Peter Benson

Actor Jun 13 (died age 75) Wallasey, Cheshire, England, UK 1963–2003 (40 year career)

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Biography

Peter Benson was an English actor, best known for playing the role of Bernie Scripps in the television series Heartbeat between 1995 and 2010.

Known For

Film

Tess

Religious Fanatic (uncredited)

Film

The First Great Train Robbery

Station Despatcher

Film

The Shout

Harry the Shepherd

Film

Putney Swope

Mr. Jingle

Film

Heartbeat

Bernie Scripps

Film

Cry of the Banshee

Brander

Film

Hawk the Slayer

Black Wizard

Film

Hamlet

Second Gravedigger

Filmography

Acting (47)

Movies (23)

Requiem Apache

1994

as Priest

7.0

The Count of Solar

1992

as Dr. Gares

The Burston Rebellion

1985

as Peggram

Kisses on the Bottom

1985

as Dad

The Battle of Waterloo

1983

as Sniffer

Henry VI Part 3

as King Henry VI

Doctor Who: Terminus

as Bor

Henry VI Part 2

as King Henry VI

The Tragedy of Richard III

as King Henry VI

Henry VI Part 1

as King Henry VI

Pocketful of Dreams

as Lenny

The Winter's Tale

as Clown's Servant

Hawk the Slayer

as Black Wizard

Hamlet

as Second Gravedigger

6.1

Tess

1979

as Religious Fanatic (uncredited)

7.1

The Shout

1978

as Harry the Shepherd

6.0

The First Great Train Robbery

1978

as Station Despatcher

6.7

Night People

1978

as Arnold

The Dancing Princesses

1978

as A Shoemaker

The Sailor's Return

1978

as Charlie Nye

6.0

Waiting at the Field Gate

1975

as Mack

Cry of the Banshee

as Brander

Putney Swope

as Mr. Jingle

Television (24)

The Royal

as Bernie Scripps

Peak Practice

as Terry Alston

Heartbeat

as Bernie Scripps

A Touch of Frost

as Bernard Elliott

Nice Town

as Gerald

The Chief

as Arthur Dolland

Jeeves and Wooster

as Mr Rowbotham

Perfect Scoundrels

as Huber

A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery

as Perkins

Lovejoy

as Peter Farquar

Screen Two

as Peggram

Blackadder

as Henry VII

Tenko

as Jim

The Borgias

as Gaspare Pato

The Enigma Files

as Mr. Borrit

All Creatures Great and Small

as Bernard Wain

Born and Bred

as Spanish Waiter

Life of Shakespeare

as Peter Phipps

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Arnold

7.0

Rumpole of the Bailey

Playhouse

as Lenny

Churchill's People

as Robert Hooke, MA

Doctor Who

as The Doctor

Albion Market