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John Levene

Known for: Acting

Born 24/12/1941

Place of birth Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

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

Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

RSM Benton

1963

Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

Sergeant Benton

1963

Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

Platoon Under Leader Benton

1963

Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

Sgt. Benton

1963

Series ★ 7,9

Doctor Who

John Benton

1963

Series ★ 7,3

Z-Cars

1962

Series ★ 7,5

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Constable

1971

Series ★ 7,8

UFO

Interceptor Pilot

1970

Series ★ 6,5

Big Bad BeetleBorgs

Lord T.N. Crumpetts

1996

Series

Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa

Self

2018

Series ★ 7,5

Softly, Softly

1966

Series ★ 7,0

Callan

1967

Series ★ 6,3

The Adventurer

Tony

1972

Series ★ 9,0

Detective

1964

Series ★ 5,6

Tales of the Tardis

Sergeant Benton

2023

Series

Myth Makers

Himself

2015

Series ★ 6,8

The Growing Pains of PC Penrose

Motorist

1975

Series ★ 6,0

Whoops Baghdad

Cassim

1973

Series ★ 6,0

The Jensen Code

Military Policeman

1973

Film

ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis

2001

Film ★ 8,6

Doctor Who: Inferno

Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton

1970

Film ★ 5,5

Dark Places

Doctor

1973

Film

The Ties That Bind Us

Sergeant Benton (archive footage)

2008

Film ★ 7,4

Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders

Sergeant Benton

1974

Film ★ 6,8

Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Sergeant Benton

1971

Film ★ 6,6

Automatons

Communications Captain

2006

Film ★ 7,0

Doctor Who: Robot

RSM Benton

1975

Film ★ 5,9

Doctor Who: The Time Monster

Sergeant Benton

1972

Film ★ 7,0

Scotch Mist in Sussex

2013

Film ★ 7,2

Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

Sergeant Benton

1970

Film ★ 8,1

Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons

RSM Benton

1975

Film ★ 6,0

Chronotrip

2002

Film ★ 7,5

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil

Sergeant Benton

1971

Film ★ 7,4

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors

Sergeant Benton

1973

Film ★ 5,5

Psychomania

Constable

1973

Film ★ 7,7

Doctor Who: The Web of Fear

Yeti

1968

Film ★ 7,6

Doctor Who: The Dæmons

Sergeant Benton

1971

Film ★ 6,8

Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Sergeant Benton

1974

Film ★ 7,0

CanniBallistic!

Bernie Shanks

2002

Film ★ 5,1

Wartime

John Benton

1988

Film ★ 5,8

Permission to Kill

Adams

1975

Film ★ 8,8

Doctor Who: The Invasion

Corporal Benton

1968

Film ★ 7,9

Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks

Sergeant Benton

1972

Film

Longleat '83: The Lost Footage

2015

Film ★ 4,4

Satan Hates You

The Reverend Bernie Shanks

2010

Film ★ 7,8

Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons

Sergeant Benton

1971

Film

Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster

2023

Film ★ 8,0

Living with Levene

Self

2012

Film ★ 8,4

Doctor Who: The Green Death

Sergeant Benton

1973

Film ★ 7,0

Doctor Who: The Android Invasion

RSM Benton

1975

Film ★ 7,5

Lay Down Your Arms

Ernie

1970

Film ★ 10,0

Myth Runner

Himself

1987

Film ★ 8,0

Remembering Douglas Camfield

2013

Film ★ 8,0

Return to Devil's End

Self

1993

Film

The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years

2017

Film

Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi

2022

Film

John Levene: In Conversation

Self

2025