Private Benjamin (TV series) the cast as Colonel Lawrence Fielding, the pompous, well-meaning, but ineffectual, head of the camp. In late 1982, Eileen Brennan was struck by a car and Polly Holliday was brought in as Captain Amanda Allen, intended as a temporary replacement for Brennan's Captain Lewis character, but the show was cancelled shortly thereafter. Private Benjamin (TV series) Private Benjamin is an American sitcom based on the movie of the same name that aired on CBS from April 6, 1981, to January 10, 1983. Eileen Brennan, who reprised her role from the film, won an Emmy and Golden Globe Award for her
Benjamin Bawa Benjamin Bawa Major Benjamin William "Benny" Bawa, KC, VD (1865 – 1923) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) lawyer. He was an Acting Solicitor General of Ceylon and Private Secretary and Extra Aide-de-camp to the Governor of Ceylon. The son of Ahamadu Bawa a Muslim proctor from Galle and his French wife. He was educated at S. Thomas' College and Royal College Colombo. He played at the Royal–Thomian and won the Turnour Prize. Practicing law under James Van Langenberg, he was called to bar in 1887. Developing a practice in Kegalle and Colombo, he traveled to England in 1903 entering the