Peter Benson (actor)

Peter Benson (actor)

Infobox actor
name = Peter Benson


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Peter Benson (born 13 June 1921) is a British actor probably best known for playing Bernard Scripps in ITVs popular police drama "Heartbeat", which is set in the 1960s. He has played the role since 1995. In the series, 'Bernie' Scripps runs the Aidensfield Garage and the local funeral service. He has often been unwillingly involved in helping first Claude Greengrass Bill Maynard, then half-brother Vernon Scripps Geoffrey Hughes and finally Peggy Armstrong Gwen Taylor with disastrous money-making schemes [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101114/] .

Television and Theatre

Benson's other television and theatre work includes the regional premiere of Stephen Sondheim's "Assassins". On television his credits include the Dauphin in Shaw's "Saint Joan", Richard III in Ron Cook's production of "Richard III", Henry VI in all three parts of "Henry VI" for the BBC Television Shakespeare Series, Reuben with Bill Maynard in Alan Plater's "Trinity Tales", Henry VII in "Blackadder", Bernard in "All Creatures Great and Small" Bor in Dr Who episode "Terminus", and recent roles in the made for TV movie "Merlin" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130414/fullcredits#cast] and "A Touch of Frost".

He has also had parts in "The Royal", "Rumpole of the Bailey", "Jeeves and Wooster", "The Bill", "Peak Practice", "Doctor Who" [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/people/peter_benson.shtml] , "Tenko", and "Lovejoy", among others.

Film roles

His film work include roles in Michael Crichton's "The First Great Train Robbery" [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079240/] , John Boorman's "Excalibur", and Roman Polanski's "Tess" [http://www.tv.com/peter-benson/person/29280/biography.html] .

External references

*imdb name|id=0072611|name=Peter Benson
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/classic/episodeguide/people/peter_benson.shtml Benson and Doctor Who]


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