Personal Info
Birth date
1951-09-11 (73 Years)
Day of death
2020-06-16
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Wanstead, London, United Kingdom
Also known as
-John Benfield
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Filmography
Casualty
6.1
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.Minder
6.8
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Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.Tales from the Crypt
7.954
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Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?The BBC Television Shakespeare
6
Overview:
The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of William Shakespeare, created by Cedric Messina and produced by BBC Television. It was transmitted in the UK from 3 December 1978 to 27 April 1985 and spanned seven series. Development of the series began in 1975 when Messina saw that Glamis Castle would make a perfect location for an adaptation of Shakespeare's play As You Like It. On returning to London, he envisioned an entire series devoted exclusively to the dramatic works of Shakespeare. After encountering numerous problems trying to produce the series, Messina eventually pitched the idea to the BBC’s departmental heads and the series was greenlighted. The series as a whole received generally negative reviews from critics.Prime Suspect
7.7
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Highly skilled Detective Inspector Jane Tennison battles to prove herself in a male dominated world.The Paradise Club
5.8
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The Paradise Club is a BBC television drama starring Don Henderson and Leslie Grantham as Frank & Danny Kane. Two series were produced and were broadcast between 1989 and 1990. The show focuses upon two brothers, Frank & Danny Kane. Their mother, Ma Kane, is the matriarch of a criminal gang in South London, helped by her son Danny. Frank has become a priest but leaves the church; he inherits The Paradise Club on the death of their mother and returns to London to try and steer Danny away from crime.Murder Most Horrid
6.6
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A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or even getting bumped off herself!New Tricks
7.4
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New Tricks is a British comedy-drama that follows the work of the fictional Unsolved Crime and Open Case Squad of the Metropolitan Police Service. Originally led by Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman, it is made up of retired police officers who have been recruited to reinvestigate unsolved crimes.The Day of the Triffids
6.4
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Following mysterious bright lights in the sky, the human race is rendered blind and helpless. The survivors find themselves stalked by sentient flesh-eating plants.Sunburn
4
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Sunburn is a British television series that followed the lives of a group of British holiday reps. It was broadcast on BBC One between 16 January 1999 and 1 May 2000, running for two series of six and eight episodes respectively. The first was set and filmed in Cyprus and the second in Algarve. The cast included Michelle Collins, Rebecca Callard, Sharon Small, George Layton and Sean Maguire, with Paul Nicholas joining later. The series was created by Mike Bullen, who was interested in the behind-the-scenes lives of holiday reps after watching the docusoap Holiday Reps. Bullen wrote most of the first series but scaled back his involvement in the second; most of that series' episodes were written by Lizzie Mickery and Sally Wainwright.Hippies
7.2
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Swinging London, 1969. From his flat in Notting Hill Gate, Ray Purbbs edits an 'underground' (that is, counterculture) magazine, Mouth, assisted by his fellow hippies Alex, Jill and Hugo. Ray is passionate about protest, ludicrously enthusiastic about every hip trend and convinced he is (or could be) a major player in the battle between the Establishment and the alternative society. Alex - though he comes from a wealthy background and seems more interested in golf than altering society - is coolness personified, a man so laid-back he seems to exist outside of reality. Jill embraces all the new-found liberty afforded her gender and claims to espouse free love, though this attitude doesn't stretch to her 'boyfriend', Ray, long been deprived of her carnal interest. Hugo is spectacularly vague, almost brilliant in his obliqueness. Led by Ray, the quartet jump on every trendy bandwagon and comprehensively fail to make the slightest bit of difference in all they do. The gang are pretty useless at everything - in fact, they're not even that good at being hippies.Floodtide
NYR
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Floodtide is a British television crime drama was produced by Granada Television, first broadcast on ITV from 14 June 1987 to 12 February 1988. The series focuses on a dogged inspector's pursuit of a group of cocaine smugglers across Europe and his bid to bring them to justice. A total of thirteen episodes aired over the course of nine months. Co-produced and partly filmed in France, it was one of the first ITV dramas to be co-produced with an international production company. Written by acclaimed The Sweeney scriptwriter Roger Marshall, the series was released on DVD by Network DVD for the first time on 19 July 2010. Although further series of the programme were planned, lead actor Phillip Sayer was diagnosed with cancer in 1988 and eventually died in 1989. Marshall concluded that it would be wrong to re-cast the part and instead decided to bring the series to a natural close.Maisie Raine
NYR
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Maisie Raine was a drama series originally broadcast on BBC1 for 2 series from 28 July 1998 – 9 July 1999. Pauline Quirke took the lead role as DI Maisie Raine, an unorthodox detective whose hands on and down to earth approach was not always appreciated by her superiors. When she took on a case, she did it her way, regardless of whose toes she stepped on and who she offended. Each episode would see the team investigating a crime and often uncovering more about the perpetrators and the victims histories with DI Raine often becoming personally involved or bending the rules to get the results she wanted. Also starring alongside Quirke were Ian McElhinney, Steve John Shepherd, Rakie Ayola and Richard Graham.101 Dalmatians
5.931
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An evil, high-fashion designer plots to steal Dalmatian puppies in order to make an extravagant fur coat, but instead creates an extravagant mess.Calling the Shots
8
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The work of television reporter Maggie Donnelly sets off a terrifying sequence of events in her private life.Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
6.471
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A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.Speed Racer
6.3
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Speed Racer is a young and brilliant racing driver. When corruption in the racing leagues costs his brother his life, Speed must team up with the police and the mysterious Racer X to bring an end to the corruption and criminal activities.The Monocled Mutineer
7
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The Monocled Mutineer follows the rebellion that took place at the notorious Etaples Training Camp in northern France on the eve of "The Battle of Passchendaele" in 1917. After the mutiny, the dashing Percy Toplis takes flight, dressed as a British officer, soon to embark on a love affair with beautiful young widow, Dorothy. A solder in the First World War, the real Percy Toplis was a rake, rogue and master of disguise who became the most wanted man in Britain. This controversial BBC dramatisation of high romance, hilarious impudence and savage retribution was adapted by Alan Bleasdale from the book by William Allison and John Fairley.Cold Skin
6.289
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A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.The Best Offer
7.822
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Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.Evilenko
5.686
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For years, Andrei Evilenko eluded the obsessive Detective Lesiev and the psychiatric profiler Aron Richter. Spurred on by his rabid fury at the gradual crumbling of his precious Soviet Union, Evilenko is a man who will live, die and kill as a communist.In the Name of the Father
7.904
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A small-time Belfast thief, Gerry Conlon, is wrongly convicted of an IRA bombing in London, along with his father and friends, and spends 15 years in prison fighting to prove his innocence.Flood
5.319
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Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which travels mercilessly down England's East Coast and into the Thames Estuary. Overwhelming the Barrier, torrents of water pour into the city. The lives of millions of Londoners are at stake.Charlotte Gray
6.118
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This is a drama set in Nazi-occupied France at the height of World War II. Charlotte Gray tells the compelling story of a young Scottish woman working with the French Resistance in the hope of rescuing her lover, a missing RAF pilot. Based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks.Beautiful Thing
7.307
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Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.Cassandra's Dream
6.275
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The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.Treasure Island
6.6
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Young Jim Hawkins, while running the Benbow Inn with his mother, meets Captain Billy Bones, who dies at the inn while it is beseiged by buccaneers led by Blind Pew. Jim and his mother fight off the attackers and discover Billy Bones' treasure map for which the buccaneers had come. Jim agrees to sail on the S.S. Espaniola with Squire Trelawney and Dr. Livesey to find the treasure on a mysterious isiand. Upon arriving at the island, ship's cook and scaliwag Long John Silver leads a mutiny of crew members who want the treasure for themselves. Jim helps the Squire and Espaniola officers to survive the mutiny and fight back against Silver's men, who have taken over the Espaniola.The Coldest Game
6.2
Overview:
Warsaw, Poland, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962. Josh Mansky, a troubled math genius and former US chess champion, is recruited to hold a dangerous public match against the Soviet champion, while playing the deadly game of espionage hidden in the darkest shadows of a hostile territory.Buster
5.6
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Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact his wife and child. He arranges to meet them in Mexico where he thinks they can begin again, but finds that he must choose between his family and freedom.Acting
2019The Coldest Game as Unknown
2018Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle as Wolf Elder (voice)
2017Cold Skin as Captain Axel
2013The Best Offer as Barman
2008The Marchioness Disaster as Peter Butcher
2008Speed Racer as Cruncher Block
2007Cassandra's Dream as Father
2007Flood as Frank
2007Bonkers (1 Episode) as Unknown
2004Evilenko as Unknown
2004New Tricks (1 Episode) as Doug Palmer
2003Gifted as Harry Boothroyd
2003The Third Wave as Stevens
2002The Many Lives of Albert Walker as DCI Dawlish
2001Charlotte Gray as Loque
2001Endgame as Dunston
2001All Forgotten as Nirmansky
200024 Hours in London as Chief Inspector Duggan
1999Hippies (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1999You're Dead... as Insp. Badger
1999Sunburn (1 Episode) as Reg Storey
1998Maisie Raine (1 Episode) as Gordon Daker
1998Cousin Bette as Dr. Bianchon
1998Owd Bob as Unknown
1997The Garden of Redemption as Mayor of Vaiano
1997Sharpe's Revenge as Calvet
1996101 Dalmatians as Doorman
1996Beautiful Thing as Rodney Barr
1995Carrying Dad as Len
1994Calling the Shots (2 Episodes) as Charlie
1993In the Name of the Father as Chief PO Barker
1992The Secret Agent as Michaelis
1992Born Kicking as Mr Reddy
1991Murder Most Horrid (1 Episode) as Barry Todd
1991Prime Suspect (9 Episodes) as Michael Kernan
1991'Itch as Gordon Turnbull
1990Hidden Agenda as Maxwell
1990Treasure Island as Black Dog
1989The Paradise Club (1 Episode) as Det. Supt. Chivers
1989Tales from the Crypt (1 Episode) as Inspector Minty
1988Eurocops (2 Episodes) as George Jackson
1988Buster as Jimmy
1988No Further Cause For Concern as Alec
1987Floodtide (6 Episodes) as Detective Inspector Brook
1986Casualty (1, 1 Episode) as Albert Rossiter, George Weaver
1986The Monocled Mutineer (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Whoops Apocalypse as Secret Service Agent
1985Titus Andronicus as Messenger / 1st Goth / Caius
1985Number One as Contestant
1985Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil as Griesch
1984Breakout as Minder
1983The Sign of Four as McMurdo
1983Henry VI Part 3 as Earl of Northumberland / Huntsman
1983Henry VI Part 2 as First Murderer / Ship's Master
1983Henry VI Part 1 as Basset / French Sergeant
1983The Beggar's Opera as Jailer
1981The Day of the Triffids (1 Episode) as Ted
1981The Union as 2nd Man
1981The Winter's Tale as Gaoler
1979Minder (1 Episode) as Painter
1978The BBC Television Shakespeare (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Earl of Northumberland/Huntsman/Warwick's Messenger (uncredited), Basset/French Sergeant/French Soldier (uncredited)/Scout (uncredited), First Murderer/Ship's Master/Beadle of St. Albans (uncredited)/King's Messenger (uncredited)/1st Neighbour (uncredited)