John Bennett was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley Bristol Old Vic Dundee the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to Londons West End Often cast as a villain Bennett had many roles on television including Market in Honey Lane Porridge Survivors The Avengers Strange Report Bergerac The Professionals and four episodes of The Saint Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Alexander licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia