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.
Filmography
John Levene: In Conversation
2025
as Self
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2022
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Scotch Mist in Sussex
2013
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
Living with Levene
2012
as Self
Satan Hates You
2010
as The Reverend Bernie Shanks
The Ties That Bind Us
2008
as Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
Automatons
2006
as Communications Captain
- No poster
Chronotrip
2002
CanniBallistic!
2002
as Bernie Shanks
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Return to Devil's End
1993
as Self
Wartime
1988
as John Benton
Myth Runner
1987
as Himself
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
1975
as RSM Benton
Permission to Kill
1975
as Adams
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
1975
as RSM Benton
Doctor Who: Robot
1975
as RSM Benton
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
1974
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
1974
as Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Green Death
1973
as Sergeant Benton