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Ben Holden Driver Warriss (29 May 1909 – 14 January 1993) known as Ben Warriss was an English comedian and the first cousin of fellow comedy actor Jimmy Jewel. Allegedly the two cousins were born in the same bed (at different times) and brought up in the same household at 52 Andover Street Sheffield. He was the son of Benjamin Holden Joseph Warriss an insurance company inspector and his wife Mary Ann née Driver Jewel’s mother’s sister. He first performed on the stage in 1930.