Marc Bentley (1968 – November 23, 2020)
was an American actor who appeared on television during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The epitome of those sun-blonded surf and sun kids of the era, he was a keen skateboarder.
Bentley grew up in Southern California. Heappeared in such shows as ''
The Young and the Restless
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'', ''
Lou Grant
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'', ''
Fantasy Island
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'' and ''CHiPs''. He also starred in the TV-Movies ''
Terror Among Us'' and ''The Seduction of Miss Leona'', as well as the feature films ''Hambone and Hillie'' and ''
Valentine''.
Bentley was shortlisted in the
Young Artist Awards
The Young Artist Award (originally known as the Youth in Film Award) is an accolade presented by the Young Artist Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1978 to honor excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young ...
in 1981 (the first year the awards were made) as best young actor in a daytime series for his part as Chucky Roulland in
CBS
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's ''The Young and the Restless''.
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1968 births
2020 deaths
American male child actors
American male film actors
American male soap opera actors
American male television actors
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