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