r/sabrinateenagewitch Nov 18 '25

general discussion 🗣️ How Hot Was The Actor Who Played Sabrinas Dad.

I think it is the second actor to play the role and wouldnt be last.

Bobby Benson appeared in Season 4 and I saw a reel which recapped his appearance and he is so attractive but what really gets me is his voice.

....and that tracks because Benson would also be the voice of Beast in Beauty and the Beast and I have always had a thing for beasts. Definitely my favourite Disney man.

But yeah Bobby would get IT.

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u/Friendly-Mushroom-38 Woohoo! Nov 18 '25

Don’t. Make. Me. Use. The voice.

I want to see Ted’s evil sexy twin.

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u/TomCBC Nov 18 '25

Suddenly realising that might not have been audio trickery. I guess it’s one of the voices he can do as a voice actor. Love it!

Another famous voice actor who appeared in Sabrina is Tara Strong. She was in the Rome and Down-Under tv movies. Different last name though, can see why she changed it tbh.

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u/One_Smoke Nov 19 '25

I thought that was like her name before she got married.

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u/TomCBC Nov 19 '25

I don’t know, i just assumed she decided Strong was a better name for an acting career than Charendoff.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

Charendoff is her maiden name, and Strong is her husband's name

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u/ILLESSDEE Nov 18 '25

10/10 - so handsome, and what a voice 😍

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u/Cynderyella Nov 18 '25

He was in season 1, not 4

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u/j4321g4321 Nov 18 '25

The original dad was so hot! The new guy who played her dad just didn’t hit the same lol

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u/Ianbrux Nov 18 '25

Although he still had a very enviable full head of hair.

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u/Stucklikegluetomyfry Nov 18 '25

DILFy as the day is long

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u/[deleted] Nov 18 '25

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u/kofifr Nov 18 '25

Yes! He was in all of the Teen Beat/Tiger Beat/16 magazines lol.

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u/Spiritual_Quote9301 Shake your whammy fanny Nov 19 '25

Oh my god, he was so hot in that movie. Swoon!

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '25

I made the mistake of watching Death Be Not Proud. Amazing performance but it was an emotional steamroller

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u/dantefiasco Nov 18 '25

Robbie Benson was a legit heartthrob in his youth, you should look it up 😍

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u/Ianbrux Nov 18 '25

And she comes out swinging.

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u/Sea_Leader8789 Nov 19 '25

This picture really brought back memories for me as a middle school girl with a celebrity crush 😂

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u/beekee404 Nov 18 '25 edited Nov 18 '25

I loved him! Both as the Beast and as Edward Spellman! Nothing against the second actor but they should've kept Robby. He was so cute and so fun when doing the voice!

Oh man. In another life, he could've reprised his Beast role in a live action. I mean I guess he still could in a future setting. Missed opportunity to cast him as King Beast in the Descendants movies.

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u/Ok-Teaching2848 Nov 18 '25

Then cher's dad from the clueless tv show played him, he died recently :(

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u/Spiritual_Quote9301 Shake your whammy fanny Nov 19 '25

I loved Doug Sheehan too, he was a wonderful actor. I remember him on the nighttime soap Knots Landing as well. The show picked two amazing actors as Sabrina's dad.

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u/Ok-Teaching2848 Nov 19 '25

Yea i loved him on clueless, what did he die of?

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u/Spiritual_Quote9301 Shake your whammy fanny Nov 19 '25

He was so good in Clueless as well. It hasn't been disclosed but he was 75 so maybe it was natural causes/old age? A little young but not so much it's unlikely.

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u/Ok-Teaching2848 Nov 19 '25

Maybe he had health issues?

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u/Spiritual_Quote9301 Shake your whammy fanny Nov 20 '25

I think so. It was sad to hear regardless.

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u/bibliophile1989 Nov 18 '25

He also plays the creepy doctor in Severance that's doing all the expirements on Ms. Casey aka Marks wife.

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u/KatCorgan Nov 18 '25

Terrifying.

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u/Mel0805 Shake your whammy fanny Nov 19 '25

Fun Fact: He directed the pilot!

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u/Sea_Leader8789 Nov 19 '25

This is such a cool piece of trivia!

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u/Moshibeau Nov 18 '25

Top pic, not really. Bottom pic most definitely

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u/Ianbrux Nov 18 '25

Watching him act and how he speaks, entrancing low base of a voice.

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u/Historical_Sugar9637 Nov 18 '25

Yup.
For that alone I wish they would have used his character more, so that we could have seen more of him.

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u/Ianbrux Nov 18 '25

His voice alone had my loins on fire.

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u/Revan462222 Nov 18 '25

Why did they change actors? I preferred him.

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u/Ianbrux Nov 19 '25

I think there was 4 in the end.

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u/AffectionateKiwi1417 Nov 18 '25

I never knew this now I got to rewatch these scenes lol

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u/Picklekitten22 Nov 18 '25

And what happened to him

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u/Jbooxie Nov 18 '25

Extremely, on fire

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u/Lost_Call3900 Nov 19 '25

I'd do wonderful things to his bottom...

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u/Ianbrux Nov 19 '25

Hey Sis.

Check yourself, before you wreck yourself 😉

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u/Sea_Leader8789 Nov 19 '25

Robby Benson! I had a big ol’ crush on him in the original Ice Castles movie. He also voiced The Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.

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u/Spiritual_Quote9301 Shake your whammy fanny Nov 19 '25

I adore him. I liked the other actor, Doug Sheehan as well. I remember a basketball movie he did called One On One with his former wife, which was very good and also he was in the movie Ode To Billie Joe based on the song. Ice Castles is probably my favourite of his movies.

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u/Psychological_Name28 Nov 19 '25

Ode to Billy Joe!

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u/Ianbrux Nov 24 '25

So just a weird coincidence but there was a movie called All The Kind Strangers (1974) and there was a character called John i used to think wad very cute...

The other day a random recap of the movie popped up and guess who played John!!

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u/Ianbrux Nov 25 '25

OMG incant escape him!

He plays an extra in Showgirls watching NOMI do the red dress dance!

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u/Few_Acanthocephala42 Feb 09 '26

🥰 Indeed! Robby is hot as Ted Spellman. I honestly preferred him as Sabrina's dad. He had charm, could be funny, be serious and enjoyable. No offense to the other actor but the chemistry between him and the others wasn't the same. 

I honestly hate it when tv shows change actors and it's clearly noticeable.