Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before entering the entertainment field as an actor, comedian, and game show host. He is best known on screen as the economics teacher in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, as the host of Win Ben Stein's Money, and as Dr. Arthur Neuman in The Mask and Son of the Mask. Stein also co-wrote and starred in the controversial 2008 film Expelled which was widely criticized for promoting pseudoscientific intelligent design creationist claims of persecution. Stein is the son of economist and writer Herbert Stein, who worked at the White House under President Nixon. As a character actor he is well known for his droning, monotonous delivery. In comedy, he is known for his deadpan delivery. More about Ben Stein
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Stein was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Mildred (née Fishman), a homemaker, and Herbert Stein, a writer, economist, and presidential adviser. He is Jewish and grew up in the Woodside Forest neighborhood of Silver Spring, Maryland. Stein graduated from Montgomery Blair High School in 1962 along with classmate journalist Carl Bernstein (class of 1960); actress Goldie Hawn (class of 1963) was one year behind. He went on to major in economics at Columbia University's Columbia College, where he was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and the Philolexian Society. After graduating with honors from Columbia in 1966, Stein went to Yale Law School, graduating as valedictorian in June 1970.The most expensive item with a signature of Ben Stein (Ben Stein signed 8x10 photo Ferris Bueller's Day Off With Inscription) was sold in January 2023 for $106.99 while the cheapest item (SIGNED BEN STEIN AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO WRITER ACTOR LAWYER FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF) found a new owner for $0.79 in October 2020. The month with the most items sold (3) was July 2020 with an average selling price of $17.95 for an autographed item of Ben Stein. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in January 2023 with $106.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was December 2015. In average, an autographed item from Ben Stein is worth $14.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Ben Stein were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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2016 Ghostbusters John Rothman & Ben Stein - Public Works Autograph Auto | $50.00 | ||
Ben Stein Autographed 8x10 Photo (JSA) | $43.00 | ||
BEN STEIN AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF BAS 8X10 PHOTO | $70.00 | ||
BEN STEIN Signed 8x10 Photo | $5.00 | ||
Ben Stein Signed 8x10 Photo 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' Autograph Movie Actor | $29.95 | ||
Ben Stein signed 8x10 photo Ferris Bueller's Day Off With Inscription | $106.99 | ||
BEN STEIN Signed AUTOGRAPHED Photo Ferris Bueller RARE Game Show Host CLEAR EYES | $5.03 | ||
BEN STEIN SIGNED FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF signed 8X10 PHOTO JSA Cert | $50.00 | ||
Ferris Bueller's Day Off Ben Stein autographed 8x10 photo EXACT PHOTO PROOF**#3 | $19.95 | ||
POLITICAL COMMENTATOR~COMEDIAN BEN STEIN AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~ | $6.00 |