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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Alton "Ben"
Powers (born February 13, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known
for his role as Thelma Evans' husband, Keith Anderson, during the sixth
and final season of the 1970s TV show Good Times (1978-1979). He also
did a season of Laugh-In in the 1970s. He was born in Yonkers, New York.
Powers got his first break in the 1970s with Adrian Hall, director at
Trinity Repertory Theater in Providence, R.I., his hometown. In addition
to stage acting, Powers did stand-up comedy, amazing impressions, and
sang standards as well as original music he wrote. He was discovered by
a Hollywood agent in Providence, signed on to do movies, and entertained
at the Playboy club in Las Vegas.
