John Levene is an actor, comedian, and singer, best known for his role as Sergeant - later Corporal - Benton in the British sci-fi television show Doctor Who. Levene has also worked as a cruise ship entertainer, and as a voice-over artist for entities such as The Walt Disney Company and The Queen Mary Hotel. He also established the audio-visual company Genesis Communications, which has worked with companies such as British Airways and KFC.

Filmography

• Tales of the Tardis — Sergeant Benton
• 2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
• 2022Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
• 2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
• 2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
• 2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
• 2013Scotch Mist in Sussex
• 2012Living with Levene — Self, Thanks
• 2010Satan Hates You — The Reverend Bernie Shanks
• 2008The Ties That Bind Us — Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
• 2006Automatons — Communications Captain
• 2002CanniBallistic! — Bernie Shanks
• 2002Chronotrip
• 2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
• Big Bad BeetleBorgs — Lord T.N. Crumpetts
• 1988Wartime — John Benton
• 1975Doctor Who: Robot — RSM Benton
• 1975Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons — RSM Benton
• 1975Doctor Who: The Android Invasion — RSM Benton
• 1975Permission to Kill — Adams
• The Growing Pains of PC Penrose — Motorist
• 1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs — Sergeant Benton
• 1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders — Sergeant Benton
• 1973Dark Places — Doctor
• 1973Doctor Who: The Green Death — Sergeant Benton
• 1973Doctor Who: The Three Doctors — Sergeant Benton
• 1973Psychomania — Constable
• The Jensen Code — Military Policeman
• Whoops Baghdad — Cassim
• 1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks — Sergeant Benton
• 1972Doctor Who: The Time Monster — Sergeant Benton
• The Adventurer — Tony
• 1971Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons — Sergeant Benton
• 1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos — Sergeant Benton
• 1971Doctor Who: The Dæmons — Sergeant Benton
• 1971Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil — Sergeant Benton
• The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes — Constable
• 1970Doctor Who: Inferno — Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
• 1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death — Sergeant Benton
• 1970Lay Down Your Arms — Ernie
• UFO — Interceptor Pilot
• 1968Doctor Who: The Invasion — Corporal Benton
• 1968Doctor Who: The Web of Fear — Yeti
• Callan
• Softly, Softly
• Detective
• Doctor Who — RSM Benton, Sergeant Benton, Platoon Under Leader Benton, Sgt. Benton, John Benton
• Z-Cars

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2025John Levene: In Conversation — Self
• Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa — Self
• Myth Makers — Himself
• 1993Return to Devil's End — Self
• 1987Myth Runner — Himself