Ben Carruthers
Benito F. Carruthers was an American film actor, most notable for his role in John Cassavetes' debut feature film Shadows. His other films included A High Wind in Jamaica, Robert Aldrich's The Dirty Dozen as Glenn Gilpin, Fearless Frank, To Grab the Ring, The Lost Continent, Riot as the unpredictable and psychotic Joe Surefoot, Man in the Wilderness, and Universal Soldier.
Personal life
Carruthers was born in Illinois, United States.He stood.
His first son, Caine Carruthers, was a bass player and was in ska band The Untouchables. Dijon Carruthers, his second son, was Megadeth's first drummer in 1983.
According to his son, Ben Carruthers died of spinal cancer in 1983 at the age of forty-seven, not liver failure as is often stated as his father’s cause of death.