Biography
Burton Richard Benjamin (October 9, 1917 – September 18, 1988) was a vice president and director of CBS News. He worked at CBS for 29 years, as a writer, producer, and executive. In that time, he was director of CBS News from 1978 to 1981 and executive producer of CBS Evening News from 1975 to 1978. He was a senior executive producer from 1968 to 1975 and from 1981 to 1985. At CBS, Benjamin often produced programs with Walter Cronkite.
He wrote Fair Play: CBS, General Westmoreland, and How a Television Documentary Went Wrong about the Benjamin Report, his report on The Uncounted Enemy and its related lawsuit.
Filmography
all 11
Movies 11
Producer 8
Writer 3
Producer
The Incredible Turk (1958)
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Producer
Fortune Seekers (1956)
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Producer
Her Honor, the Nurse (1956)
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Writer
The Future Is Now (1955)
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Producer
Film Fun (1955)
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Writer
Below the Sahara (1953)
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Producer
America's Singing Boys (1951)
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Producer
Flying Padre (1951)
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Producer
Airline Glamour Girls (1949)
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Producer
It Pays to Be Ignorant (1948)
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Writer
Kentucky Basketeers
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GenderMale
Birthday1917-10-09
Deathday1988-09-18 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceCleveland, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsBurton R. Benjamin
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