Person
John Levene
Acting · Born 1941-12-24 · Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
Biography
John Levene is an actor, comedian, and singer, best known for his role as Sergeant - later Corporal - Benton in the British sci-fi television show Doctor Who. Levene has also worked as a cruise ship entertainer, and as a voice-over artist for entities such as The Walt Disney Company and The Queen Mary Hotel. He also established the audio-visual company Genesis Communications, which has worked with companies such as British Airways and KFC.
Known for
Doctor Who
RSM Benton
Z-Cars
1962
UFO
Interceptor Pilot
Softly, Softly
1966
Callan
1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Constable
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
Lord T.N. Crumpetts
Detective
1964
The Adventurer
Tony
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
Filmography
- 2025John Levene: In ConversationSelf
- 2023Tales of the TardisSergeant Benton
- 2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
- 2022Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
- 2018Doctor Who: Behind the SofaSelf
- 2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
- 2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
- 2015Myth MakersHimself
- 2013Scotch Mist in Sussex
- 2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
- 2012Living with LeveneSelf
- 2010Satan Hates YouThe Reverend Bernie Shanks
- 2008The Ties That Bind UsSergeant Benton (archive footage)
- 2006AutomatonsCommunications Captain
- 2002Chronotrip
- 2002CanniBallistic!Bernie Shanks
- 2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
- 1996Big Bad BeetleBorgsLord T.N. Crumpetts
- 1993Return to Devil's EndSelf
- 1988WartimeJohn Benton
- 1987Myth RunnerHimself
- 1975Doctor Who: The Android InvasionRSM Benton
- 1975Permission to KillAdams
- 1975Doctor Who: Terror of the ZygonsRSM Benton
- 1975The Growing Pains of PC PenroseMotorist
- 1975Doctor Who: RobotRSM Benton
- 1974Doctor Who: Planet of the SpidersSergeant Benton
- 1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the DinosaursSergeant Benton
- 1973Doctor Who: The Green DeathSergeant Benton
- 1973Dark PlacesDoctor
- 1973PsychomaniaConstable
- 1973The Jensen CodeMilitary Policeman
- 1973Whoops BaghdadCassim
- 1973Doctor Who: The Three DoctorsSergeant Benton
- 1972The AdventurerTony
- 1972Doctor Who: The Time MonsterSergeant Benton
- 1972Doctor Who: Day of the DaleksSergeant Benton
- 1971The Rivals of Sherlock HolmesConstable
- 1971Doctor Who: The DæmonsSergeant Benton
- 1971Doctor Who: The Claws of AxosSergeant Benton
- 1971Doctor Who: The Mind of EvilSergeant Benton
- 1971Doctor Who: Terror of the AutonsSergeant Benton
- 1970UFOInterceptor Pilot
- 1970Lay Down Your ArmsErnie
- 1970Doctor Who: InfernoSergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
- 1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of DeathSergeant Benton
- 1968Doctor Who: The InvasionCorporal Benton
- 1968Doctor Who: The Web of FearYeti
- 1967Callan
- 1966Softly, Softly
- 1964Detective
- 1963Doctor WhoRSM Benton
- 1962Z-Cars
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