- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 24, 1941
- Place of Birth
- Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
John Levene
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.
Filmography
movieJohn Levene: In Conversation
2025 · Self
tvTales of the Tardis
2023 · Sergeant Benton
movieTime and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
movieDoctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2022
tvDoctor Who: Behind the Sofa
2018 · Self
movieThe Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
movieLongleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
tvMyth Makers
2015 · Himself
movieScotch Mist in Sussex
2013
movieRemembering Douglas Camfield
2013
movieLiving with Levene
2012 · Self, Thanks
movieSatan Hates You
2010 · The Reverend Bernie Shanks
movieThe Ties That Bind Us
2008 · Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
movieAutomatons
2006 · Communications Captain
Chronotrip
movieChronotrip
2002
movieCanniBallistic!
2002 · Bernie Shanks
movieReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
tvBig Bad BeetleBorgs
1996 · Lord T.N. Crumpetts
movieReturn to Devil's End
1993 · Self
movieWartime
1988 · John Benton
movieMyth Runner
1987 · Himself
movieDoctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975 · RSM Benton
moviePermission to Kill
1975 · Adams
movieDoctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975 · RSM Benton
tvThe Growing Pains of PC Penrose
1975 · Motorist
movieDoctor Who: Robot
1975 · RSM Benton
movieDoctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: The Green Death
1973 · Sergeant Benton
movieDark Places
1973 · Doctor
moviePsychomania
1973 · Constable
tvThe Jensen Code
1973 · Military Policeman
Whoops Baghdad
tvWhoops Baghdad
1973 · Cassim
movieDoctor Who: The Three Doctors
1973 · Sergeant Benton
tvThe Adventurer
1972 · Tony
movieDoctor Who: The Time Monster
1972 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: Day of the Daleks
1972 · Sergeant Benton
tvThe Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
1971 · Constable
movieDoctor Who: The Dæmons
1971 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: The Claws of Axos
1971 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: The Mind of Evil
1971 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: Terror of the Autons
1971 · Sergeant Benton
tvUFO
1970 · Interceptor Pilot
movieLay Down Your Arms
1970 · Ernie
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970 · Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
movieDoctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
1970 · Sergeant Benton
movieDoctor Who: The Invasion
1968 · Corporal Benton
movieDoctor Who: The Web of Fear
1968 · Yeti
tvCallan
1967
tvSoftly, Softly
1966
tvDetective
1964
tvDoctor Who
1963 · RSM Benton, Sergeant Benton, Platoon Under Leader Benton, Sgt. Benton, John Benton
tvZ-Cars
1962