John Bennett
Birthday
1928/05/08
Day of death
2005/04/11 (76 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Also know as
John Bennet
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 ab...Read more
Acting
(1973) Hitler: The Last Ten Days
as Joseph Goebbels
(1988) The Tenth Man
as Jules
(1978) Watership Down
as Captain Holly (voice)
(1980) The Dybbuk
as Messenger
(1971) The House That Dripped Blood
as Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
(1978) The Greek Tycoon
as Servant
(1984) Give My Regards to Broad Street
as Mr. Rath
(1991) Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
as Sigmund Freud
(1962) The Pirates of Blood River
as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
(1973) The House in Nightmare Park
as Patel
(1962) Postman's Knock
as Pete
(1992) Split Second
as Dr Schulman
(1961) Victim
as Undercover Detective (uncredited)
(2002) Not 360
as Actor
(2003) Chaos and Cadavers
as Mr Resurrection
(1968) The Syndicate
as Dr. Singh
(1973) Anything Can Happen
as Geoff Bridges
(1991) The War That Never Ends
as Corcyran Representative
(1962) Lawrence of Arabia
as Arab Sheik (uncredited)
(1995) Priest
as Father Redstone
(1960) A Taste of Money
as ---
(2002) The Pianist
as Dr. Ehrlich
(1976) The Face of Darkness
as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
(1976) The Shadow-Line
as ---
(1979) The House on Garibaldi Street
as Aaron Lazar
(1997) The Fifth Element
as Priest
(1988) Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
as Chaplain / Father
(1977) Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
as Li H'sen Chang
(1972) Henry VIII and His Six Wives
as Wriothesley
(1982) The Plague Dogs
as Don (voice)
(1986) Tai-Pan
as Orlov
(1966) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
as Pseudolus' mark
(1960) The Challenge
as Spider
(1996) Alien Nation: Millennium
as Officer Laskau
(1990) Antonia and Jane
as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
(1995) Kangaroo Man
as Doctor
(1976) The Message
as Salool
(2002) Minority Report
as Adulation #4
(1980) The Mirror Crack'd
as Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
(1974) Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
as General Finch
(1999) Bridge of Dragons
as The Registrar
(1962) Crooks Anonymous
as Thomas
(2000) Breathtaking
as Mr. Henshaw
(1963) The Barber of Stamford Hill
as ---
(1966) Kaleidoscope
as Poker Player
(1981) Eye of the Needle
as Kleinmann
(1990) Needle
as Chief Constable
(1980) Pews
as Liftchick
(1978) Return Fare
as Dr Robbins
(1991) Murder Most Horrid
as DCI Graham Barlow
(2005) Rome
as Elderly Priest
(1984) The Bill
as ---
(1966) Softly, Softly
as ---
(1997) Jonathan Creek
as Frank Geiger
(1978) Blake's 7
as Coser
(1962) Z-Cars
as ---
(1979) Tales of the Unexpected
as Royden
(1961) The Avengers
as Sykes
(1992) Heartbeat
as Terence Young
(1972) Crown Court
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Muller
(1975) Survivors
as Jim
(1987) Jake and the Fatman
as ---
(1976) I, Claudius
as ---
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Victor Lane
(2001) Waking the Dead
as Professor George Rosenthal
(1984) Hunter
as Uniform Officer
(2003) Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
as ---
(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Jules
(1978) Lillie
as ---
(1959) No Hiding Place
as ---
(1983) The Cleopatras
as Philocles
(2004) New Tricks
as ---
(1977) 1990
as ---
(1974) Fall of Eagles
as Georges Clemenceau
(1960) Sunday-Night Play
as Zagornetz
(1961) Sir Francis Drake
as Tomas
(1963) Lorna Doone
as ---
(1974) Porridge
as Medical Officer
(1977) Anna Karenina
as ---
(1964) Detective
as ---
(1969) The Main Chance
as Raul Ramira
(1971) Brett
as ---
(1972) The Edwardians
as ---
(1971) Fathers and Sons
as ---
(1962) The Saint
as Ardossi
(1994) Cadfael
as Lazarus the Leper
(1963) Doctor Who
as Li H'sen Chang
(1963) Doctor Who
as General Finch
(1972) Crown Court
as Dr. Martin Stanislaus
(1961) The Avengers
as Marson
(1989) Saracen
as Nugent
(1967) The Forsyte Saga
as Philip Bosinney
(1955) Dixon of Dock Green
as Malcolm Roberts
(1978) Return of the Saint
as Colonel Ramon Perrez
(1981) Bergerac
as Aaron Rosenbaum
(1987) Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
as Richard Erskine
(2001) Armadillo
as Father
(1954) The Wonderful World of Disney
as ---
(1969) The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
as Lew Kohl
(1962) The Saint
as Raschid
(1962) The Saint
as Count Alfredo
(1984) Miss Marple
as Richard Erskine
(1992) Mulberry
as The Stranger
(1969) Strange Report
as Jack White
(1988) The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
as Chaplain / Father
(1977) The Professionals
as Inspector Truitt