The same year Benedict starred in the TV film Cruise into Terror, and appeared in the ensemble movie Scavenger Hunt the following year. He also appeared on the Donny & Marie variety show.īenedict's career break came in 1978 when he appeared as Lieutenant Starbuck in the movie and television series Battlestar Galactica.
He made two appearances in Charlie's Angels. Benedict starred in the television series Chopper One, which aired for one season in 1974. He next played the psychotic wife-beating husband of Twiggy in her American film debut, W (1974). The producers of a horror film called Sssssss (1973) saw Benedict's performance in Hawaii Five-O and promptly cast him as the lead in that movie. While there, he appeared as a guest lead on Hawaii Five-O.
When the New York run for Butterflies Are Free ended, he received an offer to repeat his performance in Hawaii, opposite Barbara Rush. From left: Dirk Benedict, Ted Hartley, Jim McMullan.īenedict's film debut was in the 1972 film Georgia, Georgia. Photo of the cast of the short-lived television program Chopper One.