John Bennett

ActorCrew May 8 (died age 76) Beckenham, Kent, England, UK 1951–2008 (57 year career)

6.4 avg rating

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 appear…

Known For

Film

The Pianist

Dr. Ehrlich

Film

The Fifth Element

Priest

Film

Minority Report

Adulation #4

Film

Lawrence of Arabia

Arab Sheik (uncredited)

Film

Watership Down

Captain Holly (voice)

Film

The Plague Dogs

Don (voice)

Film

The Message

Salool

Film

Victim

Undercover Detective (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (113)

Movies (55)

The Ties That Bind Us

2008

as Chang Lee (archive footage)

Chaos and Cadavers

as Mr Resurrection

The Pianist

as Dr. Ehrlich

Minority Report

as Adulation #4

Not 360

as Actor

Charlotte Gray

Breathtaking

as Mr. Henshaw

Bridge of Dragons

as The Registrar

The Fifth Element

as Priest

Alien Nation: Millennium

as Officer Laskau

Priest

as Father Redstone

Kangaroo Man

as Doctor

Split Second

1992

as Dr Schulman

5.9

The War That Never Ends

1991

as Corcyran Representative

1.0

Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady

as Sigmund Freud

Needle

as Chief Constable

Antonia and Jane

as Uncle Irwin Carlinsky

5.0

The Tenth Man

1988

as Jules

6.7

Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'

1988

as Chaplain / Father

Tai-Pan

1986

as Orlov

5.1

Give My Regards to Broad Street

as Mr. Rath

The Plague Dogs

as Don (voice)

Eye of the Needle

as Kleinmann

The Dybbuk

as Messenger

The Mirror Crack'd

1980

as Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")

6.1

Pews

1980

as Liftchick

The House on Garibaldi Street

1979

as Aaron Lazar

5.5

Watership Down

1978

as Captain Holly (voice)

The Greek Tycoon

as Servant

Return Fare

as Dr Robbins

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

as Li H'sen Chang

The Message

as Salool

The Face of Darkness

as Inquisitor & Psychiatrist

The Shadow-Line

1976

6.0

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

1974

as General Finch

6.8

Anything Can Happen

1973

as Geoff Bridges

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973

as Joseph Goebbels

6.1

The House in Nightmare Park

1973

as Patel

6.6

Henry VIII and His Six Wives

1972

as Wriothesley

5.6

The House That Dripped Blood

1971

as Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")

The Syndicate

as Dr. Singh

Kaleidoscope

as Poker Player

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

1966

as Pseudolus' mark

6.0

The Alphabet Murders

1965

as Waiter (uncredited)

5.7

The Barber of Stamford Hill

1963

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

as Arab Sheik (uncredited)

8.0

Crooks Anonymous

1962

as Thomas

5.9

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

as Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)

Postman's Knock

as Pete

Victim

as Undercover Detective (uncredited)

7.5

The Curse of the Werewolf

1961

as Policeman (uncredited)

6.5

A Call on Kuprin: Part 1

1961

as Zagornetz

A Call on Kuprin: Part 2

1961

as Zagornetz

The Challenge

as Spider

A Taste of Money

as Waiter

Television (58)

Rome

as Elderly Priest

New Tricks

Seven Wonders of the Industrial World

2003

6.7

Waking the Dead

2001

as Professor George Rosenthal

7.2

Armadillo

2001

as Father

Jonathan Creek

as Frank Geiger

Cadfael

as Lazarus the Leper

Heartbeat

as Terence Young

Mulberry

as The Stranger

Murder Most Horrid

as DCI Graham Barlow

Merlin of the Crystal Cave

1991

as Maugan

Saracen

1989

as Nugent

5.0

The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

1988

as Chaplain / Father

Jake and the Fatman

1987

6.2

Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder

1987

as Richard Erskine

7.2

Artists and Models

1986

as Etex

The Bill

Hunter

as Uniform Officer

Bergerac

as Aaron Rosenbaum

Tales of the Unexpected

as Royden

Blake's 7

as Coser

Return of the Saint

as Colonel Ramon Perrez

7.0

The Professionals

1977

as Inspector Truitt

7.5

BBC2 Play of the Week

as Dr. Robbins

Anna Karenina

1990

I, Claudius

as Xenophon

Survivors

as Jim

Playhouse

as Liftchick

Porridge

as Medical Officer

Fall of Eagles

as Georges Clemenceau

Crown Court

The Edwardians

as Frank Harris

Brett

Fathers and Sons

The Main Chance

as Raul Ramira

Strange Report

as Jack White

The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder

as Lew Kohl

The Forsyte Saga

as Philip Bosinney

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Turkish General

5.0

Front Page Story

1965

as Ray Boscombe

Theatre 625

as Inspector Voss

Detective

Doctor Who

as General Finch

Festival

as Knight/Tempter

Crane

as Smith

Lorna Doone

The Saint

as Raschid

Z-Cars

Richard the Lionheart

1962

as Lombrico

The Avengers

as Marson

Sir Francis Drake

as Tomas

Sunday-Night Play

as Political Prisoner

The Cheaters

1960

as Blake

No Hiding Place

Dixon of Dock Green

as Victor Lane

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.8

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Jules

8.6

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Steel

1997

Stunts

4.3