Cast & creator
John Levene
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, Doctor Who
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.
Also known as: John Anthony Blake
39
film credits
19
television credits
57
1962–2025 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (58)
Showing 58 of 58 credits
Doctor Who
RSM Benton
1963Doctor Who
Sergeant Benton
1963Doctor Who
Platoon Under Leader Benton
1963Doctor Who
Sgt. Benton
1963Doctor Who
John Benton
1963
Z-Cars
1962
UFO
Interceptor Pilot
1970
Softly, Softly
1966
Big Bad BeetleBorgs
Lord T.N. Crumpetts
1996
Callan
1967
The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Constable
1971
The Adventurer
Tony
1972
Detective
1964
Doctor Who: Behind the Sofa
Self
2018
Tales of the Tardis
Sergeant Benton
2023
Myth Makers
Himself
2015
Whoops Baghdad
Cassim
1973
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
Motorist
1975
The Jensen Code
Military Policeman
1973
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
1970
The Ties That Bind Us
Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
2008
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Sergeant Benton
1974
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Sergeant Benton
1971
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Sergeant Benton
1971
Doctor Who: Robot
RSM Benton
1975
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Sergeant Benton
1971
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Sergeant Benton
1973
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Sergeant Benton
1972
Dark Places
Doctor
1973
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Sergeant Benton
1972
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Sergeant Benton
1973
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
2001
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
RSM Benton
1975
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Corporal Benton
1968
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Sergeant Benton
1971
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Sergeant Benton
1970
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
RSM Benton
1975
Scotch Mist in Sussex
2013
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2023
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Yeti
1968
Automatons
Communications Captain
2006
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Sergeant Benton
1974
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2017
Lay Down Your Arms
Ernie
1970
Permission to Kill
Adams
1975
Satan Hates You
The Reverend Bernie Shanks
2010
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2015
Return to Devil's End
Self
1993Chronotrip
2002
CanniBallistic!
Bernie Shanks
2002
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2022
Psychomania
Constable
1973
John Levene: In Conversation
Self
2025
Remembering Douglas Camfield
2013
Living with Levene
Self
2012Living with Levene
Thanks
2012
Myth Runner
Himself
1987
Wartime
John Benton
1988