Richard Beymer Biography

Fast Facts

• Encouraged Sharon Tate to pursue acting after meeting her on the set of an earlier film of his wherein she was an extra
• Was an active participant in the Civil Rights struggle to allow African-Americans to register to vote in Mississippi
• Is a longtime avid photographer, sculptor and painter
• Completed and self-published his first book, Impostor: Or Whatever Happened to Richard Beymer?, a semi-autobiographical account of a young actor's struggle to find himself, in 2007
• Has made a number of acclaimed documentaries, including 2014's It's a Beautiful World in which he travels to India with Twin Peaks creator David Lynch to explore the origins of Transcendental Meditation