John Levene
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.
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Acting History
2025
John Levene: In Conversation as Self
2024Frankenstein Versus Dracula as Bram Stoker
2024The Seduction of Dracula as Dr. Polidori
2024The Reincarnation of Dracula as Dr. Seward
2023Tales of the Tardis as Sergeant Benton
2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2022Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2015Myth Makers as Himself
2013Doctor Who: Yellow Fever and How to Cure It as Benton
2013Scotch Mist in Sussex
2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
2012Living with Levene as Self
2010Satan Hates You as The Reverend Bernie Shanks
2008The Ties That Bind Us as Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
2006Automatons as Communications Captain
2002Chronotrip
2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
1996Big Bad BeetleBorgs as Lord T.N. Crumpetts
1993Return to Devil's End as Self
1988Wartime as John Benton
1987Myth Runner as Himself
1975Doctor Who: The Android Invasion as RSM Benton
1975Permission to Kill as Adams
1975Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons as RSM Benton
1975The Growing Pains of PC Penrose as Motorist
1975Doctor Who: Robot as RSM Benton
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders as Sergeant Benton
1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs as Sergeant Benton
1973Doctor Who: The Green Death as Sergeant Benton
1973Dark Places as Doctor
1973Psychomania as Constable
1973Whoops Baghdad as Cassim
1973Doctor Who: The Three Doctors as Sergeant Benton
1972The Adventurer as Tony
1972Doctor Who: The Time Monster as Sergeant Benton
1972The Regiment
1972Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks as Sergeant Benton
1971The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Constable
1971Doctor Who: The Dæmons as Sergeant Benton
1971Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos as Sergeant Benton
1971Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil as Sergeant Benton
1971Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons as Sergeant Benton
1970UFO as Interceptor Pilot
1970Lay Down Your Arms as Ernie
1970Doctor Who: Inferno as Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
1970Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death as Sergeant Benton
1968Doctor Who: The Invasion as Corporal Benton
1968Doctor Who: The Web of Fear as Yeti
1967Callan
1966Softly, Softly
1964Detective
1963Doctor Who as RSM Benton
1963Doctor Who as Sergeant Benton
1963Doctor Who as Platoon Under Leader Benton
1963Doctor Who as Sgt. Benton
1963Doctor Who as John Benton
1962Z-Cars