John Bennett

Born: 1928-05-08

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.


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as Priest
Released: 1997-05-02

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of...

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as Arab Sheik (uncredited)
Released: 1962-12-11

The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt...

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The Pianist

as Dr. Ehrlich
Released: 2002-09-17

The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation....

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Watership Down

as Captain Holly (voice)
Released: 1978-10-14

When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver,...

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as Adulation #4
Released: 2002-06-20

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict...

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The Message

as Salool
Released: 1976-03-09

Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the...

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The Mirror Crack'd

as Barnsby (‘Murder at Midnight’)
Released: 1980-09-19

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to...

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Split Second

as uncredited
Released: 1992-05-01

In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his...

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Eye of the Needle

as Kleinmann
Released: 1981-07-24

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry...

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The Plague Dogs

as Don (voice)
Released: 1982-10-21

Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

as uncredited
Released: 1966-10-16

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

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The House That Dripped Blood

as Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
Released: 1971-02-22

A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.

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Victim

as Undercover Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1961-08-01

Barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving...

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Priest

as Father Redstone
Released: 1995-03-24

Father Greg Pilkington is torn between his call as a conservative Catholic priest and his secret...

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Bridge of Dragons

as The Registrar
Released: 1999-01-01

The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training...

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The Tenth Man

as Jules
Released: 1988-12-04

During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

as Sigmund Freud
Released: 1991-12-06

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz...

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The Greek Tycoon

as Servant
Released: 1978-05-12

A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.

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Hitler: The Last Ten Days

as Joseph Goebbels
Released: 1973-04-19

Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his...

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Alien Nation: Millennium

as Officer Laskau
Released: 1996-01-02

It's 1999, and as the end of the millenium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual...

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Tai-Pan

as Orlov
Released: 1986-11-07

The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong...

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The House on Garibaldi Street

as Aaron Lazar
Released: 1979-05-28

When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina,...

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The Pirates of Blood River

as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1962-05-09

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in...

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The Challenge

as Spider
Released: 1960-05-17

Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a...

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Henry VIII and His Six Wives

as Wriothesley
Released: 1972-07-13

Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken...

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The Shadow-Line

as uncredited
Released: 1976-09-06

Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka...

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Crooks Anonymous

as Thomas
Released: 1962-03-31

A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods...

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Give My Regards to Broad Street

as Mr. Rath
Released: 1984-11-28

When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts...

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Kaleidoscope

as Poker Player
Released: 1966-07-01

Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer...

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Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as Richard Erskine
Released: 1987-06-24

A newly married young woman was suddenly killed. Who is the culprit on earth? Is it her husband,...

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The House in Nightmare Park

as Patel
Released: 1973-03-23

Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof...

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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

as General Finch
Released: 1974-02-16

The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because...

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Postman's Knock

as Pete
Released: 1962-02-22

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his...

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Antonia and Jane

as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
Released: 1990-01-01

Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris...

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Needle

as Chief Constable
Released: 1990-09-12

Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's...

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Chaos and Cadavers

as Mr Resurrection
Released: 2003-05-15

Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and...

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The War That Never Ends

as Corcyran Representative
Released: 1991-03-28

The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news...

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Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

as Chaplain / Father
Released: 1988-10-01

BBC documentary about Franz Kafka played by GREEK TV in 1990.This documentary is one of the ten...

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The Syndicate

as Dr. Singh
Released: 1968-09-16

Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors...

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Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

as Li H'sen Chang
Released: 1977-04-02

Death stalks the fogbound streets of Victorian London: young women are going missing, horribly...

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The Dybbuk

as Messenger
Released: 1980-02-24

A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the...

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The Barber of Stamford Hill

as uncredited
Released: 1963-01-10

Mr. Figg, the barber, is fond of telling customers about his family, but he hasn’t really got...

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Kangaroo Man

as Doctor
Released: 1995-01-07

"Kangaroo Man" is produced by China Film Co., Ltd., directed by Liu Yiming drama, Qiu Xinzhi,...

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The Face of Darkness

as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
Released: 1976-11-01

An MP arranges a bomb in a school playground as a pretext to bring back the death penalty.

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Doctor Who

as Li H'sen Chang
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Doctor Who

as General Finch
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Jake and the Fatman

as uncredited
First aired: 1987-09-26

Jake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....

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Tales of the Unexpected

as Royden
First aired: 1979-03-24

A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and...

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Waking the Dead

as Professor George Rosenthal
First aired: 2001-06-18

A detective team apply new techniques to old crimes as they solve cold cases.

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No Hiding Place

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-16

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by...

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Bergerac

as Aaron Rosenbaum
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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Blake's 7

as Coser
First aired: 1978-01-02

A group of convicts and outcasts fight a guerrilla war against the totalitarian Terran...

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Thirty-Minute Theatre

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-10-07

Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television...

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The Avengers

as Sykes
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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The Avengers

as Marson
First aired: 1961-01-07

The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr....

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Return of the Saint

as Colonel Ramon Perrez
First aired: 1978-09-10

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

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The Main Chance

as Raul Ramira
First aired: 1969-06-18

The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972...

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Rome

as Elderly Priest
First aired: 2005-08-28

A down-to-earth account of the lives of both illustrious and ordinary Romans set in the last...

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The Professionals

as Inspector Truitt
First aired: 1977-12-30

The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their...

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Murder Most Horrid

as DCI Graham Barlow
First aired: 1991-11-14

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Victor Lane
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Malcolm Roberts
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Sir Francis Drake

as Tomas
First aired: 1961-11-12

Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir...

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Fall of Eagles

as Georges Clemenceau
First aired: 1974-03-15

"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series...

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New Tricks

as uncredited
First aired: 2004-01-01

New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and...

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Heartbeat

as Terence Young
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Miss Marple

as Richard Erskine
First aired: 1984-12-26

Miss Marple, the spinster detective who is one of the most famous characters created by English...

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I, Claudius

as uncredited
First aired: 1976-09-20

Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies,...

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Hunter

as Uniform Officer
First aired: 1984-09-18

Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred...

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Jonathan Creek

as Frank Geiger
First aired: 1997-05-09

Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural...

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The Saint

as Muller
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Saint

as Raschid
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Saint

as Count Alfredo
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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The Saint

as Ardossi
First aired: 1962-10-04

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who...

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Crown Court

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Crown Court

as Dr. Martin Stanislaus
First aired: 1972-10-11

Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the...

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Porridge

as Medical Officer
First aired: 1974-09-05

Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three...

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1990

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-18

The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's...

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Cadfael

as Lazarus the Leper
First aired: 1994-05-29

Cadfael is the name given to the TV series of The Cadfael Chronicles adaptations produced by...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Jules
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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The Forsyte Saga

as Philip Bosinney
First aired: 1967-01-07

The Forsyte Saga is a 1967 BBC television adaptation of John Galsworthy's series of The Forsyte...

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The Edwardians

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-11-21

It was a time when England was a nation on the cusp of change, an evolving landscape tht lay...

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Softly, Softly

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-01-05

Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1...

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Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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Survivors

as Jim
First aired: 1975-04-16

Survivors is a British post-apocalyptic fiction television series devised by Terry Nation and...

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Detective

as uncredited
First aired: 1964-03-30

A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three...

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Lillie

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-09-24

The Rise and Fall of a Professional Beauty. It was the affair that shook Victorian society to...

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Z-Cars

as uncredited
First aired: 1962-01-02

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed...

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Anna Karenina

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-09-25

Anna Karenina was a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel.

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The Bill

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-10-16

The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the...

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Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

as Richard Erskine
First aired: 1987-01-11

When a young bride moves into a country manor, long repressed childhood memories of witnessing a...

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Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

as uncredited
First aired: 2003-09-04

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World is a 7-part British documentary/docudrama television...

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The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

as Lew Kohl
First aired: 1969-04-23

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder is based on a character created by Edgar Wallace in a series of 1925...

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Saracen

as Nugent
First aired: 1989-09-02

Saracen is a 1989 British television drama series. Made for ITV by Central Television, it...

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Mulberry

as The Stranger
First aired: 1992-02-24

Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team...

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Armadillo

as Father
First aired: 2001-09-16

The British-American thriller Armadillo stars James Frain as Lorimer Black, a slick, well-spoken...

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