Acting
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. 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.
Movies with John Bennett
The Fifth Element
1997
The Pianist
2002
Minority Report
2002
Lawrence of Arabia
1962
Priest
1995
Split Second
1992
The Message
1976
The Plague Dogs
1982
Watership Down
1978
Eye of the Needle
1981
The Tenth Man
1988
Charlotte Gray
2001
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
Tai-Pan
1986
Kaleidoscope
1966
The Greek Tycoon
1978
Antonia and Jane
1990
The House That Dripped Blood
1971
The Curse of the Werewolf
1961
Crooks Anonymous
1962
Victim
1961
Bridge of Dragons
1999
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
1973
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966
The Challenge
1960
The Alphabet Murders
1965
Give My Regards to Broad Street
1984
Henry VIII and His Six Wives
1972
Postman's Knock
1962
The Pirates of Blood River
1962
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
The House on Garibaldi Street
1979
The War That Never Ends
1991
The Shadow-Line
1976
Kangaroo Man
1995
Needle
1990
Alien Nation: Millennium
1996
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
1991
Chaos and Cadavers
2003
The House in Nightmare Park
1973
The Face of Darkness
1976
Return Fare
1978
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
1988
Breathtaking
2000
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977
A Call on Kuprin: Part 2
1961
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1
1961
The Dybbuk
1980
The Syndicate
1968
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
The Barber of Stamford Hill
1963
A Taste of Money
1960
Pews
1980
Anything Can Happen
1973
Not 360
2002
TV Shows with John Bennett
Doctor Who
1963
The Saint
1962
The Avengers
1961
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Theatre 625
1964
Heartbeat
1992
Rome
2005
Crown Court
1972
Bergerac
1981
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
Z-Cars
1962
The Professionals
1977
Waking the Dead
2001
Hunter
1984
Playhouse
1974
Jake and the Fatman
1987
New Tricks
2004
The Bill
1984
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Jonathan Creek
1997
Blake's 7
1978
No Hiding Place
1959
Espionage
1963
Cadfael
1994
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Murder Most Horrid
1991
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
I, Claudius
1976
Return of the Saint
1978
The Main Chance
1969
Dixon of Dock Green
1955
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
Detective
1964
Festival
1963
Crane
1963
The Forsyte Saga
1967
Richard the Lionheart
1962
Sir Francis Drake
1961
Survivors
1975
Fall of Eagles
1974
The Cheaters
1960
The Edwardians
1972
Porridge
1974
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World
2003
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers
1988
Anna Karenina
1977
Mulberry
1992
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder
1987
1990
1977
Strange Report
1969
The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells
2001
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder
1969
The Strange World of Gurney Slade
1960
Saracen
1989
Brett
1971
Front Page Story
1965
Fathers and Sons
1971
Artists and Models
1986
Armadillo
2001
Lorna Doone
1963
Esther Waters
1964