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Open Heart Theatrical Musical Composer/Lyricist/Author The Breakfast Club A&M/Universal John Hughes [w/d] Soundtrack Composer "We Are Not Alone" performed by Karla DeVito RECEIVED GOLD RECORD FOR SONGWRITING Swept Away - Diana Ross RCA "Nobody Makes Me Crazy" Composer RECEIVED GOLD RECORD FOR SONGWRITING Walk Proud Universal Pictures Soundtrack Composer Modern Love Sony/SVS Soundtrack Composer and Producer Die Laughing Orion Soundtrack Composer Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures Feature Soundtrack RECEIVED GOLD RECORD FOR PERFORMANCE Dirty Love Theatrical Musical Composer/Lyricist/Author Robby Benson CD Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Wake ’em Up in Tokyo! - Karla DeVito A&M 6 tracks Composer

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Acting – Film

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One on One Warner Bros. (Annette O’Toole) Also Writer The Chosen Contemporary Films (co-starring Rod Steiger) Tribute 20th Century Fox (co-starring Jack Lemmon) Ice Castles Columbia Donald Wrye [d] (Colleen Dewhurst, Tom Skerritt) Ode to Billy Joe Warner Bros. (Glynnis O’Connor) Running Brave ITC/Buena Vista/Filmtrust, Irminskin Band (Pat Hingle) Jeremy United Artists (co-starring Glynnis O’Connor) FILM AWARD AT CANNE FILM FEST; ROBBY NOMINATED FOR GOLDEN GLOBE® Just a Dream Showtime Danny Glover [d] (Amy Madigan, Ally Sheedy) Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures Voice of BEAST ONLY ANIMATED FEATURE EVER NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARD® BEST PICTURE Modern Love Sony/SVS Lyric Films Also Writer, Producer, Composer White Hot Academy Ent. Robby Benson [d] (Danny Aiello) Rent a Cop Kings Road/ITC (Burt Reynolds, Liza Minnelli) Harry and Son Orion Paul Newman [d] (co-starring Paul Newman) Die Laughing Orion, Warner Bros. (with Charles Durning) — Also Writer, Producer, Composer Walk Proud Universal Pictures Lawrence Turman Also Music Co-composer The End United Artists, Larry Gordon (Burt Reynolds, Dom de Luise) Lucky Lady Stanley Donan [d] (Burt Reynolds, Gene Hackman, Liza Minelli) The Godfather Part II Paramount Francis Ford Coppola [d] Jory Avco-Embassy Pictures

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Death Be Not Proud Hallmark Hall of Fame RECEIVED GOLDEN GLOBE® BEST ACTOR NOMINATION 1975 Our Town George Schaeffer [d] (co-starring Hal Holbrook) Two of a Kind CBS - G.E. Theatre (co-star George Burns) RECEIVED GOLDEN GLOBE® BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR NOMINATION The Death of Richie (co-starring Ben Gazzara) The Last of Mrs. Lincoln (co-starring Julie Harris, role of Todd Lincoln) California Girls ABC Pictures – Movie of the Week Ed Sullivan Show (performing with the Broadway cast "The Rothschilds") American Dreams NBC Jonathan Prince/Dick Clark [p] (recurring) The Huntress USA Robby Benson [p] [d] (Annette O’Toole, guest star cameo) Lefty CBS Brad Grey/Sylvester Stallone [p] Pilot Sabrina the Teenage Witch ABC Viacom Pilot [d] (guest star cameo) Caroline in the City NBC CBS Prods. Family Album CBS Lorimar; Bright/Kauffman/Crane Prods. Benson [d] (cameo) Precious Victims CBS TV Movie (co-star Park Overall, Richard Thomas) Road To Avonlea CBC Disney Channel Evening Shade CBS Mozark, Burt Reynolds Prods. (Burt Reynolds, Charles Durning) Hitchiker HBO Lewis Chesler Prods. (shot in Paris) Tough Cookies CBS Witt-Thomas Star American Bandstand Dick Clark Prod. (playing composition for film Walk Proud) The Virginia Hill Story (co-starring Dyan Cannon) Remember When (co-starring Jack Warden) All the Kind Strangers (co-starring John Savage)

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Acting – Theater

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BROADWAY: Pirates of Penzance Joseph Papp [p] Dan Berlinghoff [c] (Kevin Kline, Karla DeVito) Open Hearts, the Musical Book, music and lyrics by Robby Benson Licensed and published by Samuel French, 2006 Dude Rado and Ragni [w] The Rothchilds Hilly Elkins [p] (Hal Linden) Zelda Delbert Mann [d] (Co-Starring Ed Begley, Sr.)   OTHERS: King Of Hearts A. J. Antoon [d] Steve Tesich [w] Oliver Imperial Theatre, Japan Love Letters Ted Wyiant [d] Canon Theatre, LA Evita Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? John Kenley [p]

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Acting – Voice

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Beauty and the Beast Walt Disney Pictures Beast GOLDEN GLOBE® BEST PICTURE NOMINATED ACADEMY AWARD® BEST PICTURE Dragonheart II Universal Raffaella DeLaurentis [p] Draco David and Goliath Family Channel David The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Disney Santa Claus Prince Valiant Family Channel/Hearst 65+ episodes Prince Valiant Exosquad Universal Cartoon Studios 52 episodes J.T. Marsh P.T. Barnum Discovery Channel Ken Burns [p] Lincoln ABC Ken Burns [p] Conduct Unbecoming Publishing Mills (Audio Book) Tom Sawyer Dove Audio (Audio Book) Red Badge of Courage Random House (Audio Book) The Lost Boys Simon & Schuster (Audio Book) Big Book on the Planet Publishing Mills (Audio Book) If You Give a Moose a Muffin Harper Collins (Audio Book) Puss N’ Boots Dove Audio (Audio Book) The Little Match Girl Dove Audio (Audio Book) Beauty and the Beast: Enchanted Christmas Disney Beauty and the Beast: Magical Moments Disney Beauty and the Beast - World on Ice Disney (Live Version) Batman FOX Warner Bros. (Animated Series) Mickey’s House of Mouse Disney (Animated Series) Magic Schoolbus: Seeds PBS Scholastic Prods. (Lily Tomlin) Snowed in at the House of Mouse Disney (Video) Crippled Lamb TLC Productions King’s Quest 6 Sierra On-Line (CD-ROM Interactive) Meant for Each Other Birthing Tape Announcer Pilot [d] Game Night "Lemon Blast" Commercial Pilot [d] Thunder Alley ABC TV Track Announcer Episode [d]

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A&E Biography: Robby Benson A&E Channel Snow White DVD Disney/Timeline (Host) Walt Disney World® Millenium Celebration Epcot (Narrator) Walt Disney World® Candlelight Processional Epcot (Narrator) Nintendo "Beauty and the Beast" Gameboy National Commercial Beast Disney Channel Fall Previews Disney Channel (Co-Host with Lyric Benson) Disney Channel Backstage Pass Special Disney Channel (Host) E! Animation Special E! Channel (Host) American Express’ Backstage Pass Disney Channel (Host) — "Beauty and the Beast Goes To Broadway" Disney Channel Spring Previews Disney Channel (Host) Pinocchio: The Making of a Masterpiece Disney/Buena Vista (Host) Disney’s Very Merry Christmas Parade ABC (Host) Walt Disney World® Easter Parade ABC (Host) Walt Disney World® Easter Parade CBS (Host) Academy Awards® 1982 and 1991 (Presenter)

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Teaching

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Robby Benson is currently teaching at NYU as he was offered and accepted an appointment by Dean Mary Schmidt Campbell, Tisch School of the Arts, as a Visiting Associate Arts Professor full-time faculty for the 2006-2007 academic year. He began his teaching career at the University of South Carolina as visiting professor for the 1988-89 and 1989-90 school years, relocating from Los Angeles to Columbia, SC. He taught MFA students in Theatre, Screenwriting and Filmmaking. He shot his film MODERN LOVE (Sony/SVS 1990) in Columbia, during the school year and twelve of his students were cast and given the opportunity to join the Screen Actors Guild and one student received an apprenticeship in the Directors Guild of America. All of his students apprenticed professionals in every department. Upon returning to LA, George Schaeffer, the head of UCLA's Film and Theatre Department, called upon Robby to teach in the graduate studies program in 1991. In 1993 President Art Smith offered Robby a full professorship at the University of Utah, and Robby was affiliated with the U of U for 9 years. He has given seminars at the University of Nebraska, and at the request of Chancellor Frank Borkowski, Robby visited Appalachian State University in the fall of 2002, teaching workshops and giving lectures. Robby was called upon by Fran Bennett to teach several MFA courses at Cal Arts beginning in January of 2003. He taught at Appalachian State University in the fall of 2003, prior to leaving to star in his musical Open Heart, which had it's world premiere at The Cherry Lane Theatre in March of 2004.

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Charity

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Robby Benson is the recipient of the premiere Heart of a Child Award for the 21st century, along with famed UCLA Heart Surgeon, Hillel Lax. The Heart of a Child Foundation is dedicated to furthering research and treatment for congenital heart defects. Robby has spoken on behalf of the National Institute of Health before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, D.C. for heart research funding. Representing the American Heart Association, he has spoken on behalf of the successful bill to ban the promotion of cigarettes to minors (Ted Kennedy/Orrin Hatch) along with with Surgeon General C. Everett Koop. In Columbia, South Carolina, Robby supported The Richland Memorial Children’s Hospital and the U.S.C. Department of Pediatrics where he established the benefit Robby Benson’s Hoops For Hope. He is the national spokesperson for the Batten Disease Support and Research Association, raising awareness of the rare fatal genetic neurological disorder in children. He has served as board chairman of the internationally known charity for mentally challenged performers, The Famous People Players (Toronto). Robby has been nominated to the board of the Actors’ Fund of America in Los Angeles, and he has worked with the Los Angeles Blind Children’s Center and numerous other community projects in Southern California.

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