John Levene
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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
Credits
Dark Places (1973)
as Doctor
Psychomania (1973)
as Constable
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks (1972)
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion (1975)
as RSM Benton
The Ties That Bind Us (2008)
as Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
Doctor Who: Robot (1975)
as RSM Benton
Permission to Kill (1975)
as Adams
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors (1973)
as Sergeant Benton
Myth Runner (1987)
as Himself
Doctor Who: The Dæmons (1971)
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970)
as Sergeant Benton
Return to Devil's End (1993)
as Self
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders (1974)
as Sergeant Benton
Satan Hates You (2010)
as The Reverend Bernie Shanks
Wartime (1988)
as John Benton
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons (1975)
as RSM Benton
Doctor Who: The Time Monster (1972)
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Green Death (1973)
as Sergeant Benton
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage (2015)
Actor
Doctor Who: Inferno (1970)
as Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear (1968)
as Yeti
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos (1971)
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Invasion (1968)
as Corporal Benton
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs (1974)
as Sergeant Benton
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis (2001)
Actor
Automatons (2006)
as Communications Captain
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years (2017)
Actor
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster (2023)
Actor
Scotch Mist in Sussex (2013)
Actor
Lay Down Your Arms (1970)
as Ernie
Living with Levene (2012)
as Self
John Levene: In Conversation (2025)
as Self
Remembering Douglas Camfield (2013)
Actor
Chronotrip (2002)
Actor
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi (2022)
Actor
CanniBallistic! (2002)
as Bernie Shanks