One on one is a 1977 film starring robby benson and annette o. Released 1977, one on one stars robby benson, annette otoole, g. In one on one, which he coauthored, he plays a naive highschool basketball star from colorado whos recruited by a big university benson in real life is a terrific basketball player and does his own playing in the movie. Dec 29, 2010 one on one movie trailer starring melanie griffith, robby benson, annette otoole, gail strickland, g.
Apr 9, 20 one on one is a 1977 film starring robby benson and annette otoole. The son of a writer and a stage actress, benson went from the strawhat theater circuit to the leading role of oliver in a 1964 japanese touring production. I remember robby benson going to college and he is literally. In 1977, benson starred in one on one which he cowrote with his father and needed no double for the authentic looking college basketball scenes due to his prowess at the game and the tv movie the death of richie. In addition, he runs up against the sort of armtwisting corruption that often occurs in a college where winning is the only thing. Robby benson biography affair, married, wife, ethnicity. I saw one on one when it first came out in the 70s with a couple of basketball buddies,and it remains my favorite bball movie. Benson also started as the voice of the beast in beauty and the beast 1991. Well, aside from the fact that hes now 63 and a grandfather. The son of a writer and a stage actress, benson went from.
Robbys ethnicity is mixed ashkenazi jewish and has a sister named shelley segal. The way, for example, robby benson silently mouths the word wow. Click here to view some of the beautiful photos taken by the lens of robby benson. Robby benson is in the heartthrob corner with bobby sherman, and they have the french onion dip. In this movie he looked a little like pistol pete with the long hair and all another cat im very fond of rip. Benson took to his facebook page to express his feelings and heartfelt gratitude to his costar spouse, karla devito. Henry steele is a basketball phenom at his small town high school, but when he matriculates to a big city university on a scholarship, soon realizes that he has few skills outside the sport. Robby benson was born on jan 21, 1956, as robin david segal in dallas, texas, us. Robby benson was born on january 21, 1956 in dallas, texas, usa as robin david segal. Robby benson as wes on a feeling of home hallmark channel.
See more ideas about actor, celebrities and disney beauty and the beast. Coming off his bigscreen splash in ode to billy joe, benson transformed his love of basketball into a screenplay coauthored with his father full of truth and heart reminiscent of rocky and hoosiers. Find films and movies featuring robby benson on allmovie. A smalltown basketball star robby benson goes to college and tries to impress his tutor annette otoole, teammates and coach. Win a pillow for your bed from robby benson, read one cover line in 1976, to health advocate. Robby benson is best known for starring in films such as jeremy, ice castles, death be not proud, ode to billy joe, the chosen, tribute, running brave, the end, harry and son, walk proud, one on one for which he wrote the screenplay, and, to new generations, as the voice of beast in academyaward nominated beauty and the beast. Spradlin, gail strickland the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 38 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. One on one is the soundtrack album to the movie of the same title, one on one starring robby benson. Henry steele robby benson is a high school basketball star who seems no more or less bright than his contemporaries but he is.
One on one is family entertainment that consistently scores. The star of the film was robby benson, an unknown at the time who had cowritten the screenplay with his father. Robin david segal, better known by his stage name robby benson, is an american actor, singer, musician, director, producer, writer, composer, and educator. Robby has made his home both in front of, and behind, the camera. One on one with robby benson indiana university cinema. Most films of this period are dated material but this one doesnt suffer from that as much as i expected. Heir today, gone tomorrow video game 1992, friends 1994 and one on one 1977, ice castles 1978, kingdom hearts video game 2002. Robby benson bio, age, actor, family, wife, children. Robby benson love him, ode to billy joe, one on one, ice castles. Anyhow, one on one is a pretty cool movie for anybody, let alone those who love basketball.
May 26, 2019 did you have a crush on robby benson from his 70s tearjerkers like ice castles and ode to billy joe. Ode to billy joe 1976 official trailer robby benson, glynnis oconnor movie. One on one 1977 movie clip smells like burning leaves robby benson star and coscreenwriter as basketballscholarship freshman henry, after a fashion makeover with upper classman tom cory faucher, at his first decadent college party, gail strickland as the intoxicated cougar athletic department secretary, in one on one, 1977. One on one 1977 movie clip smells like burning leaves. One on one never makes any of its points lightly but never is it smug, as if it had a franchise on truth, nor is it condescending to its characters. It was written by benson then 21 and his father jerry segal. One on one is a 1977 american sports drama film starring robby benson and annette otoole. Oct 04, 2012 benson went on to score more movie roles and became a soughtafter television director. Beauty and the beast, the chosen, jeremy, running brave, ice castles, ode to billy joe, one on one, just a dream, and more with aggragate ratings, trailers, stream links and other details. Robby benson biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. For disney, he is best known for providing the voice of prince adambeast in the 1991 disney animated feature film, beauty and the beast, and his since reprised the role in its two directtovideo midquels and in various disney video games. One on one is a 1977 sports drama film starring robby benson and annette otoole.
Robby benson is best known for starring in films such as jeremy, ice castles. Segal was a singer, actress, and business promotions manager while mr. One on one 1977 a smalltown basketball star robby benson goes to college and tries to impress his tutor annette otoole, teammates and coach g. He is an actor and director, known for beauty and the beast 1991, kings quest vi. One on one scores for fair play the new york times.
Smalltown basketball star robby benson tries to shine in college. Three decades later, they continue to stand in awe of each other. Henry steele robby benson is a smalltown high school basketball whiz. Hes only 5 feet 10 inches, but hes a dazzling playmaker and the coach thinks he might be usable. Here he discovers that hes way out of his league, easily outclassed athletically by his opponents and by his own team. Nov 12, 2002 robby benson s clean white underpants the prettyboy teen movie idol of the late 70s was uncool, ultragirly and as sexless as a ken doll. Last night, after midnight, just as i was headed to bed, i stumbled upon the movie on nba tv. His father was jerry segal and his mother was freda ann.
Robby benson is best known for starring in films such as jeremy, ice castles, death be not proud, ode to billy joe, the. Description above from the wikipedia article robby benson, licensed under ccbysa, full list of contributors on wikipedia. Robby benson plays a talented but naive high school basketball star who wins a scholarship to a perfectiondriven college. Robby benson born january 21, 1956 is an american film and television actor, television director, educator and singer. Alexis lexie winston johnson is a pretty teenage figure skater and olympic hopeful who seems destined for greatness. Jack lemmon, left, plays an unforgettable broadway press agent who is reunited with his son robby benson, right, during a time of crisis. Robby benson opens up about four openheart surgeries. Robby played the role of jory walden in the 1973 movie jory. Robby, as is his style, was being a bit of a lonerso much so that the shows music conductor, dan berlinghoff, decided to take him to lunch with cast members, one at a time. The star of the film was robby benson, an unknown at the time who had co written the screenplay with his father. The beloved threehankie tearjerker starring 1970s teen heartthrob robby benson and lynnholly johnson, ice castles is a classic story of love triumphant over tragedy.
It was written by benson and his father jerry segal, directed by lamont johnson, and features a soundtrack performed by seals and crofts. Spradlin, and there was a cameo by bobby anderson, the former cu football allamerican. Henry steele, a naive high school basketball star from a small town in colorado, wins a college scholarship. He had a section of his pictures in my bedroom on the wall i fell in love with robby benson in ode to billy joe. But benson has always had several backup careers going screenwriter, director, composer.
Robby benson is best known for starring in films such as jeremy, ice castles, death be not proud, ode to billy joe, the chosen, tribute, running brave, the end, harry and son, walk proud, one on one for which he wrote the screenplay, and, to new generations, as the voice of beast in academy award nominated beauty and the beast. Actor, director, screenwriter, musician and author. Henry steele robby benson, a naive high school basketball star, wins. Expected by his coach to contribute significantly to the team, henry is overwhelmed by the demands on his. He rose to prominence as a teen idol in the late 1970s, appearing in the sports films one on one 1977 and ice castles 1978. Robby benson and karla devito are still married after more. It was written by robby benson and jerry segal robby benson s father, based on a story by segal, and shot on location in 1976 language korean.
He has produced and directed feature films and television series. He subsequently garnered fame for portraying the voice of beast in the. Robby benson s clean white underpants the prettyboy teen movie idol of the late 70s was uncool, ultragirly and as sexless as a ken doll. One on one m ovie trailer starring melanie griffith, robby benson, annette otoole, gail strickland, g. Robby benson celebrity profile check out the latest robby benson photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. January 21, 1956, is an american actor, singer, musician, educator, director, producer, writer and composer. He went on to star in several movies including one on one, the death of richie, and the chosen. While you may know robby as an actor and director he is also an accomplished composer and musician.
Did you have a crush on robby benson from his 70s tearjerkers like ice castles and ode to billy joe. Mar 06, 2015 zephyr benson, the 22yearold son of actor robby benson, has written, directed, and produced his debut film, straight outta tompkins. His costar was annette otoole, the hardcore coach was played by g. The music was written entirely by charles fox, with lyrics by paul williams. When yearold robby benson appeared with josephine the plumber jane withers in a wellcirculated tv commercial of the late 1960s, he was already a tenyear veteran of show business. Recruited by a bigtime college team, hes given a fouryear, nocut scholarship, an allowance and a pretty tutor annette otoole.
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