Richard Beymer

ActorDirectorCinematographer Feb 20 (age 88) Avoca, Iowa, USA 1951–2025 (74 year career)

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Biography

George Richard Beymer, Jr. (born February 20, 1938) is an American actor known for playing Tony in the 1961 film version of West Side Story and Ben Horne on the 1990 television series Twin Peaks. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Beymer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Film

Twin Peaks

Benjamin Horne

Film

Twin Peaks

Benjamin Horne

Film

West Side Story

Tony

Film

The Longest Day

Pvt. Dutch Schultz

Film

The Diary of Anne Frank

Peter Van Daan

Film

My Girl 2

Peter Webb

Film

Foxfire

Mr. Parks

Film

Fourteen Hours

(uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (58)

Movies (35)

Twin Peaks: The Return

2025

as Ben Horne

10.0

Howard

2018

as Tony (archive footage)

6.8

Playing Patti

2006

West Side Memories

2003

as Self

Postcards From The Cast

2001

as Self

An Introduction to David Lynch

2001

as Self

4.0

Home: The Horror Story

as Bob Parkinson

Elvis Meets Nixon

as Bob Haldeman

The Disappearance of Kevin Johnson

as Chad Leary

Foxfire

as Mr. Parks

The Little Death

as Prosecutor

A Face to Die For

as Dr. Matthew Sheridan

My Girl 2

as Peter Webb

State of Emergency

as Dr. Ronald Frames

Under Investigation

as Dr. Jerry Parsons

Blackbelt

as Eddie Deangelo

The Presence

as Ben

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

as Dr. Newbury

Twin Peaks

as Benjamin Horne

Generation

as Allan Breed

Cross Country

as Evan Bley

The Innerview

Scream Free!

as Dean

The Stripper

as Kenny Baird

The Longest Day

as Pvt. Dutch Schultz

7.6

Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man

as Nick Adams

Five Finger Exercise

as Philip Harrington

West Side Story

as Tony

Bachelor Flat

as Mike Pulaski

High Time

as Bob Bannerman

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Peter Van Daan

Johnny Tremain

as Rab Silsbee

So Big

as Roelf, Age 12-16

Indiscretion of an American Wife

as Paul

Fourteen Hours

as (uncredited)

Television (23)

Family Law

as Richard Collins

Profiler

as Martin Fizer

The X-Files

as Dr. Jack Franklin

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Li Nalas

Twin Peaks

as Benjamin Horne

Twin Peaks

as Benjamin Horne

The Bronx Zoo

Moonlighting

as Ray Adamson

Murder, She Wrote

as Sydney Jarvis

Paper Dolls

as David Fenton

Dallas

as Jeff Larkin

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

as Harry Williams

7.1

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963

5.7

Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Werner Schiff

The Virginian

as Mark Shannon

Dr. Kildare

as Rev. Jack Elder

26 Men

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Shep Jolland

Navy Log

The Danny Thomas Show

as The Boyfriend

Cavalcade of America

Death Valley Days

as John Owens (as Dick Beymer)

6.4

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

1951

7.2

Crew (7)

Movies (7)

I Had Bad Milk in Dehradun

2017

Director

6.6

Behind the Red Curtain

2017

Director

6.2

Freedom Summer

2014

Director of Photography

7.2

It's a Beautiful World

2014

Director

5.2

High Powder

1982

Second Unit Director of Photography

The Innerview

1973

Director

A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer

1964

Director