Richard Beymer

Infobox actor
name = Richard Beymer
birthname = George Richard Beymer
birthdate = birth date and age|1938|02|20
location = city-state|Avoca|Iowa, U.S.
occupation = Film, television actor
spouse =

George Richard Beymer (born February 20, 1938, in Avoca, Iowa) is an American actor.

Beymer and his family moved to Los Angeles, California in 1940 where he began his acting career in 1949 in television. In the 1950s, he began appearing in films and achieved success in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959) and "West Side Story" (1961) before sharing a 1962 Golden Globe award as "Most Promising Newcomer" with Bobby Darin and Warren Beatty.

In 1961, Beymer began a brief relationship with Sharon Tate, who was working as an extra on his film, "Adventures of a Young Man". Beymer encouraged Tate to pursue an acting career, and after she was introduced to his agent, Tate signed a contract with Filmways. [King, Greg. "Sharon Tate and the Manson Murders". 2000. Barricade Books. ISBN 1-56980-157-6. pp 5, 10-11. ]

Beymer achieved a notable success in the film "The Longest Day" (1962). In 1964, he became involved in Freedom Summer in Mississippi. During this time, he filmed the award-winning documentary "A Regular Bouquet: Mississippi Summer", documenting the efforts of volunteers registering African Americans to vote. He directed the avant-garde film "The Innerview" in 1974. He had a featured role in the television series "Twin Peaks" in 1990, playing Benjamin Horne. In addition to his work in films, Beymer has frequently appeared in guest roles in television series. These include three appearances on "" as Li Nalas in the episodes "The Homecoming", "The Circle," and "The Siege". Beymer also appeared as Dr. Matthew Sheridan with Yasmine Bleeth in 1996 in the made-for-TV movie "The Face", which was also known as "A Face to Die For".

In 2007, Beymer completed his first book. The self-published novel, "Impostor: Or Whatever Happened to Richard Beymer?", is a semi-autobiographical account of a young actor's struggle to find himself amidst murder, mystery and mayhem. Beymer's photographs of Twin Peaks cast and crew were featured in the gallery of behind the scenes photos on the Twin Peaks "Definitive Gold Box Edition" that was released on October 30, 2007.

Beymer currently resides in Fairfield, Iowa, where he continues to make movies, write, take photographs and paint.

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External links

*imdb name|0000937
*amg name|2:6046
* [http://www.myspace.com/richardbeymer Richard Beymer] on Myspace
* [http://gallery.mac.com/richardbeymer#gallery Richard Beymer's Twin Peaks Photos]
* [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0615175511 Richard Beymer's Novel on Amazon.com]

Persondata
NAME= Beymer, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Beymer, George Richard
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 1938-02-20
PLACE OF BIRTH= Avoca, Iowa, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=