John Bennett

Acting · Crew

Born May 8, 1928, Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

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. He also appeared in several films including The Fifth Element and The Pianist. He also had an extensive stage career. Away from acting, Bennet was an enthusiastic amateur flier and an accomplished glider pilot. He died in 2005, aged 76.

Filmography

• 2008The Ties That Bind Us — Chang Lee (archive footage)
• Rome — Elderly Priest
• New Tricks
• 2003Chaos and Cadavers — Mr Resurrection
• Seven Wonders of the Industrial World — John Donovan
• 2002Minority Report — Adulation #4
• 2002Not 360 — Actor
• 2002The Pianist — Dr. Ehrlich
• Armadillo — Father
• 2001Charlotte Gray
• The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells — Mr Jagger
• Waking the Dead — Professor George Rosenthal
• 2000Breathtaking — Mr. Henshaw
• 1999Bridge of Dragons — The Registrar
• Jonathan Creek — Frank Geiger
• 1997Steel — Stunts
• 1997The Fifth Element — Priest
• 1996Alien Nation: Millennium — Officer Laskau
• 1995Kangaroo Man — Doctor
• 1995Priest — Father Redstone
• Cadfael — Lazarus the Leper
• Heartbeat — Terence Young
• Mulberry — The Stranger
• 1992Split Second — Dr Schulman
• Merlin of the Crystal Cave — Maugan
• Murder Most Horrid — DCI Graham Barlow
• 1991Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady — Sigmund Freud
• 1991The War That Never Ends — Corcyran Representative
• 1990Antonia and Jane — Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
• 1990Needle — Chief Constable
• Saracen — Nugent
• 1988Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' — Chaplain / Father
• The Modern World: Ten Great Writers — Chaplain / Father
• 1988The Tenth Man — Jules
• Jake and the Fatman
• Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder — Richard Erskine
• Artists and Models — Etex
• 1986Tai-Pan — Orlov
• 1984Give My Regards to Broad Street — Mr. Rath
• Hunter — Uniform Officer
• The Bill
• 1982The Plague Dogs — Don (voice)
• Bergerac — Aaron Rosenbaum
• 1981Eye of the Needle — Kleinmann
• 1980Pews — Liftchick
• 1980The Dybbuk — Messenger
• 1980The Mirror Crack'd — Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
• Tales of the Unexpected — Royden
• 1979The House on Garibaldi Street — Aaron Lazar
• Blake's 7 — Coser
• 1978Return Fare — Dr Robbins
• Return of the Saint — Colonel Ramon Perrez
• 1978The Greek Tycoon — Servant
• 1978Watership Down — Captain Holly (voice)
• 1990
• Anna Karenina
• BBC2 Play of the Week — Dr. Robbins
• 1977Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang — Li H'sen Chang
• The Professionals — Inspector Truitt
• I, Claudius — Xenophon
• 1976The Face of Darkness — Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
• 1976The Message — Salool
• 1976The Shadow-Line
• Survivors — Jim
• 1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs — General Finch
• Fall of Eagles — Georges Clemenceau
• Playhouse — Liftchick
• Porridge — Medical Officer
• 1973Anything Can Happen — Geoff Bridges
• 1973Hitler: The Last Ten Days — Joseph Goebbels
• 1973The House in Nightmare Park — Patel
• Crown Court — Dr. Martin Stanislaus
• 1972Henry VIII and His Six Wives — Wriothesley
• The Edwardians — Frank Harris
• Brett
• Fathers and Sons — Pavel Kirsanov
• 1971The House That Dripped Blood — Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
• Strange Report — Jack White
• The Main Chance — Raul Ramira
• The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder — Lew Kohl
• 1968The Syndicate — Dr. Singh
• Market in Honey Lane — Billy Bush
• The Forsyte Saga — Philip Bosinney
• 1966A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum — Pseudolus' mark
• 1966Kaleidoscope — Poker Player
• BBC Play of the Month — Turkish General
• Front Page Story — Ray Boscombe
• Knock on Any Door — Dave Gadlow, Bright
• 1965The Alphabet Murders — Waiter (uncredited)
• Thirty-Minute Theatre — Albert, Tadeusz
• Detective
• Esther Waters — William Latch
• Theatre 625 — Inspector Voss
• Crane — Smith
• Doctor Who — Li H'sen Chang, General Finch
• Espionage — Sergeant
• Festival — Knight/Tempter
• Lorna Doone
• 1963The Barber of Stamford Hill
• 1962Crooks Anonymous — Thomas
• 1962Lawrence of Arabia — Arab Sheik (uncredited)
• 1962Postman's Knock — Pete
• Richard the Lionheart — Lombrico, Kemal
• 1962The Pirates of Blood River — Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
• The Saint — Muller, Ardossi, Raschid, Count Alfredo
• Z-Cars
• 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 — Zagornetz
• 1961A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 — Zagornetz
• Sir Francis Drake — Tomas
• The Avengers — Sykes, Marson
• 1961The Curse of the Werewolf — Policeman (uncredited)
• 1961Victim — Undercover Detective (uncredited)
• 1960A Taste of Money — Waiter
• Sunday-Night Play — Zagornetz, Political Prisoner, Steingel
• 1960The Challenge — Spider
• The Cheaters — Blake
• The Strange World of Gurney Slade — Napoleon Bonaparte
• No Hiding Place
• Dixon of Dock Green — Victor Lane, Malcolm Roberts
• The Wonderful World of Disney
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Jules