George Benson

George Benson

Born: January 11, 1911
Died: June 17, 1983
in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
George Christopher Benson (11 January 1911 - 17 June 1983) was a Welsh actor.

Movies for George Benson...

The Creeping Flesh
Title: The Creeping Flesh
Character: Waterlow
Released: February 12, 1973
Type: Movie
A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil he is terrified that it will be passed on to their daughter. He tries to use the skeleton's blood to immunise her against this eventuality, but his attempt has anything but the desired result.
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A Warning to the Curious
Title: A Warning to the Curious
Character: Vicar
Released: December 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.
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What Became of Jack and Jill?
Title: What Became of Jack and Jill?
Character: Vicar
Released: June 16, 1972
Type: Movie
Two young people plot to get their hands on grannie's money, but rather than simply pushing her down the stairs they hatch an elaborate plot to convince her that radical youth have taken over England are planning to do away with "oldies" like her.
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Title: Jason King
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering an endless parade of glamorous women, exotic locales, menacing villains and daring intrigue! Before Austin Powers swung into action, Jason King set the standard for the hip crime-fighting international playboy!
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Title: The Goodies
Released: November 8, 1970
Type: TV
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Inspector Lestrade
Released: October 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
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The Strange Affair
Title: The Strange Affair
Released: August 22, 1968
Type: Movie
When rookie P.C. Strange falls for an under aged girl, he is unknowingly compromised by a pair of pornographers. Meanwhile, seasoned Det. Pierce is out to catch mob boss Quince and soon both plots intertwine.
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Journey Into Darkness
Title: Journey Into Darkness
Character: The Vicar
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
"Journey Into Darkness" is a television movie which consists of two episodes from the UK TV series "Journey to the Unknown 1968)": 'The New People (1968)" (Episode 1.1) and "Paper Dolls (1968)" (Episode 1.16).
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Title: The Prisoner
Character: Labour Exchange Manager
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Title: The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Released: March 11, 1966
Type: Movie
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
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Title: David Copperfield
Released: January 16, 1966
Type: TV
David Copperfield is a BBC television serial starring Ian McKellen in the title role of the adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel that began airing in January 1966. It also featured Tina Packer as Dora, Flora Robson as Betsey Trotwood, Gordon Gostelow as Barkis, and Christopher Guard as young David. The screenplay adaptation was written by Vincent Tilsley.
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A Jolly Bad Fellow
Title: A Jolly Bad Fellow
Character: Inspector Butts
Released: March 15, 1964
Type: Movie
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.
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Title: The Avengers
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Title: The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Character: Defence Counsel
Released: December 22, 1960
Type: Movie
The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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Left Right and Centre
Title: Left Right and Centre
Character: Egerton
Released: June 23, 1959
Type: Movie
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.
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Model for Murder
Title: Model for Murder
Character: Freddie
Released: February 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
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Title: The Adventures of William Tell
Character: Conrad
Released: September 15, 1958
Type: TV
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.
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Dracula
Title: Dracula
Character: Official (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1958
Type: Movie
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
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The Naked Truth
Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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Title: Lilli Palmer Theatre
Character: George Perker
Released: September 25, 1955
Type: TV
A half-hour anthology series.
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Value for Money
Title: Value for Money
Character: Trombonist
Released: August 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
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Doctor in the House
Title: Doctor in the House
Character: Lecturer on Drains
Released: March 23, 1954
Type: Movie
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
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Three's Company
Title: Three's Company
Character: George Bailey
Released: October 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Compilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ...". "The Surgeon", "Take A Number" and "The Scream".
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The Broken Horseshoe
Title: The Broken Horseshoe
Character: Prescott
Released: January 10, 1953
Type: Movie
When a hit and run patient is murdered an attending doctor is placed under suspicion.
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Appointment with Venus
Title: Appointment with Venus
Character: Senior Clerk
Released: October 8, 1951
Type: Movie
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
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The Man in the White Suit
Title: The Man in the White Suit
Character: The Lodger
Released: August 7, 1951
Type: Movie
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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Pool of London
Title: Pool of London
Released: February 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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Highly Dangerous
Title: Highly Dangerous
Character: Sandwich Stand Customer
Released: December 6, 1950
Type: Movie
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
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Cage of Gold
Title: Cage of Gold
Character: Assistant Registrar
Released: October 23, 1950
Type: Movie
The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
Title: The Happiest Days of Your Life
Character: Mr. Tripp
Released: March 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has been sent. The two head teachers are soon battling for the upper hand with each other and the Ministry. But a crisis (or two) forces them to work together.
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Helter Skelter
Title: Helter Skelter
Character: Temporary Waiter
Released: January 7, 1949
Type: Movie
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
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The October Man
Title: The October Man
Character: Mr. Pope
Released: August 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
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Convoy
Title: Convoy
Character: Parker
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
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Young Man's Fancy
Title: Young Man's Fancy
Character: Booking Clerk
Released: July 31, 1939
Type: Movie
An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
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Keep Fit
Title: Keep Fit
Character: Ernie Gill
Released: July 31, 1937
Type: Movie
A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
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The Man from Toronto
Title: The Man from Toronto
Character: Villager
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
According to the terms of a will two strangers must marry. Leila (Jessie Matthews) is an English widow, and Fergus (Ian Hunter) is a Canadian bachelor. Both are bequeathed a fortune, but there is a condition to receive it; the two must marry within a year. To aid matters, Leila disguises herself as Fergus' maid, and the two begin to fall in love. However, when Fergus discovers the truth, he is less than pleased by the deception.
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Holiday Lovers
Title: Holiday Lovers
Character: Oswald
Released: November 10, 1932
Type: Movie
When a man and woman of modest means meet on a Brighton pier they begin a holiday romance. However, when they each act rich to dupe the other, there are unintended consequences,,,