John Levene
Born: 1941-12-24 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Levene is an actor, comedian, and singer, best known for his role as Sergeant - later Corporal - Benton in the British sci-fi television show Doctor Who. Levene has also worked as a cruise ship entertainer, and as a voice-over artist for entities such as The Walt Disney Company and The Queen Mary Hotel. He also established the audio-visual company Genesis Communications, which has worked with companies such as British Airways and KFC.
Filmography
2025
- John Levene: In Conversation as Self
2023
- Tales of the Tardis as Sergeant Benton
- Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2018
- Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa as Self
2015
- Myth Makers as Himself
- Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2012
- Living with Levene as Self
2010
- Satan Hates You as The Reverend Bernie Shanks
2008
- The Ties That Bind Us as Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
2006
- Automatons as Communications Captain
2002
- Chronotrip
- CanniBallistic! as Bernie Shanks
1996
- Big Bad BeetleBorgs as Lord T.N. Crumpetts
1993
- Return to Devil's End as Self
1988
- Wartime as John Benton
1987
- Myth Runner as Himself
1975
- The Growing Pains of PC Penrose as Motorist
- Doctor Who: Robot as RSM Benton
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons as RSM Benton
- Permission to Kill as Adams
- Doctor Who: The Android Invasion as RSM Benton
1974
- Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as Sergeant Benton
1973
- Whoops Baghdad as Cassim
- Psychomania as Constable
- Dark Places as Doctor
- Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: The Green Death as Sergeant Benton
1972
- The Adventurer as Tony
- Doctor Who: The Time Monster as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as Sergeant Benton
1971
- The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Constable
- Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: The Dæmons as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as Sergeant Benton
1970
- UFO as Interceptor Pilot
- Lay Down Your Arms as Ernie
- Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as Sergeant Benton
- Doctor Who: Inferno as Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
1968
- Doctor Who: The Invasion as Corporal Benton
- Doctor Who: The Web of Fear as Yeti
1967
1966
1964
1963
- Doctor Who as RSM Benton