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 ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

'', '' Lou Grant'', ''

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'' and ''CHiPs''. He also starred in the TV-Movies ''

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'' and ''The Seduction of Miss Leona'', as well as the feature films ''Hambone and Hillie'' and ''

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''. Bentley was shortlisted in the

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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'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 {{US-screen-actor-1960s-stub