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Ben Piazza (b. July 30, 1934 - d. September 7, 1991) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended Princeton University. Piazza began acting on the stage in the 1950s and appeared in several stage productions throughout his career. He was featured in over a dozen films, including The Bad News Bears (1976) and The Blues Brothers (1980). Piazza guest starred in various television series and played recurring characters on Dallas (Walt Driscoll, 1982 - 1983), Family Ties (Mr. Wertz, 1984, 1987), and Dynasty (Dr. Charles Hampton, 1984 - 1989).

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  • Ben Piazza (b. July 30, 1934 - d. September 7, 1991) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended Princeton University. Piazza began acting on the stage in the 1950s and appeared in several stage productions throughout his career. He was featured in over a dozen films, including The Bad News Bears (1976) and The Blues Brothers (1980). Piazza guest starred in various television series and played recurring characters on Dallas (Walt Driscoll, 1982 - 1983), Family Ties (Mr. Wertz, 1984, 1987), and Dynasty (Dr. Charles Hampton, 1984 - 1989).
  • Ben Piazza (born July 30, 1933-died September 7, 1991) appeared in the recurring role of Texas State Land Commisson official and J.R. Ewing nemisis Walt Driscoll on the original Dallas TV series, which aired on CBS-TV, in a total of eleven Season 6 episodes.
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Birth Date
  • 1933-07-30(xsd:date)
death place
  • Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.
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  • Dallas (first series)
Name
  • Ben Piazza
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  • Ben Piazza played the recurring role of Texas State Land Commission member Walt Driscoll on the CBS-TV series "Dallas".
Birth Place
  • Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S.
death date
  • 1991-09-07(xsd:date)
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  • 1951(xsd:integer)
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  • Actor
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  • 11(xsd:integer)
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  • Male
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  • Benito Daniel Piazza
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  • Ben Piazza (b. July 30, 1934 - d. September 7, 1991) was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and attended Princeton University. Piazza began acting on the stage in the 1950s and appeared in several stage productions throughout his career. He was featured in over a dozen films, including The Bad News Bears (1976) and The Blues Brothers (1980). Piazza guest starred in various television series and played recurring characters on Dallas (Walt Driscoll, 1982 - 1983), Family Ties (Mr. Wertz, 1984, 1987), and Dynasty (Dr. Charles Hampton, 1984 - 1989).
  • Ben Piazza (born July 30, 1933-died September 7, 1991) appeared in the recurring role of Texas State Land Commisson official and J.R. Ewing nemisis Walt Driscoll on the original Dallas TV series, which aired on CBS-TV, in a total of eleven Season 6 episodes. A prolific television and film character actor, Piazza is perhaps most widely recognized as the wealthy restaurant patron in John Landis' 1980 comedy hit The Blues Brothers from whom Jake (John Belushi) offers to purchase his wife and daughter. Prior to that, he also played the violent boyfriend who scars Liza Minelli's character's face in Otto Preminger's Wikipedia:Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970). Piazza's other film appearances include The Candy Snatchers (1973), The Bad News Bears (1976), I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), Nightwing (1979), Peter Bogdanovich's Mask (1985) and Guilty by Suspicion (1991).
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