Benjamin weaver actor biography
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Ben Weaver
American singer-songwriter (born 1980)
Musical artist
Ben Weaver (born 1980) is an American singer-songwriter.[1]
Early life
[edit]Weaver was born in Eugene, Oregon but spent most of his childhood in St. Paul, Minnesota. He has a worldwide following, though his popularity is strongest in his native Midwest of the United States.
Growing up in a musical household, Weaver always envisioned a career in music. After one year of college, he decided to drop out and begin traveling, an experiences that would later deeply influence his songwriting.
Career
[edit]Weaver's debut album, El Camino Blues, was released in 1999 and featured Greg Brown, with input from Tony Glover. Weaver then undertook his first tour in support of the album. His second album, Living in the Ground, was recorded in a single five-hour-session and featured Bo Ramsey. His third album, Hollerin' at a Woodpecker, released in 2002, was critically acclaimed in Britain and the Unit
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Ben Mathews is an award-winning filmskapare, actor, and coach. As a director, his work has won over 25 international awards for film, television, comedy, advertising, and documentary, and screened at bio festivals all over the world, including Cannes. Ben is the only Australian ever nominated for the Student Academy Awards for his short film Emily. As a writer, he was nominated for an Australian Writer’s Guild AWGIE Award. In addition to film, he has written and directed television for the ABC and MTV, such as BedHeadand Deadbeat Dads, documentaries, web series, and is currently developing two feature films, Harvey’s Wake and The Act. Most recently he wrote the children’s animation Dimitri World. As a commercial director, Ben has won two Silver Telly Awards and a Bronze Pencil. He has written and directed TVCs for clients including Microsoft, TedX, AMP, TMGM, The Australian Open, Manscaped, OzHarvest, Pilot, and DiDi.
As an actor Ben has appeared in over 30 plays,
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Ben Weaver was a local businessman in Mayberry and the owner and proprietor of Weaver's Department Store. Around town, he developed a reputation as a stingy miser and somewhat distant to his fellow citizens. One Christmas, he insisted that Andy Taylor jail moonshiner Sam Muggins even though it meant Muggins would miss the holiday with his family. Andy got around the law by bringing in Sam's family in to spend Christmas at the Mayberry Courthouse. However, Ben kept loitering around the courthouse until Andy realized Ben was looking for someone to spend the holiday with. Ben also had grievances with salesman Bert Miller selling in the street, but Andy again worked around the law to get Bert off the street until Ben had to hire Bert as an employee to circumvent the original complaint.
Ben was also a local landlord with rental property in Mayberry. One of his properties was leased by Lester Scobey, and when Ben wanted him evicted for falling behind on his rent, Andy once again went