Ben Dover

For the historic home and farm complex, see Ben Dover (Manakin-Sabot, Virginia).

Ben Dover
Dover in the early 1980s
Born
Simon James Honey

(1956-05-23) 23 May 1956 (age 68)
Sittingbourne, England
Other namesSteve Perry, Lindsay Honey
PartnerLinzi Drew (1980s–2011, separated)
ChildrenTyger Drew-Honey

Simon James Honey (born 23 May 1956), better known as Ben Dover, is an English pornographic actor, director and producer. He has also worked under several other pseudonyms including Steve Perry as producer and Lindsay Honey as an actor and musician.

Honey was included in Larry Flynt's Hustler's Top 50 Most Hated People in Porn list, printed in the January 1999 issue and in 2011, he was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame.[1]

Honey has also won a host of awards for the Ben Dover series including the Breakthrough Award at the AVN Awards in 1997,[2] AVN's Best Gonzo Award twice (in 2000 for Ben Dover's End Games and in 2002 for Ben Dover's The Booty Bandit). In 2006, he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the UK Adult Film Awards,[3][4] which he co-presented with Kristyn Halborg, Kelly Stafford and co-star Pascal White.

In 2012, Honey was nominated by the Internet Service Providers Association as an Internet Villain for his involvement with his company Golden Eye (International) in speculative invoicing.[5]

  1. ^ "AVN Announces the Winners of the 2011 AVN Awards". AVN.com. 9 January 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2011. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
  2. ^ "AVN AWARDS PAST WINNERS". AVN. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2009.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference bizarremag.com was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "The UK Adult Film & TV Awards 2006". BGAFD.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2008.
  5. ^ "Internet News: 2012: April–June". Melonfarmers.co.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2014.