John Bennett
Acting • Born 1928-05-08 – Died 2005-04-11
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. 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
122 credits
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Movie • 1973
Joseph Goebbels
The Tenth Man
Movie • 1988
Jules
Watership Down
Movie • 1978
Captain Holly (voice)
The Dybbuk
Movie • 1980
Messenger
The House That Dripped Blood
Movie • 1971
Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
The Greek Tycoon
Movie • 1978
Servant
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Movie • 1984
Mr. Rath
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Movie • 1991
Sigmund Freud
The Pirates of Blood River
Movie • 1962
Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
The House in Nightmare Park
Movie • 1973
Patel
Postman's Knock
Movie • 1962
Pete
Split Second
Movie • 1992
Dr Schulman
Victim
Movie • 1961
Undercover Detective (uncredited)
Not 360
Movie • 2002
Actor
Chaos and Cadavers
Movie • 2003
Mr Resurrection
The Syndicate
Movie • 1968
Dr. Singh
Anything Can Happen
Movie • 1973
Geoff Bridges
The War That Never Ends
Movie • 1991
Corcyran Representative
Lawrence of Arabia
Movie • 1962
Arab Sheik (uncredited)
Priest
Movie • 1995
Father Redstone
A Taste of Money
Movie • 1960
Waiter
The Pianist
Movie • 2002
Dr. Ehrlich
The Face of Darkness
Movie • 1976
Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
The Shadow-Line
Movie • 1976
The House on Garibaldi Street
Movie • 1979
Aaron Lazar
The Fifth Element
Movie • 1997
Priest
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Movie • 1988
Chaplain / Father
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Movie • 1977
Li H'sen Chang
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Movie • 1972
Wriothesley
The Plague Dogs
Movie • 1982
Don (voice)
Tai-Pan
Movie • 1986
Orlov
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Movie • 1966
Pseudolus' mark
The Challenge
Movie • 1960
Spider
Alien Nation: Millennium
Movie • 1996
Officer Laskau
Antonia and Jane
Movie • 1990
Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
Kangaroo Man
Movie • 1995
Doctor
The Message
Movie • 1976
Salool
Minority Report
Movie • 2002
Adulation #4
The Mirror Crack'd
Movie • 1980
Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Movie • 1974
General Finch
Bridge of Dragons
Movie • 1999
The Registrar
Crooks Anonymous
Movie • 1962
Thomas
Breathtaking
Movie • 2000
Mr. Henshaw
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Movie • 1963
Kaleidoscope
Movie • 1966
Poker Player
Eye of the Needle
Movie • 1981
Kleinmann
Needle
Movie • 1990
Chief Constable
Pews
Movie • 1980
Liftchick
Return Fare
Movie • 1978
Dr Robbins
The Alphabet Murders
Movie • 1965
Waiter (uncredited)
The Ties That Bind Us
Movie • 2008
Chang Lee (archive footage)
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
Movie • 1961
Zagornetz
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
Movie • 1961
Zagornetz
Charlotte Gray
Movie • 2001
The Curse of the Werewolf
Movie • 1961
Policeman (uncredited)
Murder Most Horrid
TV • 1991
DCI Graham Barlow
Rome
TV • 2005
Elderly Priest
The Bill
TV • 1984
Jonathan Creek
TV • 1997
Frank Geiger
Blake's 7
TV • 1978
Coser
Z-Cars
TV • 1962
Tales of the Unexpected
TV • 1979
Royden
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Sykes
Heartbeat
TV • 1992
Terence Young
Crown Court
TV • 1972
The Saint
TV • 1962
Muller
Survivors
TV • 1975
Jim
Jake and the Fatman
TV • 1987
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Victor Lane
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
TV • 2003
Hunter
TV • 1984
Uniform Officer
Waking the Dead
TV • 2001
Professor George Rosenthal
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
Jules
No Hiding Place
TV • 1959
New Tricks
TV • 2004
1990
TV • 1977
Fall of Eagles
TV • 1974
Georges Clemenceau
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Zagornetz
Sir Francis Drake
TV • 1961
Tomas
Lorna Doone
TV • 1963
Porridge
TV • 1974
Medical Officer
Anna Karenina
TV • 1977
Detective
TV • 1964
The Main Chance
TV • 1969
Raul Ramira
Brett
TV • 1971
Fathers and Sons
TV • 1971
The Saint
TV • 1962
Ardossi
Cadfael
TV • 1994
Lazarus the Leper
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
Li H'sen Chang
Doctor Who
TV • 1963
General Finch
Crown Court
TV • 1972
Dr. Martin Stanislaus
The Avengers
TV • 1961
Marson
Saracen
TV • 1989
Nugent
The Forsyte Saga
TV • 1967
Philip Bosinney
Dixon of Dock Green
TV • 1955
Malcolm Roberts
Return of the Saint
TV • 1978
Colonel Ramon Perrez
Bergerac
TV • 1981
Aaron Rosenbaum
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
TV • 1987
Richard Erskine
Armadillo
TV • 2001
Father
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
TV • 1969
Lew Kohl
The Saint
TV • 1962
Raschid
The Saint
TV • 1962
Count Alfredo
Mulberry
TV • 1992
The Stranger
Strange Report
TV • 1969
Jack White
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
TV • 1988
Chaplain / Father
The Professionals
TV • 1977
Inspector Truitt
The Cheaters
TV • 1960
Blake
Playhouse
TV • 1974
Liftchick
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Turkish General
Front Page Story
TV • 1965
Ray Boscombe
BBC2 Play of the Week
TV • 1977
Dr. Robbins
Richard the Lionheart
TV • 1962
Lombrico
Richard the Lionheart
TV • 1962
Kemal
Crane
TV • 1963
Smith
Festival
TV • 1963
Knight/Tempter
The Edwardians
TV • 1972
Frank Harris
Theatre 625
TV • 1964
Inspector Voss
I, Claudius
TV • 1976
Xenophon
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
TV • 1991
Maugan
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
TV • 2001
Mr Jagger
Sunday-Night Play
TV • 1960
Political Prisoner