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Richard Beymer
Actor
Male
Born
Feb 21, 1939
Age
74
Hometown
Avoca, Iowa
Other Names
Beymer, George Ri...
George Richard Beymer, Jr. is an American actor who is best known for playing the role of Tony in the 1961 film version of West Side Story and Ben Horne on the 1990 television series Twin Peaks.
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West Side Story To Open At Pace Academy Nov. 8Buckhead Patch - Oct 10, 2012
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Freescale Names Ti's Lowe As CeoYahoo News - Jun 05, 2012
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West Side StoryLGBT Weekly- San Diego - May 03, 2012
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Freescale Ceo Rich Beyer To RetireStatesman - Apr 19, 2012
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CHILDHOOD
1938
Birth
Born on February 20, 1938.
1940
2 Years Old
Beymer was born in Avoca, Iowa, the son of Eunice (née Goss) and George Richard Beymer, a printer. Beymer and his family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1940 where he began his acting career in 1949 in television.
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TWENTIES
1961
23 Years Old
In 1961, Beymer began a brief relationship with Sharon Tate, who was working as an extra on his film, Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man.
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THIRTIES
1974
36 Years Old
The avant-garde film The Innerview, which he directed/produced/wrote the screenplay for/edited, won the Josef von Sternberg Award at the Mannheim-Heidelberg International Filmfestival in 1974.
FIFTIES
1990
52 Years Old
He had a featured role in the television series Twin Peaks in 1990, playing Ben Horne.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
In 2007, Beymer completed his first book.
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