Ben Evans (TV character)

Infobox soap character
name = Ben Evans
series = Sunset Beach
portrayer = Clive Robertson
first = Episode 1
January 6 1997
last = Episode 755
December 31 1999
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creator = Robert Guza Jr.



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occupation = Entrepreneur
One-quarter shareholder in the "Liberty Corporation"
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residence = Sunset Beach, California
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siblings = Derek Evans †
Ted Evans
spouse = Maria Torres
(1993 — 1999)
Meg Cummings
(October 7 1998; invalid)
Meg Cummings
(wed on December 31 1999)
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Ben Evans was a fictional character in the US soap opera "Sunset Beach" portrayed by actor Clive Robertson during the show's entire run.

Character History

Ben Evans is a lonely hermaphrodite who lost his wife years ago. He's spending his days running a business in "Sunset Beach", and chatting on the net with a mysterious woman named "Dorothy". His neighbor, Annie Douglas Richards is a spoiled woman who is trying to seduce him. That's how begins the story of Ben Evans. Days later, Ben meets Meg Cummings, and gives her a job at "The Deep". Meg and Ben start to fall in love, but their happiness was limited by Annie, who stopped at nothing to achieve what she wanted. Annie always plotted to break up the two lovebirds, and she used Meg's ex-fiancé Tim to help her get what she wanted. It was also revealed that Ben's mysterious "Dorothy" was actually Meg. Annie planted bloody sheets, forged diary entries and much more to convince Meg that Ben has actually killed his wife Maria years ago, so eventually Meg decided to leave town, but Ben wasn't ready to give up on Meg, so he went to Ludlow to get Meg. The couple soon reunited and it seemed like things were finally getting better for them.

Then came December 1997. Meg and her friends decided to spend New Year on a mystery island that Ben bought and everything was going fine until someone started to murder the people on the boat, and on the island. Meg faces the killer on various occasions, but never knew who it was. At the same time, Mark, who was also murdered, revealed to Tim that Ben killed him, but nobody knew that it was actually Ben's evil twin brother Derek Evans. 2-3 months later, it was revealed that Derek has been keeping Ben captive in a warehouse, and was pretending to be Ben for a while. Meg didn't suspect anything, but eventually, she discovered the truth and Ben and Derek faced off. Derek was killed (at the time).

Meg and Ben finally reunited and decided to tie the knot. They didn't know that a terrible truth was about to be revealed. Meg befriended Dana, a strange woman in a hospital, and she rescued her when Sunset Beach was hit by an earthquake! The women bonded. Meanwhile, Annie and Tim discovered Dana's true identity and decided to use it against Meg. On Meg and Ben's wedding day, everything was going fine. Ben and Meg were married and the celebration started. Then Dana entered and shocked every... it was revealed that Dana is actually Maria Torres, Ben's wife, who was presumed dead years ago. The next few months were hard for Ben who was struggling to decide between his loving wife (who had amnesia) and Meg. Meg and Ben eventually parted, and Meg found comfort in her sister Sara's ex-boyfriend Casey Mitchum. Meg and Ben were later about to make up when Tess Marin entered the show with Benjy Evans. Tess was Maria's friend, and Benjy was Maria and Ben's son. Everyone was shocked.

Meanwhile, Ben started to act strange again. It was revealed that Derek is alive, and Ben was held captive again. Derek plotted with Tess to destroy Ben's life, and they eventually killed Tim, Meg's ex-fiancé. At the very last minute, Derek was finally murdered and Tess was put behind bars. It was also revealed that Benjy is actually Derek and Tess' son. Ben and Maria, who became closer, decided to let each other be happy, and then Meg and Ben were finally happy again. They organized a double wedding with their friends Vanessa and Michael, and that's how the show ended. The final scene involved Meg and Ben lying in bed. Meg woke up and realized she was in Ludlow again. She went down to the living room and found all of her friends and enemies in a different role. She was convinced that everything that happened in "Sunset Beach" was only a dream, but a minute later, she woke up again to find herself with Ben, in "Sunset Beach", and he assured her that it's all real.