John Bennett
Born: 1928-05-08 in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Died: 2005-04-11
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2008
- The Ties That Bind Us as Chang Lee (archive footage)
2005
- Rome as Elderly Priest
2004
2003
- Seven Wonders of the Industrial World as John Donovan
- Chaos and Cadavers as Mr Resurrection
2002
- The Pianist as Dr. Ehrlich
- Minority Report as Adulation #4
- Not 360 as Actor
2001
- Waking the Dead as Professor George Rosenthal
- The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells as Mr Jagger
- Charlotte Gray
- Armadillo as Father
2000
- Breathtaking as Mr. Henshaw
1999
- Bridge of Dragons as The Registrar
1997
- The Fifth Element as Priest
- Jonathan Creek as Frank Geiger
- Steel ... (Stunts)
1996
- Alien Nation: Millennium as Officer Laskau
1995
- Priest as Father Redstone
- Kangaroo Man as Doctor
1994
- Cadfael as Lazarus the Leper
1992
- Heartbeat as Terence Young
- Mulberry as The Stranger
- Split Second as Dr Schulman
1991
- Murder Most Horrid as DCI Graham Barlow
- The War That Never Ends as Corcyran Representative
- Merlin of the Crystal Cave as Maugan
- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady as Sigmund Freud
1990
- Needle as Chief Constable
- Antonia and Jane as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
1989
- Saracen as Nugent
1988
- The Modern World: Ten Great Writers as Chaplain / Father
- The Tenth Man as Jules
- Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' as Chaplain / Father
1987
- Jake and the Fatman
- Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder as Richard Erskine
1986
- Tai-Pan as Orlov
- Artists and Models as Etex
1984
- Hunter as Uniform Officer
- The Bill
- Miss Marple as Richard Erskine
- Give My Regards to Broad Street as Mr. Rath
1982
- The Plague Dogs as Don (voice)
1981
- Bergerac as Aaron Rosenbaum
- Eye of the Needle as Kleinmann
1980
- The Mirror Crack'd as Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
- Pews as Liftchick
- The Dybbuk as Messenger
1979
- Tales of the Unexpected as Royden
- The House on Garibaldi Street as Aaron Lazar
1978
- Blake's 7 as Coser
- Return of the Saint as Colonel Ramon Perrez
- Watership Down as Captain Holly (voice)
- The Greek Tycoon as Servant
- Return Fare as Dr Robbins
1977
- The Professionals as Inspector Truitt
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Dr. Robbins
- 1990
- Anna Karenina
- Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang as Li H'sen Chang
1976
- I, Claudius as Xenophon
- The Message as Salool
- The Shadow-Line
- The Face of Darkness as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
1975
- Survivors as Jim
1974
- Playhouse as Liftchick
- Porridge as Medical Officer
- Fall of Eagles as Georges Clemenceau
- Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as General Finch
1973
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days as Joseph Goebbels
- The House in Nightmare Park as Patel
- Anything Can Happen as Geoff Bridges
1972
- Crown Court
- The Edwardians as Frank Harris
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives as Wriothesley
1971
- Brett
- The House That Dripped Blood as Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
1969
- The Main Chance as Raul Ramira
- Strange Report as Jack White
- The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder as Lew Kohl
1968
- The Syndicate as Dr. Singh
1967
- The Forsyte Saga as Philip Bosinney
1966
- Kaleidoscope as Poker Player
- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum as Pseudolus' mark
1965
- BBC Play of the Month as Turkish General
- The Alphabet Murders as Waiter (uncredited)
- Front Page Story as Ray Boscombe
1964
- Theatre 625 as Inspector Voss
- Detective
1963
- Doctor Who as Li H'sen Chang
- Festival as Knight/Tempter
- Espionage as Sergeant
- Crane as Smith
- Lorna Doone
- The Barber of Stamford Hill
1962
- The Saint as Muller
- Z-Cars
- Lawrence of Arabia as Arab Sheik (uncredited)
- Richard the Lionheart as Lombrico
- The Pirates of Blood River as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
- Crooks Anonymous as Thomas
- Postman's Knock as Pete
1961
- The Avengers as Sykes
- Sir Francis Drake as Tomas
- The Curse of the Werewolf as Policeman (uncredited)
- Victim as Undercover Detective (uncredited)
- A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 as Zagornetz
- A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 as Zagornetz
1960
- Sunday-Night Play as Zagornetz
- The Cheaters as Blake
- The Strange World of Gurney Slade as Napoleon Bonaparte
- The Challenge as Spider
- A Taste of Money as Waiter
1959
1955
- Dixon of Dock Green as Victor Lane
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as Jules