! (1987)
    Too Outrageous!
    6.1
    • Director (as Dick Benner)
    • 1987
  • Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
    Happy Birthday, Gemini
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1980
  • Outrageous! (1977)
    Outrageous!
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1977

Writer



  • Monsters (1988)
    Monsters
    7.3
    TV Series
    • written by (as Dick Benner)
    • 1988
  • Vendredi 13 (1987)
    Vendredi 13
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Writer (as Dick Benner)
    • 1988
  • Histoires de l'autre monde (1983)
    Histoires de l'autre monde
    7.4
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1987–1988
  • Craig Russell in Too Outrageous! (1987)
    Too Outrageous!
    6.1
    • written by (as Dick Benner)
    • 1987
  • Happy Birthday, Gemini (1980)
    Happy Birthday, Gemini
    5.2
    • screenplay
    • 1980
  • Outrageous! (1977)
    Outrageous!
    6.9
    • written by
    • 1977
  • Teleplay (1976)
    Teleplay
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1976

Script and Continuity Department



  • J'ai épousé une extra-terrestre (1988)
    J'ai épousé une extra-terrestre
    5.4
    • script revisions (uncredited)
    • 1988

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Dick Benner
  • Born
    • 1943
    • Sterling, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • December 2, 1990
    • Toronto, Ontario, Canada(AIDS)

Did you know

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    The January 25, 1988 draft of the script for J'ai épousé une extra-terrestre (1988) credits Jerico Stone as writer, with revisions by Frank Galati, Richard Benner, Susan Rice, Herschel Weingrod & Timothy Harris, Paul Rudnick, and Debra Frank & Carl Sautter, and a further rewrite by Jonathan Reynolds. Only four of the ten writers received credits in the final film.

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