Ben Travers(1886-1980)

Writer

Ben Travers was born on 12 November 1886 in Hendon, London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Oncle Silas (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.

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Known for

Oncle Silas

6.6

Writer

1947

Dishonour Bright

6.5

Writer

1936

Second Best Bed

5.0

Writer

1938

Lady in Danger

5.6

Writer

1934

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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
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
The Jazz Age
6.6
TV Series
- writer
- 1968
Laughter from the Whitehall
TV Series
- Writer
- 1965
Comedy Matinee
TV Mini Series
- play
- 1961
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
7.2
TV Series
- play
- 1957–1959
Wilde paarden
TV Movie
- play "Wild horses"
- 1959
Fast and Loose
5.9
- play "A Cuckoo in the Nest"
- screenplay (uncredited)
- 1954
Rookery Nook
TV Movie
- Writer
- 1953
Wild Horses
TV Movie
- play
- 1953

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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.

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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.