And if Benson -- who plays Gene, the teen who befriends a Lower East Side drug dealer while battling his own addiction -- looks familiar, that's because his father is 70s and 80s heartthrob Robby ...

There are similar resurrections when one re-investigates the world of pop film from the '70s and '80s. John Hughes films that seemed sanitized at the time now look pretty edgy. And Robby Benson ...

However, did you know that former 1970s teen idol Robby Benson helmed half a dozen episodes? Robby Benson directed some of ‘Friends’ early episodes Robby Benson was a wildly popular teen idol ...

NEW YORK — “It WAS one of those wonderful phone calls,” Robby Benson says, recalling February when producer Larry Mortoff dialed him up and asked if he wanted to direct “Billy: The Early ...