Richard Beymer

George Richard Beymer, Jr. (born February 20, 1938) is an American actor who is best known for playing the roles of Tony in the film version of West Side Story (1962), Peter in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and Ben Horne on the television series Twin Peaks (1990–1991, 2017). 2Early life Beymer was born in Avoca, Iowa, to George Richard Beymer, a printer, and his wife, Eunice (née Goss). He and his family moved in 1940 to Los Angeles, California. 2Acting career In 1949 Beymer began acting in television in the TV series Sandy Dreams. Beymer made his feature-film debut in Vittorio De Sica's Stazione Termini, released in 1953. He played in So Big (1953) and Johnny Tremain (1957), and achieved success in The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and West Side Story (1961) before sharing a 1962 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor with Bobby Darin and Warren Beatty. He had a significant role in the film The Longest Day (1962). In 1961, he began a friendship with a then unknown Sharon Tate, who was working as an extra on a film he was starring in, Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man. Beymer encouraged her to pursue an acting career, and after she was introduced to his agent, Tate signed a contract with Filmway