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| '''Dirk Benedict''' (born [[Wikipedia:March 1|March 1]], [[Wikipedia:1945|1945]]) is a [[Wikipedia:film|movie]] and [[Wikipedia:television|television]] [[Wikipedia:actor|actor]], perhaps best known for playing the characters "Face" in ''[[Wikipedia:The A-Team|The A-Team]]'' [[Wikipedia:television series|television series]] and [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] in the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica (1978)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' movie and [[Wikipedia:television series|television series]].
| | After the series was cancelled, he made an appearance on the final episode of ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', entitled "[[The Return of Starbuck]]". |
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| Dirk Benedict was born Dirk Niewoehner, in [[Wikipedia:Helena, Montana|Helena]], [[Wikipedia:Montana|Montana]], USA.
| | Outside of ''Battlestar'', he is for his role as Lt. Templeton "Face" Peck on "The A-Team". |
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| At [[Wikipedia:Whitman College|Whitman College]], in [[Wikipedia:Walla Walla, Washington|Walla Walla, Washington]], Dirk became interested in acting. During his freshman year, he accepted a dare to audition for the Spring musical and won the lead role of Gaylord Ravenal in ''[[Wikipedia:Show Boat|Show Boat]]''. He also joined the [[Wikipedia:Phi Delta Theta|Phi Delta Theta]] [[Wikipedia:fraternity|fraternity]] that year, which he credits with supporting his endeavors, and encouraging his development. The next three years were filled with many more musical productions. Upon graduation, Benedict began a two-year training program under [[Wikipedia:John Fernald|John Fernald]], who had headed [[Wikipedia:London|London]]'s [[Wikipedia:Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] for fifteen years.
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| At that time he started to use the stage name 'Benedict'; supposedly, whilst searching for a catchier, more [[Wikipedia:United States|American]] name, he agreed to the suggestion of "Benedict" by his agent, who was inspired by Dirk eating [[Wikipedia:Eggs Benedict|Eggs Benedict]] for breakfast during their early morning conversation.
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| Benedict then played repertory theatre in [[Wikipedia:Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] and in [[Wikipedia:Ann Arbor, Michigan|Ann Arbor]], Michigan, where he played such roles as Edmund in ''[[Wikipedia:King Lear|King Lear]]'', Tarleton in ''[[Wikipedia:Misalliance|Misalliance]]'', Ensign Pulver in ''[[Wikipedia:Mister Roberts|Mister Roberts]]'', and the lead in [[Wikipedia:Neil Simon|Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Star-Spangled Girl|Star-Spangled Girl]]''. An agent sent him to an audition which resulted in a co-starring role with [[Wikipedia:Diana Rigg|Diana Rigg]] and [[Wikipedia:Keith Mitchell|Keith Mitchell]] in ''[[Wikipedia:Pierre Abélard|Abelard]] [[Wikipedia:Heloise|and Heloise]],'' first on Broadway, then in Los Angeles. Two weeks after the show closed on Broadway, he was winging across the Atlantic to Sweden for his first movie, ''[[Wikipedia:Georgia, Georgia|Georgia, Georgia]]'' in which he co-starred with [[Wikipedia:Diana Sands|Diana Sands]]. This film about draft resisters, shot entirely in Sweden, was written by [[Wikipedia:Maya Angelou|Maya Angelou]].
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| On his return to New York, Benedict replaced [[Wikipedia:Keir Dullea|Keir Dullea]] in ''[[Wikipedia:Butterflies Are Free|Butterflies Are Free]]'' on Broadway where he worked with [[Wikipedia:Gloria Swanson|Gloria Swanson]] as his mother. When the New York run ended, he received an offer to repeat his performance in Hawaii, opposite [[Wikipedia:Barbara Rush|Barbara Rush]]. While there, he appeared as a guest lead on ''[[Wikipedia:Hawaii Five-O|Hawaii Five-O]]''. The producers of a psycho-thriller called ''[[Wikipedia:Sssssss|Sssssss]]'' saw Benedict's performance in ''Hawaii-Five-O'' and promptly cast him as the lead in that movie. He next played the psychotic wife-beating husband of [[Wikipedia:Twiggy|Twiggy]] in her American film debut, ''[[Wikipedia:W|W]]''. Benedict starred in the television series, ''[[Wikipedia:Chopper One|Chopper One]]'', but his career break came when he appeared as Lieutenant Starbuck in the movie and television series ''Battlestar Galactica''.
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| He later reprised the role in the final episode of ''[[Galactica 1980]]'', which was entitled "[[The Return of Starbuck]]".
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| In [[Wikipedia:1986|1986]], he married [[Wikipedia:Toni Hudson|Toni Hudson]], an actress, with whom he has two sons, George and Roland. They divorced in [[Wikipedia:1995|1995]]. In [[Wikipedia:1998|1998]], Benedict learned that he also has another son, John (born [[Wikipedia:1968|1968]]), from a youthful relationship.
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| According to fellow ''A-Team'' actor and friend, [[Dwight Schultz]], Benedict claims to have been diagnosed with [[Wikipedia:prostate cancer|prostate cancer]] by a psychic in Italy who discovered the cause of Benedict's ailment by examining a photograph of him.
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| Benedict has also written two autobiographical books, <u>Confessions of a Kamakazie Cowboy</u> (ISBN 0895294796) and <u>And then We Went Fishing</u> (ISBN 0895295598).
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| He has been practicing [[Wikipedia:macrobiotics|macrobiotics]] for the past 30 years.
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| == See also ==
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| * {{imdb name|id=0070767|name=Dirk Benedict}}
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| * [http://www.dirkbenedictcentral.com Dirk Benedict's official web presence]
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