Cast: Ben Vereen
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ben Vereen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
All That Jazz
1979 · Movie · 123 min. · United States
Direction Bob Fosse
Cast Roy Scheider · Jessica Lange · Leland Palmer · Ann Reinking
Plot Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film celebrates show business stripped of glitz or giddy illusions. Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is at the top of the heap, one of the most successful directors...
7.5
10K votes
7.5
10K votes
Roots (TV Miniseries)
1977 · Series · 573 min. · United States
Direction Marvin J. Chomsky · John Erman · David Greene · Gilbert Moses
Cast Todd Bridges · Robert Reed · John Amos · Madge Sinclair
Plot From the moment the young Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) is stolen from his life and ancestral home in 18th-century Africa and brought under inhumane conditions to be auctioned as a...
7.3
3K votes
7.3
3K votes
Anno Domini (TV Miniseries)
1985 · Series · 350 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stuart Cooper
Cast Neil Dickson · Amanda Pays · Diane Venora · Denis Quilley
6.7
100 votes
6.7
100 votes
Ellis Island (TV Miniseries)
1984 · Movie · 420 min. · United States
Direction Jerry London
Cast Frank Jakeman · Peter Riegert · Gregory Paul Martin · Claire Bloom
6.3
25 votes
6.3
25 votes
Funny Lady
1975 · Movie · 136 min. · United States
Direction Herbert Ross
Cast Barbra Streisand · James Caan · Omar Sharif · Roddy McDowall
Plot When Barbra Streisand played Fanny Brice in Funny Girl, she brought to life a sympathetic yet strong-headed performer of stage and radio. In the sequel, Funny Lady, Brice comes off...
5.6
450 votes
5.6
450 votes
Puss in Boots (Faerie Tale Theatre Series) (TV)
1985 · Movie · 54 min. · United States
Direction Robert Iscove
Cast Ben Vereen · Alfre Woodard · Gregory Hines · Brock Peters
Plot Puss (All That Jazz's/Roots' Ben Vereen proves to be one clever cat in this retelling of the Brothers Grimm tale Puss In Boots. In return for some finery and boots,...
5.6
142 votes
5.6
142 votes
Idlewild
2006 · Movie · 110 min. · United States
Direction Bryan Barber
Cast André Benjamin · Antwan A. Patton · Terrence Howard · Paula Patton
Plot The story of the loves and ambitions of two struggling performers is told through intricate musical numbers and vibrantly choreographed dance sequences in Idlewild, an original musical starring multi-platinum and...
5.1
329 votes
5.1
329 votes
Intruders (TV)
1992 · Movie · 163 min. · United States
Direction Dan Curtis
Cast Richard Crenna · Mare Winningham · Susan Blakely · Daphne Ashbrook
Plot All over the world, people report they've been visited by aliens, taken aboard spaceships and medically examined. The authorities appear to know all about these visits but won't acknowledge it...
5.0
120 votes
5.0
120 votes
Time Out of Mind
2014 · Movie · 120 min. · United States
Direction Oren Moverman
Cast Richard Gere · Ben Vereen · Jena Malone · Kyra Sedgwick
Plot George (Richard Gere), a man on the decline, enters the New York City homeless shelter system when he runs out of options. George struggles to navigate his way through this...
4.9
1K votes
4.9
1K votes
Gas-s-s-s
1970 · Movie · 78 min. · United States
Direction Roger Corman
Cast Bob Corff · Elaine Giftos · Bud Cort · Talia Shire
Plot Anarchy goes airborne in the farce about vaporizing the generation gap. When a deadly gas kills everyone over 25, the world devolves into a chaotic, and zany struggle for power....
4.7
108 votes
4.7
108 votes
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (TV)
2016 · Movie · 88 min. · United States
Direction Kenny Ortega
Cast Laverne Cox · Victoria Justice · Tim Curry · Christina Milian
Plot A straitlaced, square couple, seeking shelter from a storm, find themselves in the castle of a transgender alien mad scientist intent on creating a buff bodybuilder.
4.4
205 votes
4.4
205 votes
Webster (TV Series)
1983 · Series · 30 min. · United States
Direction Stu Silver · Lee Bernhardi · Joel Zwick · Art Dielhenn
Cast Emmanuel Lewis · Alex Karras · Susan Clark · Cathryn Damon
Plot TV Series (1983-1989). 6 Season. 150 Episodes. In Chicago, Webster Long (Emmanuel Lewis) a seven-year-old African-American orphan whose biological parents were recently killed in a car accident. He is then...
4.3
3K votes
4.3
3K votes
Silk Stalkings (TV Series)
1991 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Stephen J. Cannell · John Paragon · Ralph Hemecker · Carl Weathers
Cast Mitzi Kapture · Rob Estes · Charlie Brill · Janet Gunn
Plot TV Series (1991-1999). Cassandra "Cassy" St. John and Tom Ryan are the new duo in town. It is now their job to catch the killers of Palm Beach. They are...
3.6
308 votes
3.6
308 votes
Accidental Friendship (TV)
2008 · Movie · 85 min. · Canada
Direction Don McBrearty
Cast Chandra Wilson · Kathleen Munroe · Gabriel Hogan · Alison Sealy-Smith
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Promised Land (TV Series)
1996 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Martha Williamson · Victor Lobl · Stuart Margolin · Burt Brinckerhoff
Cast Gerald McRaney · Wendy Phillips · Austin O'Brien · Sarah Schaub
Plot When Russell Greene loses his job, he decides to go on the road with his family. So he gathers his wife, Claire, his son, Josh, his daughter, Dinah, his mother,...
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J.J. Starbuck (TV Series)
1987 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Bob Bralver · Kim Manners · Corey Allen · Zale Dalen
Cast Dale Robertson · Shawn Weatherly · Jimmy Dean · Ben Vereen
Plot Texas billionaire J.J. Starbuck drives around the country in a 1961 Lincoln convertible, with horns on the hood, acting as a private detective solving crimes. He charms the police and...
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The Gray House (TV Series)
2024 · Series · min. · United States
Direction Roland Joffé
Cast Daisy Head · Paul Anderson · Robert Knepper · Ben Vereen
Plot It centers on the three women who General Ulysses S. Grant credited as helping the North win the Civil War.
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Feast of All Saints (TV)
2001 · Movie · 255 min. · United States
Direction Peter Medak
Cast Robert Ri'chard · Peter Gallagher · Gloria Reuben · Jennifer Beals
Plot Magloire Dazincourt, the owner of Bontemps, the largest sugar plantation of the entire South, asks his favorite cousin, Philippe Ferronaire, to marry his daughter Aglae Dazincourt and take over most...
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Donny and Marie (TV Series)
1975 · Series · 60 min. · United States
Direction Art Fisher · Perry Rosemond · Walter C. Miller
Cast Donny Osmond · Marie Osmond · Kris Kristofferson · Robert Young
Plot TV Series (1975–1979). 4 Seasons. A variety show, featuring the brother-sister singing duo of Donny and Marie Osmond. The first season also featured all of the Osmond families, but Donny...
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Lost in London (TV)
1985 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction Robert Michael Lewis
Cast Emmanuel Lewis · Derek Deadman · Basil Hoskins · Freddie Jones
Plot Diminutive Webster star Emmanuel Lewis is virtually the whole show in this made-for-TV update of Oliver Twist. Upset when his divorced fashion-designer mother (Lynne Moody) relocates to London, 8-year-old Davey...
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