Benjamin S. Mears | |
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| Born | Benjamin Stannard Mears August 1871 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 80) |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Ben Mears Ben S. Mears Stannard Mears |
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| Parent(s) | Thomas Yeoman Mears Sarah "Sadie" Isabelle Stannard |
Benjamin Stannard Mears, also known as Ben Mears, Ben S. Mears, and Stannard Mears, (August 1871 – 27 January 1952) was an American stage actor, vaudeville performer, and playwright. He is best known for the 1918 play Seventeen; an adaptation of Booth Tarkington's 1916 novel of the same name which he co-wrote with Hugh Stanislaus Stange.[1]