John Bennett

Personal Info

Birthday

May 8, 1928

Day of Death

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

Doctor Who

The Avengers

The Saint

Rome

Bergerac

Tales of the Unexpected

The Professionals

Heartbeat

Filmography

2008
The Ties That Bind Us
as Chang Lee (archive footage)
2003
Chaos and Cadavers
as Mr Resurrection
2002
The Pianist
as Dr. Ehrlich
Minority Report
as Adulation #4
Not 360
as Actor
2000
Breathtaking
as Mr. Henshaw
1999
Bridge of Dragons
as The Registrar
1997
The Fifth Element
as Priest
1996
Alien Nation: Millennium
as Officer Laskau
1995
Priest
as Father Redstone
Kangaroo Man
as Doctor
1992
Split Second
as Dr Schulman
1991
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sigmund Freud
The War That Never Ends
as Corcyran Representative
1990
Needle
as Chief Constable
Antonia and Jane
as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
1988
The Tenth Man
as Jules
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Chaplain / Father
1986
Tai-Pan
as Orlov
1984
Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Mr. Rath
1982
The Plague Dogs
as Don (voice)
1981
Eye of the Needle
as Kleinmann
1980
The Mirror Crack'd
as Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
The Dybbuk
as Messenger
Pews
as Liftchick
1979
The House on Garibaldi Street
as Aaron Lazar
1978
Watership Down
as Captain Holly (voice)
Return Fare
as Dr Robbins
The Greek Tycoon
as Servant
1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
as Li H'sen Chang
1976
The Face of Darkness
as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
The Message
as Salool
1974
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as General Finch
1973
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Joseph Goebbels
The House in Nightmare Park
as Patel
Anything Can Happen
as Geoff Bridges
1972
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Wriothesley
1971
The House That Dripped Blood
as Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
1968
The Syndicate
as Dr. Singh
1966
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus' mark
Kaleidoscope
as Poker Player
1965
The Alphabet Murders
as Waiter (uncredited)
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
as Arab Sheik (uncredited)
The Pirates of Blood River
as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
Crooks Anonymous
as Thomas
Postman's Knock
as Pete
1961
Victim
as Undercover Detective (uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf
as Policeman (uncredited)
1960
The Challenge
as Spider