Actor
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. Description ab ...

Known For
Acting
2003 -- Chaos and Cadavers | Mr Resurrection
2002 -- The Pianist | Dr. Ehrlich
2002 -- Minority Report | Adulation #4
2002 -- Not 360 | Actor
2000 -- Breathtaking | Mr. Henshaw
1999 -- Bridge of Dragons | The Registrar
1997 -- The Fifth Element | Priest
1996 -- Alien Nation: Millennium | Officer Laskau
1995 -- Priest | Father Redstone
1995 -- Kangaroo Man | Doctor
1992 -- Split Second | Dr Schulman
1991 -- Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sigmund Freud
1991 -- The War That Never Ends | Corcyran Representative
1990 -- Needle | Chief Constable
1990 -- Antonia and Jane | Uncle Irwin Carlinsky
1988 -- The Tenth Man | Jules
1988 -- Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' | Chaplain / Father
1986 -- Tai-Pan | Orlov
1984 -- Give My Regards to Broad Street | Mr. Rath
1982 -- The Plague Dogs | Don (voice)
1981 -- Eye of the Needle | Kleinmann
1980 -- The Mirror Crack'd | Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")
1980 -- The Dybbuk | Messenger
1980 -- Pews | Liftchick
1979 -- The House on Garibaldi Street | Aaron Lazar
1978 -- Watership Down | Captain Holly (voice)
1978 -- Return Fare | Dr Robbins
1978 -- The Greek Tycoon | Servant
1977 -- Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Li H'sen Chang
1976 -- The Face of Darkness | Inquisitor & Psychiatrist
1976 -- The Shadow-Line |
1976 -- The Message | Salool
1974 -- Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs | General Finch
1973 -- Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Joseph Goebbels
1973 -- The House in Nightmare Park | Patel
1973 -- Anything Can Happen | Geoff Bridges
1972 -- Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Wriothesley
1971 -- The House That Dripped Blood | Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")
1968 -- The Syndicate | Dr. Singh
1966 -- A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus' mark
1966 -- Kaleidoscope | Poker Player
1965 -- The Alphabet Murders | Waiter (uncredited)
1963 -- The Barber of Stamford Hill |
1962 -- Lawrence of Arabia | Arab Sheik (uncredited)
1962 -- The Pirates of Blood River | Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)
1962 -- Crooks Anonymous | Thomas
1962 -- Postman's Knock | Pete
1961 -- Victim | Undercover Detective (uncredited)
1960 -- The Challenge | Spider
1960 -- A Taste of Money |
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