Ben Ryder (School of the Dead)

Ben Ryder is a survivor of the zombie apocalypse outbreak. Ben is portrayed by Drake Woolcott. He is also the brother of Mike Ryder.

Pre-Apocalypse
Not much is known about Bens life before the outbreak besides the fact that he went to Our Lady of Sorrow alongside Jimmy Marcus. While Ben was in school with Jimmy, his brother Mike was in a private school.

Post-Apocalypse
Season 1

"Episode 1"
Ben is seen on top of a school playground when he spotted the horde of walkers lurking nearer to the school. He refuses to leave the school until he figures out how to free his teddy bear from a hinge in the slide. When his plan fails and rips the bears head off, Ben tearfully acompanies Jimmy to a new location. When running from the infected, Ben realizes that he left his supply bag on the playground. He goes to retrieve his bag but is caught by the walkers causing he and Jimmy to flee their new shelter.

"Episode 2"
Ben begs Jimmy to search for his brother. Jimmy tells Ben to wait and focus on looking for a new shelter before it gets dark. Ben tells Jimmy that the apartment building Jimmy had for shelter was to close to the school and could be overrun within hours. When Ben sees Alexander ad Ben talking, he mistakes Alexander for a looter and pushes him over the supply bag.

"Episode 3"
Ben is not seen in this episode making his current whereabout unknown. He is mentioned by Jimmy at the end of the episode.

"Episode 4"
Ben is not mentioned in this episode and does not have an appearance.

"Episode 5"
Drake Woolcott has confimed that Ben will return this episode.