Peter Bennett (actor)

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Peter Bennett (17 September 1917 – 23 December 1989) was a British stage and television actor. He had served on both the

British Actors' Equity Association
.

Biography

Peter Egerton Bennett was born in

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Peter Bennett married Sheila Bramwell-Jones.[1]
He died in London on 23 December 1989.

Career

Peter Bennett made his first stage appearance on 27 January 1936 as Ma Ta in a stage adaptation of

Lady Precious Stream at the Pleasure Gardens Theatre in Folkestone, England. His first appearance in London theatre was on 9 May 1936 as Possum and Ed Sweet in a production of Little Ol' Boy at the Arts Theatre.[1] Bennett made his first and only Broadway theatre performance as Corporal Cramp in the short-lived January 1947 production of Love Goes to Press at the Biltmore Theatre.[1][2] Other major venues at which Bennett performed include the Westminster Theatre, the Ambassadors Theatre, Embassy Theatre, and the Richmond Theatre.[1]

From 1970 through 1980, Peter Bennett was a council member and Vice President of the

British Actors' Equity Association, known as Equity.[3] In 1975, he served as the director for the Festival of British Theatre. In 1979, he was appointed to the National Council for Drama Training
.

Film and television

Bennett appeared in more than 200 films and television productions,

The Six Wives of Henry VIII[3] on TV, and the films of Carry On Constable (1960), Tarka the Otter (1979) and Lady Chatterley's Lover (1981). In addition to these, he also appeared in the following TV series in the 1960s: Probation Officer, Unwelcome Stranger, Magnolia Buildings, Z-Cars, Maigret, Compact, Misleading Cases and The Troubleshooters
.

Notes

Further reading

  • "Peter Bennett", The Times (London), 5 January 1990, p. 16.