---
name: "Ben Piazza"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ben-piazza"
fi1m_id: "ben-piazza"
imdb_id: "nm0681319"
tmdb_id: 90163
wikidata_id: "Q816578"
roles: []
born: "30 July 1934"
died: "7 September 1991"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-04T19:21:54.393514+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Ben Piazza

## Identity

Ben Piazza

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ben-piazza
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ben-piazza
- **IMDb ID:** nm0681319
- **TMDB ID:** 90163
- **Wikidata ID:** Q816578
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Piazza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816578, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90163

Actor. Born 30 July 1934 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA. Died 7 September 1991.

## Details

- **Born:** 30 July 1934, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
- **Died:** 7 September 1991
- **Active:** 1980–1985
- **Also known as:** Benito Daniel Piazza
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Piazza, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816578, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0681319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/90163

## Biography

Ben Piazza was an American actor whose career spanned stage, film and television. Born in Little Rock, Arkansas, he studied at Princeton University, where he made his stage debut in 1952, and later trained at the Actors Studio. He appeared on Broadway in productions including *Kataki* (1959), for which he received a Theatre World Award.

Piazza made his film debut in *A Dangerous Age* (1957) and *The Hanging Tree* (1959). His screen roles include Bob Whitewood in *The Bad News Bears* (1976), a father in *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Mr. Simms in *Mask* (1985), and Darryl Zanuck in *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991). He also appeared in numerous television series such as *The A-Team*, *Moonlighting*, *Dallas* and *Family Ties*.

Piazza was married to actress Dolores Dorn from 1967 to 1979. He died in Sherman Oaks, California, in 1991.

*Sources: imdb.com, encyclopediaofarkansas.net, en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Mask* (1985), Fi1m 81, as Mr. Simms — [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), Fi1m 81, as Father — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Guilty by Suspicion* (1991), as Darryl Zanuck
- *Snoops* (1989), series, as Charles Yates
- *Beauty and the Beast* (1987), series, as Richards
- *Matlock* (1986), series, as David Westlake, Martin Landers
- *The Twilight Zone* (1985), series, as Dr. Vaughn Heilman (segment "Chameleon")
- *Scene of the Crime* (1985), series, as Phillip Bingham
- *Mask* (1985), as Mr. Simms — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/mask.md)
- *Moonlighting* (1985), series, as Captain Renault — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/moonlighting.md)
- *Consenting Adult* (1985), as Dr. Mark Waldo
- *The Winter of Our Discontent* (1983), as Louis Brock
- *Grace Kelly* (1983), as Gary Cooper
- *The Winds of War* (1983), series, as Aloysius Whitman
- *The A-Team* (1983), series, as City Councilman Michael Prescott
- *St. Elsewhere* (1982), series, as Josiah Bartlett — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/st-elsewhere.md)
- *Waltz Across Texas* (1982), as Bill Wrather
- *Family Ties* (1982), series, as Mr. Wertz, Ed Nelson
- *T. J. Hooker* (1982), series, as Peter Weston
- *The Five of Me* (1981), as Neurologist
- *A Matter of Life and Death* (1981), as Dr. Laurie
- *The Last Song* (1980), as Ken Pentoff
- *The Children of An Lac* (1980), as Dr. Wayne R. McKinney
- *The Blues Brothers* (1980), as Father — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blues-brothers.md)
- *The Murder That Wouldn't Die* (1980), as Dr. John Spencer
- *Paris* (1979), series, as Fred Latimore
- *Nightwing* (1979), as Roger Piggott
- *The Critical List* (1978), series, as Dr. Henry de Jong
- *Dallas* (1978), series, as Walt Driscoll
- *When Every Day Was the Fourth of July* (1978), as Herman Grasser
- *Kill Me If You Can* (1977), as Bill Edmunds
- *I Never Promised You a Rose Garden* (1977), as Jay Blake
- *Once an Eagle* (1976), series, as Capt. Jerome
- *The Bad News Bears* (1976), as Bob Whitewood
- *Fear on Trial* (1975), as Harry
- *Switch* (1975), series, as Ernie Riker
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, as Arthur Minch, John Essex, David Shulton
- *Fer-de-Lance* (1974), as Lieutenant Whitehead
- *Harry O* (1974), series, as Frank Cabot
- *Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita* (1974), Actor
- *Kojak* (1973), series, as Irving Abernathy — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/kojak.md)
- *The Candy Snatchers* (1973), as Avery
- *Barnaby Jones* (1973), series, as Eugene Armstrong
- *The Outside Man* (1972), as Desk Clerk
- *Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon* (1970), as Jesse
- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Blaine Hagerman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Stoney Burke* (1962), series, as Dayton Hill
- *No Exit* (1962), as Camarero
- *The Hanging Tree* (1959), as Rune
- *A Dangerous Age* (1957), as David
- *Red Dust* (1932), Casting

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Theatre World Award 1959: Theatre World Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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