Ben Aris

Personal Info

Birthday

March 16, 1937

Day of Death

2003-09-04

(66 years old)

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Ben Aris

Biography

Benjamin Patrick Aris (16 March 1937 – 4 September 2003) was an English actor who was best known for his parts in Hi-de-Hi! and To the Manor Born, and was also very active on stage. He was often cast as an eccentric, upper-class, or upper-middle class, man.

Known For

Agatha Christie's Poirot

Doctor Who

Bergerac

The Comic Strip Presents...

Shine on Harvey Moon

You Rang, M'Lord?

BBC2 Play of the Week

Hi-de-Hi!

Filmography

2002
Ready
as Manager
2000
Up at the Villa
as Col. Trail
1993
U.F.O. The Movie
as Doctor
1992
Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
as Scotland Yard Commissioner
1990
King of the Wind
as Squire Dunn
1988
Didn't You Kill My Brother?
as Party Guest
1987
A Hazard of Hearts
as Lieutenant of Dragoons
1985
Star Quality
as Eric Larch
1984
Night Train to Murder
as Theatre Manager
1983
The Falklands Factor
as Mr. Edmund Burke M.P.
1981
Christmas Spirits
as Charles Aintrey
1980
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
as Inspector Newcomen
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
as Lord Tarquin of Staines
1978
The After Dinner Joke
as Bruce Wingfield
1976
The Ritz
as Patron with Bicycle
I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
as Trampas B. Hildebrand
Enemy
as Andrew
1975
Royal Flash
as Fireman
Alfie Darling
as Ad Man
Tommy
as Reverend Simpson
1974
Vampira
as Policeman
Juggernaut
as The Walker
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as Lieutenant Shears
1973
The Three Musketeers
as 1st Musketeer
O Lucky Man!
as Mr MacIntyre/Dr Hyder/Flight Lt. Wallace
1972
Savage Messiah
as Thomas Buff
1971
The Music Lovers
as Young Lieutenant
Get Carter
as Architect (uncredited)
1970
The Reckoning
as Party Guest
1969
Hamlet
as Rosencrantz
1968
if....
as John Thomas
The Charge of the Light Brigade
as Lt. Maxse
Lionheart
as Capt. Harris
1966
The Plague of the Zombies
as John Martinus
1963
West 11
as Partygoer