"Ben was a very cool and hip artist to grow up with... not your usual dad! He was really a kind man and loved to hang out with my brothers and me as we grew up. In fact, our first names were often used as the names for bad guys in the episodes. I spent much time on the Mannix set... mostly playing with all those cool toy guns." ~ Clay Roberts

 

Film Credits: (most films written w/ Ivan Goff)

White Heat (writer) w/ James Cagney and Virginia Mayo
Man of a Thousand Faces (writer) w/ James Cagney *Academy Award nomination
Shake Hands with the Devil (writer) w/ James Cagney and Dana Wynter
Captain Horatio Hornblower (writer) W/ Gregory Peck and Virginia Mayo
Come Fill the Cup (writer) W/ James Cagney
Serenade (writer) w/ Mario Lanza and Joan Fontaine
Green Fire (writer) w/ Grace Kelly and Stuart Granger
Portrait in Black (writer) w/ Lana Turner and Anthony Quinn
White Witch Doctor (writer) w/ Suasan Hayward and Robert Mitchum
King of the Khyber Rifles (writer) w/ Tyrone Power and Terry Moore
Borrowed Hero (writer) w/ Alan Baxter and Florence Rice
Band of Angels (writer) w/ Clark Gable and Yvonne DeCarlo
O'henry's Full House (writer)

TV Credits:

The Rogues (creator/writer/producer)
Mannix (producer/writer)
Ohanian (creator/producer/writer)
Charlies Angels (creator/writer)
Logan's Run (producer/writer)
Time Express (creator/producer/writer)
Nero Wolfe (producer/writer)

Also wrote episodes for:
Danny Thomas Show
Mission Impossible

Broadway Stage Plays:

Jackpot (writer w/ Sidney Sheldon)
The Camel Bell (writer w/ Ivan Goff)
Dream with Music (writer w/ Sydeny Sheldon)
Merry Widow (writer w/ Sidney Sheldon)