Ben Watton
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Ben Watton is an English child actor from Bournemouth, Dorset.
Watton's first professional stage appearance was at age 6, appearing as a mini Bobby Ball opposite the comedians Cannon and Ball in A Night of a Thousand Laughs at the Pavilion Theatre in Bournemouth. At the age of 7, he was chosen to play Tiny Tim in a new musical adaptation of "Scrooge" with Jakes Ladder Theatre Company, a small professional company, at Bryanston Arts Centre in Blandford and at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne, under the direction of Steve Eaton-Evans. At the age of 8, he played 'Michael Darling' in a Michael Rose musical production of "Peter Pan" at the Lighthouse, Poole, alongside Matthew Kelly, Tracey Childs and Michael Medwin.
Watton made his West End debut aged 9, having been chosen at the age of 8 from nationwide open auditions to play 'Michael Banks' in the original cast of the Disney/Cameron Mackintosh musical "Mary Poppins", appearing at both the Bristol Hippodrome and the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.
Watton's TV credits include the part of 'Andrew' in the CBBC drama Living It and 'Fernando' in Series 7 of the popular children's sitcom My Parents Are Aliens . He was also chosen to appear in a lead role in a performed reading of the pilot of a new children's sitcom, performed at a live Granada TV Showcase in London, and also features in the 2006 "Are You There Yet?" BBC drama ident.
He has appeared in a number of short films, including playing the lead role of 'Boy' in Something Lost with AAC Films, the role of 'Oik' in The Last Chapter with Multistory Films, and the role of 'Liam Nash' in Ask Questions Later and the lead role of 'Isaac' in Solo, both Bournemouth University Graduation films.
He also appears in a lead role in a 2006 series of Oxford University Press DVDs, entitled Cool Kids 3 & 4 and Surpirise 3 & 4.
He has also appeared as the 'Court Jester' in the world premiere of "George and the Fairytale", a play co-written by the actress Sandra Dickinson and her partner Mark Osmond.
As of 2006, he is studying dance and drama part-time at The Stage Door School of Dance and Drama in Bournemouth, under principal Maureen Headford and drama coach Mark Osmond.
