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Ben is married to Alma Viator.
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Ben's life story has been profiled in The New York Times, People Magazine, and Life Magazine.
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Ben played a federal agent that chased Uncle Jesse in the 1975 movie Moonrunners.
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Ben has been in more than eighty theatrical productions.
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Ben was defeated by Republican, Eric Cantor for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 7th District in November of 2002.
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Ben owns "Cooter's," a tourist attraction and museum in Gatlinburg, Tennessee and Nashville, Tennessee.
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Ben is a long time friend of Cincinnati Reds announcer, Marty Brennaman.
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Ben enrolled at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, receiving his BS degree in 1964.
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Ben has one daughter named Rachel and one son named Walker.
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Ben attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia.
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Not only did he star in The Dukes of Hazzard, he came back and starred in the two reunion movies, The Dukes of Hazzard: Reunion and The Dukes of Hazzard: Hazzard in Hollywood.
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He served as a Demorcratic Congressman in Georgia from 1988-92
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Ben is best known for his role as "Cooter Davenport" on the The Dukes of Hazzard.