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Name
John Bennett

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1928-05-08

Deathday
2005-04-11 (77 years old)

Place of Birth
Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

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.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

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 Waiter
2002 The Pianist as Dr. Ehrlich
1976 The Face of Darkness as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
1976 The Shadow-Line
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
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
1965 The Alphabet Murders as Waiter (uncredited)
2008 The Ties That Bind Us as Chang Lee (archive footage)
1961 A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 as Zagornetz
1961 A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Zagornetz
2001 Charlotte Gray
1961 The Curse of the Werewolf as Policeman (uncredited)

2005 Rome ( 1 episode ) as Elderly Priest
1984 The Bill ( 2 episodes )
1997 Jonathan Creek ( 1 episode ) as Frank Geiger
1978 Blake's 7 ( 1 episode ) as Coser
1962 Z-Cars ( 3 episodes )
1979 Tales of the Unexpected ( 1 episode ) as Royden
1961 The Avengers ( 2 episodes ) as Sykes
1992 Heartbeat ( 1 episode ) as Terence Young
1972 Crown Court ( 1 episode )
1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Muller
1975 Survivors ( 1 episode ) as Jim
1987 Jake and the Fatman ( 1 episode )
1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Victor Lane
1984 Hunter ( 1 episode ) as Uniform Officer
2003 Seven Wonders of the Industrial World ( 1 episode ) as John Donovan
2001 Waking the Dead ( 1 episode ) as Professor George Rosenthal
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Jules
1959 No Hiding Place ( 2 episodes )
2004 New Tricks ( 1 episode )
1977 1990 ( 1 episode )
1974 Fall of Eagles ( 1 episode ) as Georges Clemenceau
1960 Sunday-Night Play ( 2 episodes ) as Zagornetz
1961 Sir Francis Drake ( 1 episode ) as Tomas
1963 Lorna Doone ( 11 episodes )
1974 Porridge ( 1 episode ) as Medical Officer
1977 Anna Karenina ( 2 episodes )
1964 Detective ( 1 episode )
1969 The Main Chance ( 1 episode ) as Raul Ramira
1971 Brett ( 1 episode )
1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Ardossi
1994 Cadfael ( 1 episode ) as Lazarus the Leper
1963 Doctor Who ( 5 episodes ) as Li H'sen Chang
1963 Doctor Who ( 6 episodes ) as General Finch
1972 Crown Court ( 3 episodes ) as Dr. Martin Stanislaus
1961 The Avengers ( 1 episode ) as Marson
1989 Saracen ( 14 episodes ) as Nugent
1955 Dixon of Dock Green ( 1 episode ) as Malcolm Roberts
1978 Return of the Saint ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Ramon Perrez
1981 Bergerac ( 1 episode ) as Aaron Rosenbaum
1987 Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder ( 2 episodes ) as Richard Erskine
2001 Armadillo ( 1 episode ) as Father
1954 The Wonderful World of Disney ( 2 episodes )
1969 The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder ( 1 episode ) as Lew Kohl
1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Raschid
1962 The Saint ( 1 episode ) as Count Alfredo
1992 Mulberry ( 11 episodes ) as The Stranger
1969 Strange Report ( 1 episode ) as Jack White
1988 The Modern World: Ten Great Writers ( 1 episode ) as Chaplain / Father
1977 The Professionals ( 1 episode ) as Inspector Truitt
1960 The Cheaters ( 1 episode ) as Blake
1974 Playhouse ( 1 episode ) as Liftchick
1965 BBC Play of the Month ( 1 episode ) as Turkish General
1965 Front Page Story ( 26 episodes ) as Ray Boscombe
1977 BBC2 Play of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Robbins
1962 Richard the Lionheart ( 1 episode ) as Lombrico
1962 Richard the Lionheart ( 1 episode ) as Kemal
1963 Crane ( 1 episode ) as Smith
1963 Festival ( 1 episode ) as Knight/Tempter
1972 The Edwardians ( 1 episode ) as Frank Harris
1964 Theatre 625 ( 1 episode ) as Inspector Voss
1976 I, Claudius ( 1 episode ) as Xenophon
1991 Merlin of the Crystal Cave ( 2 episodes ) as Maugan
2001 The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells ( 6 episodes ) as Mr Jagger
1960 Sunday-Night Play ( 1 episode ) as Political Prisoner
1986 Artists and Models ( 1 episode ) as Etex
1991 Murder Most Horrid ( 1 episode ) as DCI Graham Barlow
1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Sergeant
1960 Sunday-Night Play ( 1 episode ) as Steingel
1960 The Strange World of Gurney Slade ( 1 episode ) as Napoleon Bonaparte
1971 Fathers and Sons ( 4 episodes ) as Pavel Kirsanov
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Albert
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Tadeusz
1964 Esther Waters ( 4 episodes ) as William Latch
1967 Market in Honey Lane ( 34 episodes ) as Billy Bush
1965 Knock on Any Door ( 1 episode ) as Dave Gadlow
1965 Knock on Any Door ( 1 episode ) as Bright
1967 The Forsyte Saga ( 4 episodes ) as Philip Bosinney

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