Derek Benfield

AKA: デレック・ベンフィールド
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1926-03-11

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Biography

Derek Benfield was an English actor and writer.

Crew Roles

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {56}

Physician

1985-06-21 6.242

Lifeforce

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos. ...
Genre :Horror, Science Fiction, Action, Mystery

Man on Bus

1992-10-25 7

Trust Me

Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a publisher, things start to go seriously wrong. ...
Genre :Comedy, Thriller, TV Movie

Dr. Liam Moore

1971-02-16 0

Welcome Home

Dr Frank Bowers has been looking forward to returning home after a long stay in a psychiatric ward. But when he gets there, he finds that not only does no one recognize him, but another man called Fra ...
Genre :Horror, TV Movie

Man In Cafe

1969-11-25 5.385

Crossplot

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous ki ...
Genre :Thriller, Action

Sergeant Byrom

1965-10-31 0

The Siege of Manchester

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War. ...
Genre :War, History

Man in Bar (uncredited)

1958-12-29 6.9

Room at the Top

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Inspector

1980-01-01 0

The Boy Who Never Was

The son of African diplomat is kidnapped and replaced by his double in an attempt to assassinate a VIP at a London conference. ...
Genre :Family

Football Driver

1979-01-01 6.4

The Knowledge

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

Vincent's Father

1982-10-01 3.5

Remembrance

A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, ...
Genre :Drama

Eric

1984-10-30 7

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant. ...
Genre :Comedy, TV Movie

Janitor

1987-08-07 4

The Girl

Pat Carlsson is a 14-year-old Swedish schoolgirl who though very young is very streetwise as she offers sex, for a price, to middle-aged attorney John Berg who can not resist the young girl. What star ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Thriller

Cyril

1973-09-11 0

The Death of Glory

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret ...
Genre :

Grandad

1984-06-30 0

Slimming Down

Mr. Shrigley, a small businessman dealing in office equipment, believes that the recession happens to other people. Unfortunately he is wrong, and, when it catches up with him, he comes up with a plan ...
Genre :

Mr. Cooper

1978-03-28 0

The Girl Who Walked Quickly

A man is kidnapped and brainwashed by political extremists. He is then sent on a mission. ...
Genre :

Police Inspector

1976-02-01 5.1

I Don't Want to Be Born

A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary one. The child is seemingly possessed by the Devil. ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror

Albert Handyside

1980-12-30 5.7

Rumpole's Return

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, Comedy

Minor Role (uncredited)

2008-11-10 5.7

Coronation Street: Out of Africa

Coronation Street: Out of Africa is a 2008 spin-off film featuring locals from the British soap opera Coronation Street, who visit the luxury resort of Sun City, South Africa. Cilla Battersby-Brown, t ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr Franklin

1991-01-03 6.5

The Brittas Empire

The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New T ...
Genre :Comedy

Hector Tolouse

1982-10-01 7.1

Remington Steele

Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male sup ...
Genre :Drama, Family, Comedy

1980-04-11 6.9

The Gentle Touch

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television for ITV which ran from 1980-1984. Commencing transmission on 11 April 1980, the series is notable for bei ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1988-09-04 5.8

First of the Summer Wine

Sitcom prequel to Last of the Summer Wine set in a small Yorkshire village in 1939 as Britain becomes poised for war. ...
Genre :Comedy

1962-01-02 7

Z-Cars

Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in J ...
Genre :Drama

Don

1986-01-10 7.3

Lovejoy

The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers f ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Mystery

1964-11-20 0

R3

R3 is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Full title was Ministry of Research Centre No.3. It was a 50-minute show, and the series starred John Robinson as Sir Micha ...
Genre :

1959-09-16 3.7

No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1970-09-28 7.4

Timeslip

Simon Randall and Liz Skinner discover the existence of a strange anomaly, known as the “Time Barrier”, that enables them to travel in time to different historical periods in alternate pasts and futur ...
Genre :Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Robert Wainthropp

1996-01-03 7.3

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates

Instead of spending her golden years lying down, the indomitable Hetty Wainthropp found her calling late in life. Combining common sense, her husband, and her pocketbook, this senior sleuth takes on a ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Harry Murdoch

1968-07-05 10

The Expert

The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially ...
Genre :Drama

Andrew Gibson

1981-06-03 6

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! was a British sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and was broadcast from April 1983 to December 1984. The series was set in a Salvation Army citadel in the fictional Y ...
Genre :Comedy

Arthur Walton

1981-06-03 6

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! was a British sitcom made by Yorkshire Television for the ITV network and was broadcast from April 1983 to December 1984. The series was set in a Salvation Army citadel in the fictional Y ...
Genre :Comedy

1972-03-10 3.25

The Brothers

The Brothers is a British television series, produced and shown by the BBC between 1972 and 1976. ...
Genre :Drama

Undertaker

1984-09-05 6.4

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense

Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense was a short-lived anthology television series from Hammer Studios. Though similar in format to the 1980 series Hammer House of Horror, the Mystery and Suspense ser ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

1960-10-31 7.154

Maigret

BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

1969-09-16 5.5

Hadleigh

Hadleigh was a British television series made by Yorkshire Television which originally ran from 1969 to 1976. Developed by Robert Barr, it was a sequel to the writer's earlier Gazette for the same com ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Burlington Thrush

1958-09-19 7

The Larkins

'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 19 ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Brown

1979-10-29 6.8

Minder

Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime

Barrister

1958-09-19 7

The Larkins

'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to 1960. An additional two series aired from 1963 to 19 ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Fred Hargrave

1993-05-10 6.1

Peak Practice

Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 ...
Genre :Drama

Rose's Dad

1980-01-01 7

Hi-de-Hi!

Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongs ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Davies

1986-09-06 6.1

Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives. ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Eric Hogarth

1986-09-06 6.1

Casualty

Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives. ...
Genre :Drama, Soap

Mr. Walmsley

1985-09-12 6

The New Statesman

George Vance, custodian of an agricultural museum near Aylesbury, receives news that is about to change his life. Much to his surprise, George inherits the Earldom of Ynys Enlli. ...
Genre :Comedy

Dr. Adams

1989-01-08 8.2

Agatha Christie's Poirot

From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poirot pits his wits against a collection of first clas ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Alf

1992-02-24 7.2

Mulberry

Mulberry was a fantasy situation comedy airing on BBC One in the early 1990s. The creative team behind the programme included writers John Esmonde and Bob Larbey. Mulberry ran for two series: the fi ...
Genre :Comedy

Cloakroom attendant

1964-12-16 7.2

The Likely Lads

Terry Collier and Bob Ferris are good friends. Terry was working class and secure in his life, whereas Bob was more aspirational, determined to work his way to a better place. Both viewed the others' ...
Genre :Comedy

Albert Handyside

1975-12-17 6.9

Rumpole of the Bailey

Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Crime

Mr. Clough

1983-09-25 0

Wilfred and Eileen

Two young people discover true love, only to have their romance threatened by the events of World War I. ...
Genre :

Chairman

1982-01-08 7.6

Shine on Harvey Moon

Shine on Harvey Moon! is a British comedy-drama series made by Central Television for ITV from 8 January 1982 to 23 August 1985 and briefly revived in 1995 by Meridian. This generally light-hearted s ...
Genre :Drama

Arnold Payne

1970-02-09 6

Doomwatch

Doomwatch is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC, which ran on BBC 1 between 1970 and 1972. The series was set in the then present-day, and dealt with a scientific gover ...
Genre :Drama

Andrew Parsons

1965-10-08 6

The Mask of Janus

In the fictional European country of Amalia, the political interests of the British, American and Communist espionage communities are explored. Eschewing the action formula of its ITV contemporaries, ...
Genre :Crime

Osman

1963-04-02 0

Crane

The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion sidekick Orlando, waitress Halina, and local cop C ...
Genre :Action & Adventure, Crime

Mr. Laker

1964-04-24 8

Story Parade

Story Parade specialized in adaptations of modern novels. It was broadcast on June 5, 1964 and repeated on August 28, 1964. The teleplay was by Terry Nation (who invented "Blake's 7" and the Daleks i ...
Genre :

1961-02-12 0

Happily Ever After

Doctor Peter Morgan finds he has his hands full with wife Dora when she embarks on her crazy schemes. ...
Genre :Comedy

Leo Corby

1980-01-11 0

Breakaway

Detective Inspector Sam Harvey investigates intricate murder cases while contemplating retirement to pursue his passion for writing children's books. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama

Sergeant Byrom

1964-05-03 7.2

Theatre 625

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and ...
Genre :Drama

Mike Piper

2000-04-30 4

Hearts and Bones

A group of friends move to London. At the centre are the Rose brothers, Mark and Rich, and Mark’s girlfriend Emma, who harbours a secret obsession with Rich. ...
Genre :Drama