John Bentley

Born: 1916-12-02

John Bentley was born on December 2, 1916 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England. He was an actor, known for Calling Paul Temple (1948), Final Appointment (1954) and Salute the Toff (1952). He was married to Patricia Smith. He died on August 13, 2009 in Petworth, West Sussex, England.


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The Front

as Bartender
Released: 1976-09-17

A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the...

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Submarine Seahawk

as Lt. Cmdr. Paul Turner
Released: 1958-12-01

For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine...

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Istanbul

as Insp. R.P. Nural
Released: 1957-01-23

A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was...

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River Beat

as Det. Insp. Dan Barker
Released: 1954-02-01

British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the...

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Shadow of Treason

as Steve
Released: 1963-06-01

Steve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages...

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Dial 999

as Det. Sgt. Seagrave
Released: 1955-12-01

A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an...

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Paul Temple Returns

as Paul Temple
Released: 1952-11-24

A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis."...

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The Happiest Days of Your Life

as Richard Tassell: Staff of Nutbourne
Released: 1950-03-08

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is...

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The Big Frame

as Clark Sutton
Released: 1952-09-01

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night...

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The Singer Not the Song

as Police Captain
Released: 1961-01-05

A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

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Calling Paul Temple

as Paul Temple
Released: 1948-04-29

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered...

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The Flaw

as Paul Oliveri
Released: 1955-09-30

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in...

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Salute the Toff

as The Honourable Richard Rollison
Released: 1952-12-02

The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.

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Confession

as Inspector Kessler
Released: 1955-06-01

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.

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Final Appointment

as Mike Billings
Released: 1954-10-01

A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders....

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Flight from Vienna

as Capt. Philip J. Lawton
Released: 1956-01-31

A Hungarian Secret Service official attempts to defect the country and earn political asylum in...

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Stolen Assignment

as Mike Billings
Released: 1955-08-01

Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her...

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Hammer the Toff

as Richard Rollison
Released: 1952-05-01

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

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Mary Had a Little...

as Dr. Malcolm Nettel
Released: 1961-07-25

A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect...

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Black Orchid

as Eric Blair
Released: 1953-02-01

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from...

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The Hills of Donegal

as Terry O'Keefe
Released: 1947-09-01

Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to...

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She Shall Have Murder

as Douglas Robjohn
Released: 1950-12-01

A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work...

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Sacred Waters

as Lemmy, ein Engländer
Released: 1960-12-23

Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the...

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Escape in the Sun

as Jim Harrison
Released: 1956-12-07

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The Woman's Angle

as Renfro Mansell
Released: 1952-02-12

The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer...

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Golden Ivory

as Paul Dobson
Released: 1954-10-03

Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the...

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Tread Softly

as Keith Gilbert
Released: 1952-12-01

Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery...

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The Sinister Man

as Superintendent Wills
Released: 1961-12-01

When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate...

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Paul Temple's Triumph

as Paul Temple
Released: 1950-05-31

A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a...

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The Scarlet Spear

as District Officer Jim T. Barneson
Released: 1954-03-01

In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual...

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Alice Through the Looking Box

as uncredited
Released: 1960-12-25

A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.

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Double Exposure

as Pete Fleming
Released: 1954-03-01

A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!

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Crossroads

as Hugh Mortimer
First aired: 1964-11-02

Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England....

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The Third Man

as Paul Cessac
First aired: 1959-10-02

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Interpol Calling

as Dave Carson
First aired: 1959-09-13

The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international...

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