Ben Vereen
13 titles
Filmography
13 results

Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
A charming con-man and a straightlaced accountant, who longs to be a Bogart-style private eye, start their own detective agency in LA and fight crime.

Pippin
(1981)Winner of 5 Tony Awards, Pippin is a Broadway musical that is not only a contemporary classic but also the play that made director choreographer Bob Fosse a famous name long before Cabaret and All That Jazz. Using the medieval legend of Charlemagne's son, Pippin, heir apparent to the Holy Roman Empire, the musical pageant called Pippin is a parable about a young man's search for meaning and truth.

Time Out of Mind
(2014)An increasingly desperate man, George (Richard Gere), finds himself adrift on the unforgiving streets of New York City. When he seeks refuge at Bellevue Hospital, Manhattan's largest intake centre for homeless men, he befriends a seasoned shelter dweller (Ben Vereen) and begins to find hope of repairing his relationship with his estranged daughter (Jena Malone). With a successful career spanning four decades, Time Out of Mind sees Gere immerse himself in the role of George - navigating the bureaucratic troubles of shelters in New York City, providing additional insight into urban poverty, challenging our perception of the homeless and bringing compassion to a group of people who are often neglected by society.

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story
(2025)A tribute to a young artist of unlimited raw talent and the deep, creative relationships she has with her mentors and influences.

Accidental Friendship
(2008)Based on a true story, a police officer becomes an unlikely guardian and friend to Yvonne, a homeless woman who is devoted to her two beloved dogs.

Mama, I Want to Sing!
(2011)A preacher's daughter, Amara, sings in the church choir before being discovered by a well-established musician. Soon she rises to international fame as a pop singer.

Funny Lady
(1975)FUNNY LADY resumes several years after FUNNY GIRL and chronicles Fanny Brice's (Barbra Streisand) relationship, both personal and professional, with her second husband, showman Billy Rose (James Caan). However, Brice's first husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif) reappears from out of the past and throws her personal and professional life into turmoil.

Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.
(1970)It’s the end of the world! Get happy! In this darkly comic film from Roger Corman, a military chemical accident kills everyone on the planet over the age of twenty-five, leaving Earth in the hands of the youth! Bud Cort and Cindy Williams star.

All That Jazz
(1979)Based on Bob Fosse’s own experiences, Joe is a gifted choreographer whose compulsions, both professionally and personally, lead to his destruction.

The Painting
(2001)In this explosive coming-of-age story, Randy Barrington finds himself in the center of two wars during the 1960s, an era that changed the world. While in a controversial interracial relationship with a black woman, Randy is ripped from the front lines of the civil rights struggle at home and forced to struggle heroically for his life in the Vietnam War.

Webster
When newlyweds George &and Katherine Papadopolis return home from their whirlwind wedding, they discover they're the legal guardians of seven-year-old Webster Long, the only child of George's recently deceased best friend. George, a retired football player, and Katherine, a socialite and philanthropist, are the perfectly hilarious odd parents learning how to raise a child.

Buy & Cell
(1989)A mild, ambitious stock analyst, Herbie Altman has everything going his way until an unfortunate turn at work wrongly lands him behind bars.

The Zoo Gang
(1985)A group of teenagers plead with an alcoholic former wrestler to teach them how to fight against a group of thugs who want to take over their new club.