14 Facts About Ben Hamper

Bernard Egan "Ben" Hamper was born on c 1955 and is a Michigan-based writer.

Ben Hamper was born in Flint, Michigan to a family that had many former employees of General Motors amongst its members.

Ben Hamper has worked as a correspondent on several of Moore's television projects.

Ben Hamper hosted and wrote comedy for Take No Prisoners TV show in Flint.

In 2006, Ben Hamper launched a new radio show, Soul Possession, on community radio station WNMC-FM in Traverse City, Michigan.

In 2010, Ben Hamper launched another radio show, Head For The Hills, on WNMC, focusing on his obscure collection of classic and obscure Country records.

Ben Hamper's memoir, Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line, published in 1991, is an autobiographical account of his life in Flint and subsequent employment on the General Motors assembly line between 1977 and 1988 when he was laid off.

Ben Hamper has appeared in a number of high-profile TV and film roles, most notably in association with Michael Moore.

In fact Ben Hamper was at Moore's side for most of Moore's career from his very early days to his TV shows in the mid-1990s.

Ben Hamper did however end up with a writing assignment and rather quickly became a local celebrity who wrote scathing true stories of life on the assembly line.

Ben Hamper was kept on when the Flint Voice became the statewide Michigan Voice where he was again one of the more popular writers.

Ben Hamper was asked to keep writing for Mother Jones, but out of loyalty chose not to continue.

Ben Hamper then appeared on the cover of The Wall Street Journal and was interviewed by NBC and CBS for various news shows.

In 1995, Ben Hamper had a memorable cameo appearance in Michael Moore's film Canadian Bacon and was later tapped as a correspondent for both TV Nation and The Awful Truth documentary television shows.