John Levene

Dec 24, 1941 (83 years old) in 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.

Known For

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Doctor Who

RSM Benton

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Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos

Sergeant Benton

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UFO

Interceptor Pilot

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The Ties That Bind Us

Sergeant Benton (archive footage)

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Z-Cars

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Softly, Softly

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Big Bad BeetleBorgs

Lord T.N. Crumpetts

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Callan

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Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death

Sergeant Benton

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The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

Constable

Credits

John Levene: In Conversation 2025

Self

★ NR
Frankenstein Versus Dracula 2024

Bram Stoker

★ NR
The Seduction of Dracula 2024

Dr. Polidori

★ NR
The Reincarnation of Dracula 2024

Dr. Seward

★ NR
Tales of the Tardis 2023

Sergeant Benton

★ 5
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster 2023

★ NR
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi 2022

★ NR
Going Underground: The Making of The Web of Fear 2021

Self

★ NR
Devils Weekend 2021

Self

★ NR
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years 2017

★ NR
Myth Makers 2015

Himself

★ NR
Doctor Who: Yellow Fever and How to Cure It 2013

Benton

★ NR
Scotch Mist in Sussex 2013

★ NR
Remembering Douglas Camfield 2013

★ NR
Living with Levene 2012

Self

★ 8
Satan Hates You 2010

The Reverend Bernie Shanks

★ 4
The Ties That Bind Us 2008

Sergeant Benton (archive footage)

★ NR
Can You Hear the Earth Scream? 2006

Self

★ NR
Automatons 2006

Communications Captain

★ 6.4
Chronotrip 2002

★ 4
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis 2001

★ NR
Myth Makers 37: Roger Delgado 1997

Self

★ NR
Big Bad BeetleBorgs 1996

Lord T.N. Crumpetts

★ 6.6
Return to Devil's End 1993

Self

★ 8
Myth Makers 17: Tom Baker 1989

★ NR
Wartime 1988

John Benton

★ 4.7
Myth Makers 13: John Levene 1987

★ NR
Myth Runner 1987

Himself

★ 10
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion 1975

RSM Benton

★ 7
Permission to Kill 1975

Adams

★ 5.6
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons 1975

RSM Benton

★ 8.1
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose 1975

Motorist

★ 5.5
Doctor Who: Robot 1975

RSM Benton

★ 6.8
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders 1974

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.4
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1974

Sergeant Benton

★ 6.8
Doctor Who: The Green Death 1973

Sergeant Benton

★ 8.6
Dark Places 1973

Doctor

★ 5.5
Psychomania 1973

Constable

★ 5.5
Whoops Baghdad 1973

Cassim

★ 6
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors 1973

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.1
The Adventurer 1972

Tony

★ 5.5
Doctor Who: The Time Monster 1972

Sergeant Benton

★ 5.7
The Regiment 1972

★ 1
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks 1972

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.9
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes 1971

Constable

★ 7.4
Doctor Who: The Dæmons 1971

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.5
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos 1971

Sergeant Benton

★ 6.8
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil 1971

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.5
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons 1971

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.7
UFO 1970

Interceptor Pilot

★ 7.7
Lay Down Your Arms 1970

Ernie

★ 6
Doctor Who: Inferno 1970

Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton

★ 8.8
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death 1970

Sergeant Benton

★ 7.4
Doctor Who: The Invasion 1968

Corporal Benton

★ 9.1
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear 1968

Yeti

★ 7.7
Callan 1967

★ 7
Softly, Softly 1966

★ 5
Detective 1964

★ NR
Doctor Who 1963

RSM Benton

★ 7.9
Z-Cars 1962

★ 7