John Bennett
Actor
Born May 8, 1928 in 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.
Filmography
The Ties That Bind Us
Chang Lee (archive footage)
Rome
Elderly Priest
New Tricks
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
John Donovan
Chaos and Cadavers
Mr Resurrection
The Pianist
Dr. Ehrlich
Minority Report
Adulation #4
Charlotte Gray
Armadillo
Father
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
Mr Jagger
Waking the Dead
Professor George Rosenthal
Breathtaking
Mr. Henshaw
Bridge of Dragons
The Registrar
Steel
Jonathan Creek
Frank Geiger
The Fifth Element
Priest
Alien Nation: Millennium
Officer Laskau
Priest
Father Redstone
Kangaroo Man
Doctor
Cadfael
Lazarus the Leper
Split Second
Dr Schulman
Heartbeat
Terence Young
Mulberry
The Stranger
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Sigmund Freud
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
Maugan
Murder Most Horrid
DCI Graham Barlow
The War That Never Ends
Corcyran Representative
Needle
Chief Constable
Antonia and Jane
Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
Saracen
Nugent
The Tenth Man
Jules
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Chaplain / Father
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
Chaplain / Father
Jake and the Fatman
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
Richard Erskine
Tai-Pan
Orlov
Artists and Models
Etex
Give My Regards to Broad Street
Mr. Rath
The Bill
Hunter
Uniform Officer
The Plague Dogs
Don (voice)
Bergerac
Aaron Rosenbaum
Eye of the Needle
Kleinmann
The Dybbuk
Messenger
The Mirror Crack'd
Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
Pews
Liftchick
The House on Garibaldi Street
Aaron Lazar
Tales of the Unexpected
Royden
Watership Down
Captain Holly (voice)
Return of the Saint
Colonel Ramon Perrez
Return Fare
Dr Robbins
The Greek Tycoon
Servant
Blake's 7
Coser
The Professionals
Inspector Truitt
Anna Karenina
BBC2 Play of the Week
Dr. Robbins
1990
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Li H'sen Chang
The Face of Darkness
Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
I, Claudius
Xenophon
The Shadow-Line
The Message
Salool
Survivors
Jim
Porridge
Medical Officer
Fall of Eagles
Georges Clemenceau
Playhouse
Liftchick
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
General Finch
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Joseph Goebbels
The House in Nightmare Park
Patel
The Edwardians
Frank Harris
Crown Court
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Wriothesley
Fathers and Sons
Pavel Kirsanov
The 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
The Syndicate
Dr. Singh
Market in Honey Lane
Billy Bush
The Forsyte Saga
Philip Bosinney
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Pseudolus' mark
Kaleidoscope
Poker Player
The Alphabet Murders
Waiter (uncredited)
BBC Play of the Month
Turkish General
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Albert
Theatre 625
Inspector Voss
Detective
Doctor Who
Li H'sen Chang
Espionage
Sergeant
The Barber of Stamford Hill
Lawrence of Arabia
Arab Sheik (uncredited)
The Saint
Muller
Richard the Lionheart
Lombrico
The Pirates of Blood River
Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
Crooks Anonymous
Thomas
Postman's Knock
Pete
Z-Cars
Sir Francis Drake
Tomas
Victim
Undercover Detective (uncredited)
The Curse of the Werewolf
Policeman (uncredited)
The Avengers
Sykes
The Cheaters
Blake
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
Napoleon Bonaparte
The Challenge
Spider
No Hiding Place
Dixon of Dock Green
Victor Lane
The Wonderful World of Disney
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Jules