Benjy Hawk is one of Stefano Dimera's lesser-known children on "Days of Our Lives." The character was first introduced in 1988 with Darrell Thomas Utley in the role, per Soaps. Benjy was the son of a woman named Ellen Hawk. Ellen had a short relationship with Stefano that resulted in her pregnancy and did her best to keep her son away from the evil Salem villain. Sadly, she didn't succeed. After fleeing town with Benjy, Ellen was caught and killed, leaving her son to get trapped in an explosion that left him deaf for the rest of his life.

After Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) and Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans) got married they met Benjy during their honeymoon (via TV Fanatic). They instantly connected with the little boy and could speak to him through sign language due to Kayla losing her hearing for a period of time (via Soaps). The couple longed to adopt the child, but he ended up living with his grandfather.

However, "Days of Our Lives" fans hadn't seen the last of Benjy, and he surprisingly turned up in Salem again as part of a DiMera scheme targeted toward his old friends Steve and Kayla.