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Actor Born: February 20, 1938 in Avoca, IA Biography:Actor "Richard Beymer" has been working steadily on television and in feature films for over four decades. Born in Avoca, IA, Beymer first went before cameras on a Los Angeles children's show at the age of 12, and two years later made his feature-film debut in "Vittorio De Sica"'s "Stazione Termini" ("Indiscretion of an American Wife") (1953). After appearing in several more films during the '50s, with only two major performances in "The Diary of Anne Frank" (1959) and "West Side Story" (1961), Beymer had a significant role in "The Longest Day" (1962), sharing the film's unforgettable last scene with "Richard Burton".
Beymer enrolled in New York's Actor's Studio in 1963, but subsequently became an active participant in the struggle to allow African-Americans to register for the vote in Mississippi; during his time down South, he also helped to make a prize-winning documentary of the event. In 1974,... Full Biography
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