John Bennett

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-05-08 (77 years old)

Deathday

2005-04-11

Place of Birth

Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

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.

Acting

1973

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

as Joseph Goebbels

1988

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

1962

The Pirates of Blood River

as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)

1962

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

2002

The Pianist

as Dr. Ehrlich

1976

The Face of Darkness

as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist

1997

1988

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

as Chaplain / Father

1982

The Plague Dogs

as Don (voice)

1986

Tai-Pan

as Orlov

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")

1999

Bridge of Dragons

as The Registrar

1962

2000

Breathtaking

as Mr. Henshaw

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

The Curse of the Werewolf

as Policeman (uncredited)

Production

1997

Steel

as Stunts

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