John Bentley

John Bentley

Born: December 2, 1916
Died: August 13, 2009
in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, UK
John Bentley was born on December 2, 1916 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England. He was an actor, known for Calling Paul Temple (1948), Final Appointment (1954) and Salute the Toff (1952). He was married to Patricia Smith. He died on August 13, 2009 in Petworth, West Sussex, England.

Movies for John Bentley...

The Front
Title: The Front
Character: Bartender
Released: September 17, 1976
Type: Movie
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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Title: Crossroads
Character: Hugh Mortimer
Released: November 2, 1964
Type: TV
Crossroads is a British television soap opera set in a fictional motel near Birmingham, England. Created by Hazel Adair and Peter Ling, the commercial ITV network originally broadcast the series between 1964 and 1988. Produced by ATV and later by Central it became a byword for cheap production values, particularly in the 1970s and early 1980s. The series was revived in a glossier version by Carlton Television in 2001, but was again cancelled in 2003. The original theme tune was composed by Tony Hatch, and notably covered by Paul McCartney & Wings on their 1975 album Venus and Mars. A new version, which was first aired in 1987 when the series was relaunched as Crossroads, Kings Oak, was composed by Raf Ravenscroft and Max Early.
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Shadow of Treason
Title: Shadow of Treason
Character: Steve
Released: June 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Steve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard come detective, giving him a list of names and a map she has inherited. Steve discovers that her father was blackmailing a group of traitors and the map locates money hidden in Somaliland with evidence of their guilt. Having contacted all the names, they leave for Africa taking Nadia in place of her father who is killed. Michael tries to persuade her to join him against the others and escapes when she refuses. Later, in the caves he re-appears and in the ensuing fight falls over a cliff edge after the money. Steve throws the incriminating document after him. Melodrama involving a treasure hunt and an old blackmail system during the war, which is cleared up by a bodyguard.
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The Sinister Man
Title: The Sinister Man
Character: Superintendent Wills
Released: December 1, 1961
Type: Movie
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
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Mary Had a Little...
Title: Mary Had a Little...
Character: Dr. Malcolm Nettel
Released: July 25, 1961
Type: Movie
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
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The Singer Not the Song
Title: The Singer Not the Song
Character: Police Captain
Released: January 5, 1961
Type: Movie
A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
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Alice Through the Looking Box
Title: Alice Through the Looking Box
Released: December 25, 1960
Type: Movie
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
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Sacred Waters
Title: Sacred Waters
Character: Lemmy, ein Engländer
Released: December 23, 1960
Type: Movie
Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man from the village is determined by "unlucky" draw to take on the life-threatening repairs.
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Title: The Third Man
Character: Paul Cessac
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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Title: Interpol Calling
Character: Dave Carson
Released: September 13, 1959
Type: TV
The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
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Submarine Seahawk
Title: Submarine Seahawk
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Paul Turner
Released: December 1, 1958
Type: Movie
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japs.
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Title: African Patrol
Character: Chief Insp. Paul Derek
Released: April 5, 1958
Type: TV
Inspector Paul Derek is based in Nairobi, Kenya but travels throughout the colonial territory solving crimes. The nature of the bad behavior is often unique to the African locale. The phone number at the office is 1356.
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Istanbul
Title: Istanbul
Character: Insp. R.P. Nural
Released: January 23, 1957
Type: Movie
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
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Escape in the Sun
Title: Escape in the Sun
Character: Jim Harrison
Released: December 7, 1956
Type: Movie
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Flight from Vienna
Title: Flight from Vienna
Character: Capt. Philip J. Lawton
Released: January 31, 1956
Type: Movie
A Hungarian Secret Service official attempts Western political asylum.
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Dial 999
Title: Dial 999
Character: Det. Sgt. Seagrave
Released: December 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed for the murder. The wife and her brother hide him and try to find out who the real killer was. The more they investigate, the more holes they begin to find in the husband's story.
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The Flaw
Title: The Flaw
Character: Paul Oliveri
Released: September 30, 1955
Type: Movie
A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.
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Stolen Assignment
Title: Stolen Assignment
Character: Mike Billings
Released: August 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It seems that Henry was fully occupied at the time his wife went missing; but is his alibi completely truthful?
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The Deadliest Sin
Title: The Deadliest Sin
Character: Inspector Kessler
Released: June 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.
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Golden Ivory
Title: Golden Ivory
Character: Paul Dobson
Released: October 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in East Africa during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
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Final Appointment
Title: Final Appointment
Character: Mike Billings
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took place on the same day in three successive years. The police don't trust their instincts - but as 10th July nears again, a solicitor has started receiving threatening letters...
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Profile
Title: Profile
Character: Peter Armstrong
Released: June 16, 1954
Type: Movie
The editor of a magazine falls in love with the publisher's daughter. The only trouble is that the publisher's wife quite fancies him as well. Then he's accused of embezzling funds.
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Double Exposure
Title: Double Exposure
Character: Pete Fleming
Released: March 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!
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The Scarlet Spear
Title: The Scarlet Spear
Character: District Officer Jim T. Barneson
Released: March 1, 1954
Type: Movie
In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and female reporter try to stop him before he breaks colonial law.
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River Beat
Title: River Beat
Character: Det. Insp. Dan Barker
Released: February 1, 1954
Type: Movie
British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in cigarettes, past customs, not knowing that she has befriended an Inspector for the Thames River Patrol.
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Black Orchid
Title: Black Orchid
Character: Eric Blair
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
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Salute the Toff
Title: Salute the Toff
Character: The Honourable Richard Rollison
Released: December 2, 1952
Type: Movie
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
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Tread Softly
Title: Tread Softly
Character: Keith Gilbert
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
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Paul Temple Returns
Title: Paul Temple Returns
Character: Paul Temple
Released: November 24, 1952
Type: Movie
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
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The Big Frame
Title: The Big Frame
Character: Clark Sutton
Released: September 1, 1952
Type: Movie
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
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Hammer the Toff
Title: Hammer the Toff
Character: Richard Rollison
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
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The Woman's Angle
Title: The Woman's Angle
Character: Renfro Mansell
Released: February 12, 1952
Type: Movie
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light.
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Men Against the Sun
Title: Men Against the Sun
Character: Hawker
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
An adventure story dealing with the building of a railway in Africa at the turn of the century.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Young Scrooge / Night Watchman
Released: December 27, 1950
Type: Movie
On Christmas Eve, an old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the spirit of his former partner, Jacob Marley. The deceased partner was in his lifetime as mean and miserly as Scrooge is now and he warns him to change his ways or face the consequences in the afterlife.
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She Shall Have Murder
Title: She Shall Have Murder
Character: Douglas Robjohn
Released: December 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.
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Paul Temple's Triumph
Title: Paul Temple's Triumph
Character: Paul Temple
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find themselves up against a sinister crime organization headed by a mysterious figure known only as "Z".
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
Title: The Happiest Days of Your Life
Character: Richard Tassell: Staff of Nutbourne
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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Torment
Title: Torment
Character: Jim Brandon
Released: February 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A story of two brothers, both writers of crime novels, one a fine, upstanding gentleman and the other a moody, neurotic, psychopath. The other is determined to create a 'faked' version of a perfect crime he intends to commit when an ex-convict visits them. They are both in love with their shared-stenographer-secretary.
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Bait
Title: Bait
Character: DuCane
Released: January 31, 1950
Type: Movie
John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with jewel thieves
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Ten Little Indians
Title: Ten Little Indians
Character: Philip Lombard
Released: August 20, 1949
Type: Movie
Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid spinster. The only thing they have in common is that they were each involved in a case of unexpected death. They soon find something very odd about their invitations, and then they start to die, one by one. But who is the murderer and where is he hiding.
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Calling Paul Temple
Title: Calling Paul Temple
Character: Paul Temple
Released: April 29, 1948
Type: Movie
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
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The Hills of Donegal
Title: The Hills of Donegal
Character: Terry O'Keefe
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley).