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Yves Beneyton is a French television, theater, and film actor. He was born on August 2nd, 1946 to Lionel Beneyton, a member of the Order of Liberation and aide-de-camp to Marie-Pierre Kœnig.

He is the grandson of American sculptor Cecil Howard and the nephew of American director Noël Howard. In 1982, he married Élisabeth Margoni, a French actress.

Biography
Yves Beneyton was a student of Tania Balachova from 1963 to 1966. In 1965, he made his theater debut at the Théâtre Récamier in Les Barbares of Maxime Gorki, directed by Jean Tassot. He continued, participating in Capitain Fracasse, directed by Ariane Mnouchkine, adapted by Phillipe Léotard, and based off the original novel by Théophile Gautier. In 1966, he played a role in Jean Audureau's À Memphis il y avait un homme d'une force prodigieuse, directed by Antoine Bourseiller for the Festival du Marais, and then in L'Éveil du printemps by Frank Wedekind. He then replaced Pierre Clémenti in Marc'O's Les Idoles with Bulle Ogier and Jean-Pierre Kalfon for a tournament in Belgium. This play would later become a film.

In 1967, Beneyton made his film debut with Marina Vlady in Jean-Luc Godard's Deux ou trois choses que je sais d'elle.