John Bennett: movies and TV shows
John Bennett has 131 credits in the archive: 56 films and 75 TV series, from 1951 to 2008. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2008 · busiest year: 1962 (11 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Ties That Bind Us | Chang Lee (archive footage) | Film | — | 80 |
| 2005 | Rome | Elderly Priest | TV | 8.2 | 77 |
| 2004 | New Tricks | TV | 7.3 | 76 | |
| 2003 | Seven Wonders of the Industrial World | John Donovan | TV | 6.7 | 75 |
| 2003 | Chaos and Cadavers | Mr Resurrection | Film | 6.8 | 75 |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Dr. Ehrlich | Film | 8.4 | 74 |
| 2002 | Minority Report | Adulation #4 | Film | 7.4 | 74 |
| 2002 | Not 360 | Actor | Film | — | 74 |
| 2001 | Waking the Dead | Professor George Rosenthal | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2001 | Charlotte Gray | Film | 6.1 | 73 | |
| 2001 | The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells | Mr Jagger | TV | 7.2 | 73 |
| 2001 | Armadillo | Father | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 2000 | Breathtaking | Mr. Henshaw | Film | 3.6 | 72 |
| 1999 | Bridge of Dragons | The Registrar | Film | 5.6 | 71 |
| 1997 | The Fifth Element | Priest | Film | 7.6 | 69 |
| 1997 | Jonathan Creek | Frank Geiger | TV | 7.6 | 69 |
| 1997 | Steel | Film | 4.3 | 69 | |
| 1996 | Alien Nation: Millennium | Officer Laskau | Film | 5.0 | 68 |
| 1995 | Priest | Father Redstone | Film | 6.2 | 67 |
| 1995 | Kangaroo Man | Doctor | Film | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1994 | Cadfael | Lazarus the Leper | TV | 7.6 | 66 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Terence Young | TV | 7.2 | 64 |
| 1992 | Split Second | Dr Schulman | Film | 5.9 | 64 |
| 1992 | Mulberry | The Stranger | TV | 7.3 | 64 |
| 1991 | Murder Most Horrid | DCI Graham Barlow | TV | 6.9 | 63 |
| 1991 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady | Sigmund Freud | Film | 5.4 | 63 |
| 1991 | Merlin of the Crystal Cave | Maugan | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1991 | The War That Never Ends | Corcyran Representative | Film | 5.0 | 63 |
| 1990 | Antonia and Jane | Uncle Irwin Carlinsky | Film | 5.4 | 62 |
| 1990 | Needle | Chief Constable | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1989 | Saracen | Nugent | TV | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1988 | The Modern World: Ten Great Writers | Chaplain / Father | TV | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1988 | The Tenth Man | Jules | Film | 6.7 | 60 |
| 1988 | Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' | Chaplain / Father | Film | — | 60 |
| 1987 | Jake and the Fatman | TV | 6.2 | 59 | |
| 1987 | Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder | Richard Erskine | TV | 7.3 | 59 |
| 1986 | Tai-Pan | Orlov | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 1986 | Artists and Models | Etex | TV | — | 58 |
| 1984 | The Bill | TV | 6.8 | 56 | |
| 1984 | Hunter | Uniform Officer | TV | 7.1 | 56 |
| 1984 | Give My Regards to Broad Street | Mr. Rath | Film | 5.1 | 56 |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Don (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 54 |
| 1981 | Bergerac | Aaron Rosenbaum | TV | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1981 | Eye of the Needle | Kleinmann | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 1980 | The Mirror Crack'd | Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight") | Film | 6.1 | 52 |
| 1980 | Pews | Liftchick | Film | — | 52 |
| 1980 | The Dybbuk | Messenger | Film | — | 52 |
| 1979 | Tales of the Unexpected | Royden | TV | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1979 | The House on Garibaldi Street | Aaron Lazar | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1978 | Blake's 7 | Coser | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1978 | Return of the Saint | Colonel Ramon Perrez | TV | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1978 | Watership Down | Captain Holly (voice) | Film | 7.2 | 50 |
| 1978 | The Greek Tycoon | Servant | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1978 | Return Fare | Dr Robbins | Film | — | 50 |
| 1977 | The Professionals | Inspector Truitt | TV | 7.6 | 49 |
| 1977 | BBC2 Play of the Week | Dr. Robbins | TV | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1977 | 1990 | TV | 6.5 | 49 | |
| 1977 | Anna Karenina | TV | 7.0 | 49 | |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Li H'sen Chang | Film | 8.1 | 49 |
| 1976 | I, Claudius | Xenophon | TV | 7.8 | 48 |
| 1976 | The Message | Salool | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1976 | The Shadow-Line | Film | 6.4 | 48 | |
| 1976 | The Face of Darkness | Inquisitor & Psychiatrist | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1975 | Survivors | Jim | TV | 7.9 | 47 |
| 1974 | Playhouse | Liftchick | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | Fall of Eagles | Georges Clemenceau | TV | 7.0 | 46 |
| 1974 | Porridge | Medical Officer | TV | 8.1 | 46 |
| 1974 | Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs | General Finch | Film | 6.8 | 46 |
| 1973 | Hitler: The Last Ten Days | Joseph Goebbels | Film | 6.2 | 45 |
| 1973 | The House in Nightmare Park | Patel | Film | 6.8 | 45 |
| 1973 | Anything Can Happen | Geoff Bridges | Film | — | 45 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | TV | 5.7 | 44 | |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Dr. Martin Stanislaus | TV | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1972 | The Edwardians | Frank Harris | TV | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1972 | Henry VIII and His Six Wives | Wriothesley | Film | 5.8 | 44 |
| 1971 | Brett | TV | 5.0 | 43 | |
| 1971 | The House That Dripped Blood | Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story") | Film | 6.4 | 43 |
| 1971 | Fathers and Sons | Pavel Kirsanov | TV | — | 43 |
| 1969 | The Main Chance | Raul Ramira | TV | 8.3 | 41 |
| 1969 | Strange Report | Jack White | TV | 7.7 | 41 |
| 1969 | The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder | Lew Kohl | TV | 5.0 | 41 |
| 1968 | The Syndicate | Dr. Singh | Film | 5.5 | 40 |
| 1967 | The Forsyte Saga | Philip Bosinney | TV | 8.5 | 39 |
| 1967 | Market in Honey Lane | Billy Bush | TV | 9.0 | 39 |
| 1966 | Kaleidoscope | Poker Player | Film | 5.3 | 38 |
| 1966 | A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum | Pseudolus' mark | Film | 6.1 | 38 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Turkish General | TV | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Albert | TV | 4.2 | 37 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Tadeusz | TV | 4.2 | 37 |
| 1965 | Front Page Story | Ray Boscombe | TV | 10.0 | 37 |
| 1965 | The Alphabet Murders | Waiter (uncredited) | Film | 5.9 | 37 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Inspector Voss | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1964 | Detective | TV | 9.0 | 36 | |
| 1964 | Esther Waters | William Latch | TV | — | 36 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Li H'sen Chang | TV | 7.9 | 35 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | General Finch | TV | 7.9 | 35 |
| 1963 | Crane | Smith | TV | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1963 | Festival | Knight/Tempter | TV | 8.0 | 35 |
| 1963 | Espionage | Sergeant | TV | 10.0 | 35 |
| 1963 | Lorna Doone | TV | 5.0 | 35 | |
| 1963 | The Barber of Stamford Hill | Film | 10.0 | 35 | |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1962 | The Saint | Muller | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Ardossi | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Raschid | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Count Alfredo | TV | 7.3 | 34 |
| 1962 | Lawrence of Arabia | Arab Sheik (uncredited) | Film | 8.0 | 34 |
| 1962 | Richard the Lionheart | Lombrico | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1962 | Richard the Lionheart | Kemal | TV | 9.0 | 34 |
| 1962 | Crooks Anonymous | Thomas | Film | 6.1 | 34 |
| 1962 | The Pirates of Blood River | Penal Colony Guard (uncredited) | Film | 6.2 | 34 |
| 1962 | Postman's Knock | Pete | Film | 4.9 | 34 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Sykes | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Marson | TV | 7.8 | 33 |
| 1961 | Sir Francis Drake | Tomas | TV | 5.1 | 33 |
| 1961 | The Curse of the Werewolf | Policeman (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1961 | Victim | Undercover Detective (uncredited) | Film | 7.5 | 33 |
| 1961 | A Call on Kuprin: Part 2 | Zagornetz | Film | — | 33 |
| 1961 | A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 | Zagornetz | Film | — | 33 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Zagornetz | TV | — | 32 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Political Prisoner | TV | — | 32 |
| 1960 | Sunday-Night Play | Steingel | TV | — | 32 |
| 1960 | The Cheaters | Blake | TV | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1960 | The Strange World of Gurney Slade | Napoleon Bonaparte | TV | 8.3 | 32 |
| 1960 | The Challenge | Spider | Film | 5.5 | 32 |
| 1960 | A Taste of Money | Waiter | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place | TV | 4.8 | 31 | |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Victor Lane | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green | Malcolm Roberts | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1954 | The Wonderful World of Disney | TV | 7.9 | 26 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Jules | TV | 8.8 | 23 |