Most Recent Role: Rev. Jeremiah Morris on Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Laurinburg, North Carolina, USA
Birthday: 10-10-1946
Birth Name: Benjamin Augustus Middleton
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Laurinburg, North Carolina, USA
Birthday: 10-10-1946
Birth Name: Benjamin Augustus Middleton
The multi-talented Ben Vereen was born Benjamin Augustus Middleton in 1946 in Laurinburg, NC and was raised in Miami, Florida and Brooklyn, NY after his adoption as an infant. He attended New York's famed High School of Performing Arts and Emerson College, which prepared him for a lifetime in theater. After several parts in small off-Broadway productions during the late 1960s, he had the...
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Senseless
Thursday 13 December 2007 on USA
Logan and Falacci investigate the execution-style murder of three young college freshmen.
Vereen was born on exactly the same day as fellow actor Sir Charles Dance, of Last Action Hero infamy; both were born just one month (during the same year) after late singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury.
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Zoobilee Zoo
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Booker
The Life and Death of Chick Sterling Carl McQueen |
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Bordertown
Hired Hand Isaac West |
Circus of the Stars
Special #14 Performer |
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Dinah
August 18, 1975 Himself |
Disneyland
Walt Disney...One Man's Dream Himself |
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One of the odder TV partnerships, the short-lived series tells the tale of Lionel Whitney, an accountant (aka a "Brownshoe" in street parlance") and detective-story afficinado who gets involved... more Zoobilee Zoo
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