Ben Edwards / Claude Bates — Too Many Winners Character Profile

About Ben Edwards / Claude Bates

Individual operating under multiple aliases to conceal criminal activities.

Ben Edwards / Claude Bates — Character Profile

Alignment

Anti-hero

Species

Human

Abilities

Dual identity, Conspiracy, Combat, Deception, Surveillance

• Strength: 5/10
• Intelligence: 6/10
• Charisma: 5/10
• Morality: 4/10
• Influence: 4/10

Character Facts

Played by

Byron Foulger

Appears in

Too Many Winners (1947)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Ben Edwards / Claude Bates — Power Blackmailer — John Hardeman (Grandon Rhodes)

  Hardeman uses Edwards' escaped convict status to force him into forging tickets.

• Ben Edwards / Claude Bates — Alliance Former Criminal Partners — Gil Madden / Theodore Ross (Ben Welden)

  Both men share a history of serving time together for counterfeiting crimes.

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