Benjamin Tatar (January 23, 1930 – November 29, 2012) was an American film, television, theater, and voice actor who was Jackie Gleason's aide and had lived with Ava Gardner.
[1] After his discharge from the Army, he enrolled in the University of Pittsburgh where he received a bachelor's degree in drama and English.
Following college, Tatar won a scholarship in 1955 to attend an acting-affiliate of the American Theatre Wing in New York City.
The prestige of the school and Ben's solid acting talent won him excellent working relationships with influential theatre folk, and his Pittsburgh connections, including director Henry Weinstein, brought him the social company of Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.
In 1995, Tatar appeared in the Hallmark Hall of Fame television movie, The Piano Lesson, which was written by playwright, August Wilson, another Pittsburgh native.
[1] Tatar died from chronic pulmonary disease at UPMC Shadyside in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on November 29, 2012, at the age of 82.