The Reverend Adrian Victor Benjamin (born 1942) is a

prebendary A prebendary is a member of the Roman Catholic or Anglican clergy, a form of canon with a role in the administration of a cathedral or collegiate church. When attending services, prebendaries sit in particular seats, usually at the back of the ...

emeritus of

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

(appointed in October 2007) and a former actor who has appeared with

Richard Burton Richard Burton (; born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his baritone voice, Burton established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s, and he gave a memorable pe ...

and

Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor (February 27, 1932 – March 23, 2011) was a British-American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the early 1940s and was one of the most popular stars of classical Hollywood cinema in the 1950s. ...

. He is a graduate of

Wadham College, Oxford Wadham College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is located in the centre of Oxford, at the intersection of Broad Street and Parks Road. Wadham College was founded in 1610 by Dorothy W ...

(BA, 1966; MA, 1968). He was vicar of All Saints' Church,

Friern Barnet Friern Barnet is a suburban area within the London Borough of Barnet, north of Charing Cross. Its centre is formed by the busy intersection of Colney Hatch Lane (running north and south), Woodhouse Road (taking westbound traffic towards North Fi ...

from 1975 until 2012, and the religious editor for the ITV Oracle service since 1983. He played the Pope in the film '' Dr Faustus'' (1967).IMDB entry
Accessed 6 Oct 2007 He was a contestant on ''The Search''.

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1942 births Male actors from London Living people Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford 20th-century Church of England clergy English male actors People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Alford 20th-century English male actors {{UK-reli-bio-stub