Ben Bates was born on 4 September 1933 in Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Ruckus (1980), Swamp Thing (1982) and Gemini Man (1976). He died on 4 October 2017 in Sun City, California, USA.

Ben Bates and Peter Scolari in Bosom Buddies (1980)

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