John Bennett

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

110

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-05-08

Deathday

2005-04-11 (76 years old)

Place of Birth

Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

Also Known As

  • John Bennet

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

The Fifth Element
7.6%

The Fifth Element

May 2, 1997

The Pianist
8.4%

The Pianist

Sep 17, 2002

Minority Report
7.3%

Minority Report

Jun 20, 2002

Lawrence of Arabia
8.0%

Lawrence of Arabia

Dec 11, 1962

Rome
8.3%

Rome

Aug 28, 2005

Doctor Who
7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

Doctor Who
7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

Watership Down
7.2%

Watership Down

Oct 14, 1978

The Message
7.2%

The Message

Mar 9, 1976

Split Second
5.9%

Split Second

May 1, 1992

The Plague Dogs
7.9%

The Plague Dogs

Oct 1, 1982

Eye of the Needle
6.7%

Eye of the Needle

Jul 24, 1981

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Acting

2008
The Ties That Bind Us as Chang Lee (archive footage)
2005
Rome as Elderly Priest
2004
New Tricks
2003
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
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
1987
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder as Richard Erskine
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
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
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
1977
1990
1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang as Li H'sen Chang
1976
The Face of Darkness as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
1976
I, Claudius
1976
The Shadow-Line
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 Frank Harris
1972
Crown Court
1972
Crown Court as Dr. Martin Stanislaus
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Wriothesley
1971
Fathers and Sons
1971
Brett
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
1965
The Alphabet Murders as Waiter (uncredited)
1964
Detective
1963
Doctor Who as Li H'sen Chang
1963
Doctor Who as General Finch
1963
Lorna Doone
1963
The Barber of Stamford Hill
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
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
1959
No Hiding Place
1955
Dixon of Dock Green as Victor Lane
1955
Dixon of Dock Green as Malcolm Roberts
1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jules

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