Oliver Conant (born November 15, 1955 in New York City, New York) is an American actor. Conant appeared as "Benji" in the 1971 coming-of-age drama, Summer of '42 and the Class of '44, appearing in both with Gary Grimes and Jerry Houser as a trio of adolescent boys. Of the three, Houser's career continued into the '90s.
He was also in Jean Kerr's 1973 Broadway farce Finishing Touches, with Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Lansing, James Woods, and others. After a three decades or so hiatus from acting, Conant re-emerged on off and off-off Broadway stages in productions ranging from Gene Rufini's dystopian Homeland, Ane Fizzard's back-stage comedy Good Opinions, and Tuvia Tenenbom's absurdist satire, Kabbalah.
Summer of '42 (1971)
