Ben Vereen

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ben Vereen (born October 10, 1946) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who has appeared in numerous Broadway theatre shows. Vereen graduated from Manhattan's High School of Performing Arts.

Known For: Acting

Born: Miami, Florida, USA, 1946-10-10

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1969	Sweet Charity	Dancer	69
2	1970	Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.	Carlos	42
3	1975	Funny Lady	Bert Robbins	52
4	1976	Mary's Incredible Dream	Devil / Noah / Man	0
5	1976	Louis Armstrong - Chicago Style		0
6	1979	The Cheryl Ladd Special	Himself	0
7	1979	All That Jazz	O'Connor Flood	75
8	1981	Pippin	Leading Player	76
9	1981	Walt Disney: One Man's Dream	Self	0
10	1982	Sabine	Stanley	35
11	1982	Night of 100 Stars	Self	65
12	1983	The Charmkins	Dragonweed (voice)	0
13	1984	Don't Ask Me, Ask God	[Self]	0
14	1984	Lynda Carter: Body and Soul	Self	0
15	1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Herb Douglas	79
16	1985	The Zoo Gang	The Winch	45
17	1985	Jacques Cousteau: The First 75 Years	Self	0
18	1985	Breakin' Through		0
19	1985	Puss in Boots	Puss in Boots	50
20	1985	Lost In London	Paul Williams	0
21	1986	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years	Self (archive footage)	50
22	1986	Walt Disney World Very Merry Christmas Parade		0
23	1987	The Saint in Manhattan	Pianist in Bar	0
24	1989	Buy & Cell	Shaka	51
25	1990	Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme	Itsy-Bitsy Spider	48
26	1990	The Chipmunks Rockin' Through The Decades	Self	40
27	1990	The Kid Who Loved Christmas	Morris	66
28	1993	Once Upon a Forest	Phineas (voice)	66
29	1997	Vaudeville	Narrator	0
30	1998	Why Do Fools Fall In Love	Richard Barrett	68
31	1999	I'll Take You There	Mr. Gwin	60
32	2001	The Painting	Whistlin' Willie Weston	70
33	2001	Feast of All Saints	Rudolphe Lermontant	46
34	2002	Fosse	Performer	60
35	2006	Idlewild	Percy Senior	57
36	2007	And Then Came Love	Chuck Cooper	59
37	2008	Accidental Friendship	Wes	69
38	2009	Tapioca	Nuts	60
39	2011	Mama, I Want to Sing!	Horace Payne	80
40	2013	Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals	Self	0
41	2013	Khumba	Mkhulu (voice)	60
42	2014	Time Out of Mind	Dixon	56
43	2014	Top Five	Carl Allen	61
44	2015	Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do	Self	0
45	2016	The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let's Do the Time Warp Again	Dr. Scott	51
46	2019	David Foster: Off the Record	Self (archive footage)	70
47	2019	On Broadway	Self (archive footage)	87
48	2020	Chita: A Legendary Celebration	Self	0
49	2021	Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Self	0
50	2024	Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story	Self	0
51	2025	The Auction		0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	The Oscars	Self	70
2	1956	Tony Awards	Self - Presenter / Performer	46
3	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self	51
4	1961	The Mike Douglas Show	Self - Co-Host	51
5	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	74
6	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self - Guest / Various Characters	76
7	1967	The Carol Burnett Show	Self	76
8	1975	Ben Vereen... Comin' at Ya	Host	0
9	1976	Donny & Marie	Self	65
10	1976	The Muppet Show	Self - Special Guest Star	80
11	1976	The Captain and Tennille	Self	55
12	1977	Roots	Chicken George Moore	74
13	1977	The Love Boat	John Hanson	63
14	1978	The Magic of David Copperfield		67
15	1980	Tenspeed and Brown Shoe		68
16	1982	Faerie Tale Theatre	Puss in Boots	82
17	1983	Webster		59
18	1984	Ellis Island	Roscoe Haines	50
19	1985	A.D.	Ethiopian	49
20	1986	Zoobilee Zoo	Mayor Ben	38
21	1987	CBS Summer Playhouse	Pianist in Bar	63
22	1987	J.J. Starbuck	E.L. "Tenspeed" Turner	50
23	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Dr. Edward La Forge	84
24	1989	Booker		51
25	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Lou Smith	79
26	1991	Breakfast with the Arts		50
27	1991	Silk Stalkings	Ben Hutchinson	60
28	1992	Intruders	Gene Randall	68
29	1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman		70
30	1993	The Nanny	Ben Vereen	81
31	1994	New York Undercover	Louie	72
32	1994	Touched by an Angel	Ulysses Dodd	72
33	1995	Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child	Snake (voice)	60
34	1996	Second Noah		60
35	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
36	1996	The Jamie Foxx Show		68
37	1996	Promised Land		66
38	1997	Oz	A.R. Whitworth	80
39	1997	The View	Self	45
40	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jeremiah Morris	76
41	2003	NCIS	Lamar Addison	76
42	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Archie Roche	82
43	2005	How I Met Your Mother	Sam Gibbs	82
44	2008	Your Mama Don't Dance		0
45	2010	Hot in Cleveland	Mayor Deacon	74
46	2015	Sneaky Pete	Porter	75
47	2016	Bull	Willie Lambert	71
48	2016	Star	Calvin	79
49	2017	The Good Fight	Frederick Douglass	76
50	2017	Making History	Dr. Cobell	65
51	2018	Magnum P.I.	Henry Barr	75
52	2019	The Kelly Clarkson Show		63
53	2020	B Positive	Peter	64
54		The Gray House		0