High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Benjamin Joseph Horne is a character from the television series Twin Peaks, created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, portrayed by Richard Beymer. His last name is based on real life department store owner Joseph Horne founder of Horne`s in Pittsburgh where Mark Frost is from, while his and his brother Jerry`s first names are based on the ice cream brand Ben & Jerry`s. He is the richest citizen of the eponymous town, Horne is one of the few citizens whose sensibilities and dress aren`t still in the 1950s; Horne is an archetypical 1980s cutthroat businessman, whose greatest desire in life appears to be the acquisition of more money. As the series progressed, he was revealed, like many of the show`s other characters, to have a hidden side; although, since Ben Horne`s public persona was evil, his "dark side" turned out to be good, revealing him as a lonely, depressed man, disappointed with how his family and his life turned out.