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Ben Travers(1886-1980)

  • Writer
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Ben Travers was born on 12 November 1886 in Hendon, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Inheritance (1947), Dishonour Bright (1936) and Second Best Bed (1938). He was married to Dorothy Ethel Violet Mouncey. He died on 18 December 1980 in London, England, UK.
BornNovember 12, 1886
DiedDecember 18, 1980(94)
BornNovember 12, 1886
DiedDecember 18, 1980(94)
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Known for

The Inheritance (1947)
The Inheritance
6.6
  • Writer
  • 1947
Dishonour Bright (1936)
Dishonour Bright
6.5
  • Writer
  • 1936
Tom Walls in Second Best Bed (1938)
Second Best Bed
4.7
  • Writer
  • 1938
Lady in Danger (1934)
Lady in Danger
5.5
  • Writer
  • 1934

Credits

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Writer

  • Jeste není pozde
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1997
  • Ein Kuckuck im Nest
    TV Movie
    • play "A Cuckoo in the Nest"
    • 1989
  • Yo robo, tú chantajeas, ella estafa y, además, un muerto (1984)
    Yo robo, tú chantajeas, ella estafa y, además, un muerto
    TV Mini Series
    • play "Plunder"
    • 1984
  • Spät ins Bett
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1980
  • Rablók
    3.8
    TV Movie
    • play "Plunder"
    • 1980
  • Ehrlich währt am längsten
    TV Movie
    • play "Plunder"
    • 1978
  • Ben Travers' Farces
    TV Series
    • adaptation
    • original play
    • written by
    • 1970
  • John Gregson in The Jazz Age (1968)
    The Jazz Age
    5.3
    TV Series
    • writer
    • 1968
  • Laughter from the Whitehall (1963)
    Laughter from the Whitehall
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1965
  • Comedy Matinee
    TV Mini Series
    • play
    • Writer
    • 1961
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • play
    • 1957–1959
  • Wilde paarden
    TV Movie
    • play "Wild horses"
    • 1959
  • Fast and Loose (1954)
    Fast and Loose
    5.9
    • screenplay
    • play "A Cuckoo in the Nest" (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Rookery Nook
    TV Movie
    • Writer
    • 1953
  • Wild Horses
    TV Movie
    • play
    • 1953

Personal details

  • Born
    • November 12, 1886
    • Hendon, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • December 18, 1980
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Dorothy Ethel Violet MounceyApril 29, 1916 - September 22, 1951 (her death)
  • Other works
    Stage: Wrote "Cuckoo in the Nest", performed at the Sybil Thorndike Theatre in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, with Geoffrey Lumsden, Philip Gilbert and Josephine Tewson in the cast.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Was a pilot during World War I, by 1918 having risen to the rank of major and command of a squadron in the newly-formed RAF. Travers rejoined the RAF as an intelligence officer at the beginning of World War II, working for the Ministry of Information.

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