Richard Beymer

American actor

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Richard Beymer is an American actor known for his roles in two significant film adaptations of classic stories. He played Peter Van Daan in the 1959 film The Diary of Anne Frank, a drama depicting the story of Anne Frank and her family in hiding during World War II. Beymer also portrayed Tony in the 1961 musical film West Side Story, a modern adaptation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, which won 10 Academy Awards.123

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The Diary of Anne Frank
…to their son, Peter (Richard Beymer). The confined space of the secret annex causes strain for both families, though, and their morale becomes lower when they receive news of the Nazi concentration camps. Although the families manage to avoid notice during a Gestapo search of the building, tensions remain…
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…to their son, Peter (Richard Beymer). The confined space of the secret annex causes strain for both families, though, and their morale becomes lower when they receive news of the Nazi concentration camps. Although the families manage to avoid notice during a Gestapo search of the building, tensions remain…
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