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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 8, 1928
Place of Birth:
Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
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John Bennett
Biography
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind Us | Chang Lee (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Chaos and Cadavers | Mr Resurrection |
| 2002 | Not 360 | Actor |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Dr. Ehrlich |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Adulation #4 |
| 2000 | Breathtaking | Mr. Henshaw |
| 1999 | Bridge of Dragons | The Registrar |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Priest |
| 1996 | Alien Nation: Millennium | Officer Laskau |
| 1995 | Priest | Father Redstone |
| 1995 | Kangaroo Man | Doctor |
| 1992 | Split Second | Dr Schulman |
| 1991 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sigmund Freud |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends | Corcyran Representative |
| 1990 | Antonia and Jane | Uncle Irwin Carlinsky |
| 1990 | Needle | Chief Constable |
| 1988 | The Tenth Man | Jules |
| 1988 | Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' | Chaplain / Father |
| 1986 | Tai-Pan | Orlov |
| 1984 | Give My Regards to Broad Street | Mr. Rath |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Don (voice) |
| 1981 | Eye of the Needle | Kleinmann |
| 1980 | The Dybbuk | Messenger |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight") |
| 1980 | Pews | Liftchick |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Aaron Lazar |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Captain Holly (voice) |
| 1978 | The Greek Tycoon | Servant |
| 1978 | Return Fare | Dr Robbins |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Li H'sen Chang |
| 1976 | The Face of Darkness | Inquisitor & Psychiatrist |
| 1976 | The Shadow-Line | |
| 1976 | The Message | Salool |
| 1974 | Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs | General Finch |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Joseph Goebbels |
| 1973 | The House in Nightmare Park | Patel |
| 1973 | Anything Can Happen | Geoff Bridges |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Wriothesley |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story") |
| 1968 | The Syndicate | Dr. Singh |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus' mark |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscope | Poker Player |
| 1965 | The Alphabet Murders | Waiter (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Barber of Stamford Hill | |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Penal Colony Guard (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Postman's Knock | Pete |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Arab Sheik (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Crooks Anonymous | Thomas |
| 1961 | Victim | Undercover Detective (uncredited) |
| 1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | A Taste of Money | |
| 1960 | The Challenge | Spider |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Rome | Elderly Priest |
| 2004 | New Tricks | |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Professor George Rosenthal |
| 2001 | Armadillo | Father |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Frank Geiger |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Lazarus the Leper |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Terence Young |
| 1992 | Mulberry | The Stranger |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | DCI Graham Barlow |
| 1989 | Saracen | Nugent |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Chaplain / Father |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Richard Erskine |
| 1984 | The Bill | |
| 1984 | Hunter | Uniform Officer |
| 1983 | The Cleopatras | Philocles |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Aaron Rosenbaum |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Royden |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Coser |
| 1978 | Lillie | |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Colonel Ramon Perrez |
| 1977 | 1990 | |
| 1977 | Anna Karenina | |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Inspector Truitt |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | |
| 1975 | Survivors | Jim |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Georges Clemenceau |
| 1974 | Porridge | Medical Officer |
| 1972 | Crown Court | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Dr. Martin Stanislaus |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Frank Harris |
| 1971 | Brett | |
| 1971 | Fathers and Sons | |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Raul Ramira |
| 1969 | The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder | Lew Kohl |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Jack White |
| 1967 | The Forsyte Saga | Philip Bosinney |
| 1966 | Softly, Softly | |
| 1964 | Detective | |
| 1963 | Lorna Doone | |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Li H'sen Chang |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | General Finch |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Muller |
| 1962 | The Saint | Ardossi |
| 1962 | The Saint | Raschid |
| 1962 | The Saint | Count Alfredo |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Sykes |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake | Tomas |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Marson |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Zagornetz |
| 1960 | The Cheaters | Blake |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Victor Lane |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Malcolm Roberts |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Jules |