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
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
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)
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]
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]
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)
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.
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.