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Ben Hardy (other)
Ben Hardy may refer to: * Ben Hardy (actor) Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones; 2 January 1991) is an English actor. He is known for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2013–2015). Hardy made his film debut as Archangel in the superhero film '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016) ... (born 1991), English actor * Ben Hardy (motorcycle builder) (died 1994), American custom motorcycle designer * Benjamin Gower Hardy (1898 – 1944), Australian recipient of the George Cross * Benjamin Hardy, Australian professional volleyballer {{hndis, Hardy, Ben ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hardy (actor)
Ben Hardy (born Ben Jones; 2 January 1991) is an English actor. He is known for playing Peter Beale in the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (2013–2015). Hardy made his film debut as Archangel in the superhero film '' X-Men: Apocalypse'' (2016) and played Roger Taylor in the biographical film ''Bohemian Rhapsody'' (2018). Early life Hardy was born 2 January 1991 in Bournemouth, Dorset, and grew up in Sherborne. He attended Sherborne Abbey Primary School and the Gryphon School. As a student at Gryphon, Hardy starred as Sergeant Francis Troy in a school film adaptation of '' Far from the Madding Crowd''. Career In 2012, Hardy starred as Arthur Wellesley in the David Hare play '' The Judas Kiss'', also featuring Rupert Everett. The production initially had a limited run at the Hampstead Theatre from September to October 2012 followed by a short tour to Bath, Richmond, Brighton and Cambridge before, after rave reviews, transferring to the West End's Duke of York's Theatre in Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Hardy (motorcycle Builder)
Benjamin F. Hardy (1921–1994) was an American custom motorcycle builder who made the Captain America and Billy choppers for the 1969 Peter Fonda road movie ''Easy Rider''.Black Chrome. The California African American Museum, Los Angeles, 2009Ben Hardy The Captain America bike, made from a then 20-year-old, heavily customized Harley-Davidson panhead is considered one of the most iconic motorcycles ever built, one which captured the zeitgeist of a generation and became an anti-establishment symbol. Working with another Black motorcycle builder, coordinator Cliff Vaughs, Hardy built two 'Billy' bikes and three 'Captain Americas', one of which was destroyed in the making of the movie, the rest of which were stolen. The 'Billy' bike was typical of the custom motorcycles Black bikers were riding at the time. Hardy and Vaughs remained largely unknown and uncredited for 25 years as they were not accepted due to being African-Americans, and were not welcomed into the mainstream motorcyc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Gower Hardy
Benjamin Gower Hardy, GC (28 August 1898 – 5 August 1944), known as Ben Hardy, was an Australian soldier who was posthumously awarded the George Cross for the gallantry he showed during the Cowra breakout, on 5 August 1944, when Japanese prisoners of war staged a mass escape from a prisoner-of-war camp at Cowra, New South Wales. Early life and Second World War Hardy was born in Marrickville, Sydney, in 1898. He enlisted in the Australian Army in September 1941 at the age of 43. He was considered too old for active service and was attached to the 7th Garrison Battalion where he was known as an expert on the Vickers machine gun. He was posted to the 22nd Garrison Battalion at Cowra on 12 February 1944. Cowra breakout On the night of 5 August 1944, Japanese prisoners armed with improvised knives and clubs stormed the guard posts with what a military court of inquiry termed "a suicidal disregard of life." A total of 231 prisoners were killed during the ensuing fighting and 108 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
