Who was this teen idol from the 70s?

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I don’t think there was a girl at my school in the ’70s who didn’t have a huge crush on Robby Benson!

With his light blue eyes and dark hair, Robby rose to fame through films such as Ice Castles and Ode to Billy Joe. But did you know that the popular heartthrob was hiding a secret he believed could end his career if made public?

Soon, Robby would follow his father into show business, and started to appear in commercials, soap operas, and on Broadway at the age of six. When he turned 10, he started acting and took his mother’s last name as his stage name.

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However, most people will forever remember Robby for stealing young girls’ hearts in 1970s movies like Ice Castles and The Chosen and Ode to Billy.
It was a wonderful time. I had a blast, I really didn’t know what I was doing, and I loved it. Show business has changed a lot, especially for young actors… But back then, I would have paid THEM to be in the movies,” he told The Item in 1993.

But after being a familiar face on screen through the late ’70s and early ’80s, Robby sort of disappeared.

In the ’90s, he did a lot of voice acting – including his most famous work as the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. I remember when I first heard that it was actually Robby who did the voice of the Beast – I didn’t expect that harsh, scary voice to come out of someone as slender & well-spoken as Robby.

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