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Robby Benson is an American writer, director, composer, lyricist, actor, professor of film, filmmaker, and novelist. He began his career on Broadway, Zelda, The Rothschilds, and Joseph Papp’s The Pirates of Penzance. Benson wrote the libretto and composed the music for the musical that opened in NYC at The Historic Cherry Lane Theatre (Open Heart), and wrote the best-selling novel, "Who Stole The Funny?" (HarperCollins), along with the medical memoir, "I’m Not Dead... Yet". He sold his first screenplay to Warner Brothers at 18 years-old entitled, "One on One". He has starred in such films as One on One, Ode To Billie Joe, Ice Castles, Jeremy, Tribute, Harry and Son, Running Brave, The Chosen, Die Laughing (wrote screenplay & music), Walk Proud (scored the film as well), The End, Lucky Lady, Death Be Not Proud, The Last of Mrs. Lincoln, and Our Town among a few. Benson has written scores for feature films. Benson voiced ‘Beast" in Disney’s Academy Award-nominated ‘Beauty and the Beast." In television, Benson has exec. produced and directed over one hundred episodes of Network shows: from one-hour single camera to 30-minute sitcoms including many top ten shows such as Ellen, Friends, Dharma & Greg, Jesse, The Naked Truth, Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place, Sabrina The Teenage Witch (also directed the pilot), Dream, Muddling Through, Good Advice, Monty, Evening Shade and many more. Benson is currently acting in season 2 of Severance for Apple TV.