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{{short description|American character actor}}

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|birth_place = New York City, U.S.20142411|17}}|death_place = Brookville, Pennsylvania, U.S.|occupation = Character actorMarion Lauer2009FIRST=MIKEWORK=THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTERACCESS-DATE=NOVEMBER 20, 2021, }}Theodore Cleanthis Beniades (November 17, 1922 – October 24, 2014) was an American character actor of screen and stage who was best known for appearing in Brian De Palma's Scarface as the undercover police officer Seidelbaum.Beniades was born on November 17, 1922, in New York City, the son of Greek immigrants Mary and Cleanthis Beniades.WEB,weblink Theodore Beniades Obituary (1922-2014), Jeffersonian Democrat, October 29, 2014, November 20, 2021, He joined the United States Army on March 1, 1943, as an enlisted soldier and was discharged in September 1944."Index Record for Theodore C Beniades WWII Army Enlistment Records", (Army Serial Number 32819343), Fold3 by Ancestry.com website. Retrieved August 26, 2020."Index Record for Theodore C Beniades U.S. WWII Hospital Admission Card Files, 1942-1954", (Army Serial Number 32819343), Fold3 by Ancestry.com website. Retrieved August 26, 2020. After his military service, he began studying acting at the Dramatic Workshop in New York. He appeared in such films as The Odd Couple, Serpico and The Next Man and such television series as Dark Shadows, N.Y.P.D., The Jackie Gleason Show, Kojak, The Andros Targets, and The Equalizer. Beniades died on October 24, 2014, at the age of 91.

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! Year! Title! Role! NotesA Man Called Adam (film)>A Man Called Adam Minor Role Reflections in a Golden Eye (film)>Reflections in a Golden Eye Sergeant UncreditedThe Odd Couple (film)>The Odd Couple The Bartender UncreditedThe Detective (1968 film)>The Detective Reporter UncreditedThe Pursuit of Happiness (1971 film)>The Pursuit of Happiness Traffic Cop They Might Be Giants (film)>They Might Be Giants Taxi Driver The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (film)>The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight Man In Black Suit Serpico >|The Next Man >|Scarface (1983 film)>Scarface Officer Seidelbaum

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