Ben Vereen

ActorSound Oct 10 (age 79) Miami, Florida, USA 1953–2027 (74 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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.

Known For

Film

All That Jazz

O'Connor Flood

Film

Top Five

Carl Allen

Film

Khumba

Mkhulu (voice)

Film

Once Upon a Forest

Phineas (voice)

Film

Sweet Charity

Dancer

Film

Time Out of Mind

Dixon

Film

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

Dr. Scott

Film

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

Richard Barrett

Filmography

Acting (108)

Movies (53)

The Auction

2027 Upcoming

as Hector Valdez

Aug 1

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2025

as Self

8.0

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

2020

as Self

David Foster: Off the Record

2019

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

On Broadway

2019

as Self (archive footage)

8.7

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again

as Dr. Scott

Time Out of Mind

as Dixon

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

2015

as Self

Top Five

as Carl Allen

Khumba

as Mkhulu (voice)

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

2013

as Self

Mama, I Want to Sing!

as Horace Payne

Tapioca

as Nuts

Accidental Friendship

as Wes

And Then Came Love

as Chuck Cooper

Idlewild

as Percy Senior

Fosse

as Performer

Feast of All Saints

as Rudolphe Lermontant

4.4

The Painting

2001

as Whistlin' Willie Weston

7.0

I'll Take You There

1999

as Mr. Gwin

6.0

Why Do Fools Fall In Love

1998

as Richard Barrett

6.3

Vaudeville

1997

as Narrator

Once Upon a Forest

1993

as Phineas (voice)

6.5

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme

1990

as Itsy-Bitsy Spider

4.8

The Kid Who Loved Christmas

1990

as Morris

6.6

The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades

as Self

Buy & Cell

as Shaka

The Saint in Manhattan

1987

as Pianist in Bar

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1986

7.0

Lost In London

1985

as Paul Williams

Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years

1985

as Self

Breakin' Through

The Zoo Gang

as The Winch

Puss in Boots

as Puss in Boots

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

1985

as Self

The Jesse Owens Story

1984

as Herb Douglas

7.9

Don't Ask Me, Ask God

1984

as Self

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

1984

as Self - Performer

Lynda Carter: Body and Soul

1984

as Self

The Charmkins

1983

as Dragonweed (voice)

Night of 100 Stars

as Self

Sabine

as Stanley

Pippin

as Leading Player

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

1981

as Self

All That Jazz

1979

as O'Connor Flood

7.5

The Cheryl Ladd Special

1979

as Self

Louis Armstrong: Chicago Style

1976

Mary's Incredible Dream

1976

as Devil / Noah / Man

Funny Lady

1975

as Bert Robbins

5.2

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.

as Carlos

Sweet Charity

as Dancer

Television (55)

The Gray House

B Positive

as Peter

The Kelly Clarkson Show

as Self - Guest

Magnum P.I.

as Henry Barr

The Good Fight

as Frederick Douglass

Making History

as Dr. Cobell

Bull

as Willie Lambert

Star

as Calvin

Sneaky Pete

as Porter

Hot in Cleveland

as Mayor Deacon

Your Mama Don't Dance

2008

Grey's Anatomy

2005

as Archie Roche

8.2

How I Met Your Mother

as Sam Gibbs

NCIS

as Lamar Addison

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Jeremiah Morris

The View

as Self

as A.R. Whitworth

The Jamie Foxx Show

as Royal

Promised Land

Second Noah

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

as Snake (voice)

Touched by an Angel

as Ulysses Dodd

New York Undercover

as Louie

The Nanny

as Ben Vereen

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Dr. Andre Novak

Intruders

as Gene Randall

Silk Stalkings

as Ben Hutchinson

Silk Stalkings

as Ben Hutchinson

Breakfast with the Arts

1991

5.0

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

as Lou Smith

Booker

Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

as Dr. Edward La Forge

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Pianist in Bar

J.J. Starbuck

as Tenspeed Turner

Zoobilee Zoo

as Mayor Ben

A.D.

as Ethiopian

Ellis Island

as Roscoe Haines

Webster

Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade

as Self - Host

Faerie Tale Theatre

as Puss in Boots

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe

1980

as E.L. 'Tenspeed' Turner

6.8

The Magic of David Copperfield

The Love Boat

as Dr. John Hanson

Roots

as Chicken George Moore

7.4

The Muppet Show

1976

as Self - Special Guest Star

8.0

Donny & Marie

1976

as Self

6.7

The Captain and Tennille

1976

as Self

5.5

Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya

1975

as Host

Dinah!

1974

as Self

6.7

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

7.7

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.5

The Mike Douglas Show

1961

as Self - Guest

5.4

Tony Awards

1956

as Self - Presenter / Performer

5.9

The Oscars

1953

as Self

7.0

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

The Secret World of the Very Young

1984

Songs