John Bennett
May 8, 1928 (96 years old) in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
John Bennett was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to London's West End. Often cast as a villain, Bennett had many roles on television including Market in Honey Lane, Porridge, Survivors, The Avengers, Strange Report, Bergerac, The Professionals and four episodes of The Saint. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Alexander, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Credits
- 2005 · Rome as Elderly Priest
- 2004 · New Tricks as
- 2003 · Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as
- 2003 · Chaos and Cadavers as Mr Resurrection
- 2002 · The Pianist as Dr. Ehrlich
- 2002 · Minority Report as Adulation #4
- 2002 · Not 360 as Actor
- 2001 · Armadillo as Father
- 2001 · Waking the Dead as Professor George Rosenthal
- 2000 · Breathtaking as Mr. Henshaw
- 1999 · Bridge of Dragons as The Registrar
- 1997 · Jonathan Creek as Frank Geiger
- 1997 · The Fifth Element as Priest
- 1996 · Alien Nation: Millennium as Officer Laskau
- 1995 · Priest as Father Redstone
- 1995 · Kangaroo Man as Doctor
- 1994 · Cadfael as Lazarus the Leper
- 1992 · Split Second as Dr Schulman
- 1992 · Heartbeat as Terence Young
- 1992 · Mulberry as The Stranger
- 1991 · Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sigmund Freud
- 1991 · Murder Most Horrid as DCI Graham Barlow
- 1991 · The War That Never Ends as Corcyran Representative
- 1990 · Needle as Chief Constable
- 1990 · Antonia and Jane as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
- 1989 · Saracen as Nugent
- 1988 · The Tenth Man as Jules
- 1988 · Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Chaplain / Father
- 1988 · The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Chaplain / Father
- 1987 · Jake and the Fatman as
- 1987 · Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder as Richard Erskine
- 1986 · Tai-Pan as Orlov
- 1984 · Miss Marple as Richard Erskine
- 1984 · Give My Regards to Broad Street as Mr. Rath
- 1984 · The Bill as
- 1984 · Hunter as Uniform Officer
- 1983 · The Cleopatras as Philocles
- 1982 · The Plague Dogs as Don (voice)
- 1981 · Bergerac as Aaron Rosenbaum
- 1981 · Eye of the Needle as Kleinmann
- 1980 · The Mirror Crack'd as Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
- 1980 · The Dybbuk as Messenger
- 1980 · Pews as Liftchick
- 1979 · The House on Garibaldi Street as Aaron Lazar
- 1979 · Tales of the Unexpected as Royden
- 1978 · Watership Down as Captain Holly (voice)
- 1978 · Lillie as
- 1978 · Return of the Saint as Colonel Ramon Perrez
- 1978 · Return Fare as Dr Robbins
- 1978 · The Greek Tycoon as Servant
- 1978 · Blake's 7 as Coser
- 1977 · The Professionals as Inspector Truitt
- 1977 · Anna Karenina as
- 1977 · 1990 as
- 1977 · Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang as Li H'sen Chang
- 1976 · The Face of Darkness as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
- 1976 · I, Claudius as
- 1976 · The Shadow-Line as
- 1976 · The Message as Salool
- 1975 · Survivors as Jim
- 1974 · Porridge as Medical Officer
- 1974 · Fall of Eagles as Georges Clemenceau
- 1974 · Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as General Finch
- 1973 · Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Joseph Goebbels
- 1973 · The House in Nightmare Park as Patel
- 1973 · Anything Can Happen as Geoff Bridges
- 1972 · The Edwardians as
- 1972 · Crown Court as
- 1972 · Crown Court as Dr. Martin Stanislaus
- 1972 · Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Wriothesley
- 1971 · Fathers and Sons as
- 1971 · Brett as
- 1971 · The House That Dripped Blood as Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
- 1969 · Strange Report as Jack White
- 1969 · The Main Chance as Raul Ramira
- 1969 · The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Lew Kohl
- 1968 · The Syndicate as Dr. Singh
- 1967 · The Forsyte Saga as Philip Bosinney
- 1966 · A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus' mark
- 1966 · Kaleidoscope as Poker Player
- 1966 · Softly, Softly as
- 1964 · Detective as
- 1963 · Doctor Who as Li H'sen Chang
- 1963 · Doctor Who as General Finch
- 1963 · Lorna Doone as
- 1963 · The Barber of Stamford Hill as
- 1962 · Lawrence of Arabia as Arab Sheik (uncredited)
- 1962 · The Saint as Muller
- 1962 · The Saint as Ardossi
- 1962 · The Saint as Raschid
- 1962 · The Saint as Count Alfredo
- 1962 · The Pirates of Blood River as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
- 1962 · Crooks Anonymous as Thomas
- 1962 · Postman's Knock as Pete
- 1962 · Z-Cars as
- 1961 · Sir Francis Drake as Tomas
- 1961 · Victim as Undercover Detective (uncredited)
- 1961 · The Avengers as Sykes
- 1961 · The Avengers as Marson
- 1960 · Sunday-Night Play as Zagornetz
- 1960 · The Challenge as Spider
- 1960 · A Taste of Money as
- 1959 · No Hiding Place as
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Victor Lane
- 1955 · Dixon of Dock Green as Malcolm Roberts
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as
- 1951 · Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jules