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Ben Aris

Date of birth: 1937-03-16

Place of birth: London, England, UK

Known for: Acting

Also known as:

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.

Movie Credits

Tommy
3.2

Tommy

1975-03-19

After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a

Hamlet
2.9

Hamlet

1969-12-21

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse

A Hazard of Hearts
3.9

A Hazard of Hearts

1987-12-27

When compulsive gambler Sir Giles Staverley has lost his estate and all his money playing dice, he r

Star Quality
2.5

Star Quality

1985-11-10

Lorraine Barrie, a fading but brilliant actress with a penchant for manipulating every theatrical en

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight
1.4

I'm Not Feeling Myself Tonight

1976-02-15

Virginal nerd Jon Pigeon, manages to secure a job in a sex research institute where the patients run

Savage Messiah
3.1

Savage Messiah

1972-06-27

In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
3

Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

1980-11-20

Adaptation of the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson

U.F.O. The Movie
3.1

U.F.O. The Movie

1993-12-10

The legendary Roy 'Chubby' Brown stars in his very first feature length movie. Chubby is captured by

The Three Musketeers
3.4

The Three Musketeers

1973-12-11

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends

Christmas Spirits
1

Christmas Spirits

1981-01-01

Julia, a Hollywood property scout, is looking for a house to star in a horror movie, she finds more

Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors
0

Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors

1992-09-28

Biopic purporting to tell the real story behind the marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson fro

The Plague of the Zombies
3.1

The Plague of the Zombies

1966-01-09

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the

Fearless Frank
0

Fearless Frank

1978-10-04

The outrageous - and not entirely reliable - memoirs of Irish writer Frank Harris, sometime cowboy i

Vampira
2.6

Vampira

1974-10-10

In order to revive his long hibernating bride, Vampira, Count Dracula takes blood samples from sever

The Fool
3.5

The Fool

1990-12-07

A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper

Get Carter
3.5

Get Carter

1971-02-03

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he

The Charge of the Light Brigade
3.1

The Charge of the Light Brigade

1968-04-10

During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by t

Juggernaut
3.1

Juggernaut

1974-09-25

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he ha

Alfie Darling
2.3

Alfie Darling

1975-07-17

Alfie meets his romantic match when the modern-day Casanova falls in love with a career woman. Alfie

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
3.3

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

1980-11-07

Sir Henry Rawlinson attempts to exorcise the ghost of his brother Humbert, who was accidentally kill

Royal Flash
3

Royal Flash

1975-10-10

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19t

Night Train to Murder
2.9

Night Train to Murder

1984-01-01

When Eric's niece Kathy becomes one of the heirs to a considerable fortune, her life (and those of t

Enemy
4

Enemy

1976-01-01

Frightening events unfold that may or may not be figments of Marigold’s imagination.

The Reckoning
3.6

The Reckoning

1970-01-31

Michael Marler, a successful businessman in London, is about to make his way to the top. After 37 ye

The Music Lovers
3.3

The Music Lovers

1971-02-12

Composer, conductor and teacher Peter Ilych Tchaikovsky struggles against his homosexual tendencies

Didn't You Kill My Brother?
0

Didn't You Kill My Brother?

1988-03-19

Carl Moss leaves jail,where he has taken the rap for his evil twin Sterling,and has been declared a

Up at the Villa
2.6

Up at the Villa

2000-04-14

Superficial people are revealed and drastically changed by circumstance or luck in this a tale of de

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
3.4

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

1974-02-16

The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs ha

O Lucky Man!
3.5

O Lucky Man!

1973-03-25

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to

if....
3.5

if....

1968-12-19

In an English boys' boarding school, social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands

West 11
3.5

West 11

1963-10-08

Joe Beckett, seasoned citizen of the bedsitter belt, aged about 22, is the renegade son of modest, r

The After Dinner Joke
3.5

The After Dinner Joke

1978-02-14

A comic extravaganza about a young woman's adventures in the world of big business charity.

King of the Wind
3.2

King of the Wind

1990-05-25

In 1727, an Arab colt is born with the signs of the wheat ear and the white spot on his heel: evil a

The Falklands Factor
0

The Falklands Factor

1983-04-26

Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to

The Ritz
3

The Ritz

1976-08-12

To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place wher

Lionheart
3

Lionheart

1968-01-01

A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.

Ready
0

Ready

2002-01-01

Naomi has known all her life that she will succumb to the same fate that has befallen her family for

Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert
0

Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert

1975-05-30

1799: George, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of mad King George III, awaits the Pope's judge