Ben Elton Ben Elton Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on series such as "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder", as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 15 novels and written the musicals "We Will Rock You" (2002) and "Love Never Dies" (2010), the sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera". His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and
Ben Roberts (writer) Hands with the Devil" (1959) and "Midnight Lace" (1960); and in 1957, they shared an Academy Award nomination for their scriptwork on "Man of a Thousand Faces" (1957). Roberts and Ivan Goff were also executive producers for the weekly television series "Mannix" and "Nero Wolfe". Ben Roberts (writer) Benjamin Eisenberg Roberts (March 23, 1916 – May 12, 1984) was a film and television writer, producer and one of the creators of the "Charlie's Angels" and "Time Express" television series'. In 1958 he was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the Lon Chaney biopic "Man of a Thousand Faces". He