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	Twist's first appearance was in the 1937 film ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'', in which he is presented as the laid-back [[headmaster]] of St. Michael's, a boys school for the sons of rich gentry, where he also teaches [[Science]].		Twist's first appearance was in the 1937 film ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'', in which he is presented as the laid-back [[w:headmaster\|headmaster]] of St. Michael's, a boys school for the sons of rich gentry, where he also teaches [[w:Science\|Science]].

	Initially, he turns a blind eye to the misbehaviour of the boys under his eye, and teaches the children using his method of ''Twisterism'', which is somehow related to [[Astrology]] and the signs of the [[Zodiac]]. However, he is later ordered by the school's new governor to adopt stricter policies, eventually turning St. Michael's into a military academy, with Twist holding an officer's rank.		Initially, he turns a blind eye to the misbehaviour of the boys under his eye, and teaches the children using his method of ''Twisterism'', which is somehow related to [[w:Astrology\|Astrology]] and the signs of the [[w:Zodiac\|Zodiac]]. However, he is later ordered by the school's new governor to adopt stricter policies, eventually turning St. Michael's into a military academy, with Twist holding an officer's rank.

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	Dr. Benjamin Twist is a bumbling, fraudulent but lovable science teacher of the (fictional) '''St. Michael's School''', which forms the backdrop of the films he appears in. Twist's typical appearance was with a [[Square academic cap\|mortarboard]] at an angle on his head and a pince-nez on his nose, as he squinted in a bewildered way at his unruly pupils.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/447228/credits.html\|title=BFI Screenonline: Hay, Will (1888-1949) Credits}}</ref>		Dr. Benjamin Twist is a bumbling, fraudulent but lovable science teacher of the (fictional) '''St. Michael's School''', which forms the backdrop of the films he appears in. Twist's typical appearance was with a [[w:Square academic cap\|mortarboard]] at an angle on his head and a pince-nez on his nose, as he squinted in a bewildered way at his unruly pupils.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/447228/credits.html\|title=BFI Screenonline: Hay, Will (1888-1949) Credits}}</ref>

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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	'''Dr Benjamin Twist''' is a recurring fictional character who appears in several films featuring comedian [[Will Hay]], who portrays the character in all mediums.		'''Dr Benjamin Twist''' is a recurring fictional character who appears in several films featuring comedian [[Will Hay]], who portrays the character in all mediums.

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'''Dr Benjamin Twist''' is a recurring fictional character who appears in several films featuring comedian [[Will Hay]], who portrays the character in all mediums.

==Character history==

Dr. Benjamin Twist is a bumbling, fraudulent but lovable science teacher of the (fictional) '''St. Michael's School''', which forms the backdrop of the films he appears in. Twist's typical appearance was with a [[Square academic cap|mortarboard]] at an angle on his head and a pince-nez on his nose, as he squinted in a bewildered way at his unruly pupils.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/447228/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Hay, Will (1888-1949) Credits}}</ref>

==Appearances==
===''Good Morning, Boys''===

Twist's first appearance was in the 1937 film ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'', in which he is presented as the laid-back [[headmaster]] of St. Michael's, a boys school for the sons of rich gentry, where he also teaches [[Science]].

Initially, he turns a blind eye to the misbehaviour of the boys under his eye, and teaches the children using his method of ''Twisterism'', which is somehow related to [[Astrology]] and the signs of the [[Zodiac]]. However, he is later ordered by the school's new governor to adopt stricter policies, eventually turning St. Michael's into a military academy, with Twist holding an officer's rank.

===''Hey! Hey! USA!''===

Benjamin Twist appeared again in Hay's next film, ''[[Hey! Hey! USA!]]'' (1938). In this film, however, Twist is working as a porter aboard an oceangoing liner travelling between [[England]] and the [[United States]], and during one particular voyage, he is mistaken for a scientist known as Prof. Tavistock by American gangster Bugs Leary ([[Edgar Kennedy]]), eventually becoming embroiled in a gangster plot to blackmail an American millionaire.

It is possible that ''[[Hey! Hey! USA!]]'' portrayed events that took place those before ''[[Good Morning, Boys]]'', explaining Twist's sudden change from teacher to steward, and the absence of St. Michael's School.

===''Convict 99''===

Benjamin Twist's final appearance in the [[Will Hay]] films was in the 1938 film ''[[Convict 99]]'', which was released shortly after ''[[Hey! Hey! USA!]]''. In this film, Twist is dismissed from St. Michaels for incompetence, and whilst attending a job interview for a position in another school, he is mistaken for [[Australia]]n disciplinarian John D. Benjamin ([[Roy Emerton]]), and accidentally accepts the post of governor of Blackdown Prison in [[Devon]] (possibly based on the real-life [[Dartmoor Prison]]), where he befriends prison-warden Albert ([[Graham Moffatt]]) and inmate Jerry "The Mole" ([[Moore Marriott]]).

==Other appearances==

A precursor of the Benjamin Twist character was Dr Alec Smart in ''[[Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)|Boys Will Be Boys]]'' (1935), who was an otherwise identical teaching character.

In ''[[The Ghost of St. Michael's]]'' (1941) the bumbling-teacher character has changed to William Lamb, but the character still bears similarities in appearance and manner to Benjamin Twist.

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