John Bentley
Biography
John Bentley was a British leading man of the 1940s and 1950s who came into acting through radio, winning a part in a radio musical after singing for the producer Martyn C. Webster, and he later worked as an announcer for Radio Luxembourg. He made his West End stage debut in 1940 in the variety show New Faces, and after the war moved into films, playing Terry O'Keefe in The Hills of Donegal in 1947. He was a popular star of British B-movies, among them the Paul Temple detective stories such as Calling Paul Temple (1948) and the Toff films including Hammer the Toff (1952). He had a supporting role in the comedy The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), starred as Chief Inspector Paul Derek in African Patrol, filmed in Kenya, and played Hugh Mortimer in the soap opera Crossroads. He was also a singer and stage actor.
92years old at death
- Born Sparkhill
- Died Petworth
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 34 years1948 to 1982
Every film, newest first
- 1982Still of the NightIMDb rating 6.0
- 1976The FrontIMDb rating 7.3
- 1952Hammer the ToffIMDb rating 6.1
- 1950The Happiest Days of Your LifeIMDb rating 7.2
- 1948Calling Paul TempleIMDb rating 6.0
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Worked with
John Bentley shares two films with Josef Sommer, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Maclean RogersDirector, 2 films, 1948 to 1952
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