article_snippet.sent: (The Hollywood Reporter)Ben Powers, who played Thelma's (BernNadette Stanis) husband Keith Anderson on the final season of the classic CBS sitcom "Good Times," has died.
article_snippet.sent: Powers died April 6 in New Bedford, Mass., Ben Powers family announced.
article_snippet.sent: Powers joined the cast of "Good Times" for Powers sixth and final season from 1978 to 1979 season, playing Keith, a professional football player.
article_snippet.sent: Ben Powers character and Thelma
article_snippet.sent: wed in the third episode of that season, but Ben Powers injures Ben Powers leg while walking out of the church, straining their relationship.
article_snippet.sent: Powers also had a regular role as "Moochie" on the CBS detective drama show, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, from 1984 to 1985.
article_snippet.sent: Powers had a small part in "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie" (1980).
article_snippet.sent: Born in Brooklyn and raised in Providence, R.I., by Mickey Spillane's grandparents, Alton "Ben" Powers attended the Rhode Island School of Design for painting and sketching before focusing on acting.
article_snippet.sent: Gigs at the Playboy clubs in Los Angeles, New York and Boston led to a job in 1977 on the revived version of "Laugh-In.
highlights_snippet.sent: Ben Powers joined the cast of "Good Times" for Ben Powers sixth and final season .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Ben Powers played Thelma's husband Keith Anderson .