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Jonathan Edmund Fulford "John" Turner (9 November 1951 – 16 June 2020), better known by his
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John Benfield, was a British character actor.


Biography

Benfield appeared in 75 television episodes or films starting in 1981 with small parts in
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drama adaptations, such as ''The Winter's Tale'' and ''The Day of the Triffids''. Benfield lived in
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with his wife, Lilian. They had one son. He died of
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in June 2020 at the age of 68.


Filmography


Film

*''Breakout'' (1984) as Minder *''
Whoops Apocalypse ''Whoops Apocalypse'' is a six-part 1982 television sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made by London Weekend Television for ITV. Marshall and Renwick later reworked the concept as a 1986 film of the same name from ITC Entertainment ...
'' (1986) as Secret Service Agent *'' Buster'' (1988) as Jimmy *'' Hidden Agenda'' (1990) as Maxwell *''
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'' (1993) as Chief Prison Officer Barker *'' Beautiful Thing'' (1996) as Rodney Barr *'' 101 Dalmatians'' (1996) as Doorman *''
Owd Bob ''Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir'', also titled ''Bob, Son of Battle'' for US editions, is a children's book by English author Alfred Ollivant. It was published in 1898 and became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, though ...
'' (1998) as Blake *''
Cousin Bette ''La Cousine Bette'' (, ''Cousin Bette (given name), Bette'') is an 1846 novel by French author Honoré de Balzac. Set in mid-19th-century Paris, it tells the story of an unmarried middle-aged woman who plots the destruction of her extended fami ...
'' (1998) as Dr. Bianchon *'' You're Dead'' (1999) as Badger *''
24 Hours in London ''24 Hours in London'' is a 2000 British crime thriller film directed by Alexander Finbow and starring Gary Olsen and Anjela Lauren Smith. The film takes place in London in the year 2009. Plot Crime lord Christian controls the streets of London ...
'' (2000) as Insp. Duggan *''
Lover's Prayer An intimate relationship is an interpersonal relationship that involves physical or emotional intimacy. Although an intimate relationship is commonly a sexual relationship, it may also be a non-sexual relationship involving family, friends, or ...
'' (2001) as Nirmansky *''Endgame'' (2001) as Dunston *''Den tredje vågen'' (2003) as Stevens *''
Evilenko ''Evilenko'' is a 2004 English language, English-language Cinema of Italy, Italian Crime film, crime Horror film, horror Thriller (genre), thriller film very loosely based on the Soviet Union, Soviet serial killer Andrei Chikatilo. Written and dir ...
'' (2004) *''
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'' (2007) as Frank *''
Cassandra's Dream ''Cassandra's Dream'' is a 2007 thriller drama film written and directed by Woody Allen. Filmed in the United Kingdom, it was released in 2007 in Europe and in January 2008 in the United States. It was developed as a British-French-American co-pr ...
'' (2007) as Brian Blaine *''
Speed Racer ''Speed Racer'', also known as , is a Japanese media franchise about Auto racing, automobile racing. ''Mach GoGoGo'' was originally serialized in print in Shueisha's 1966 ''Shōnen Book''. It was released in tankōbon book form by Sun W ...
'' (2008) as Cruncher Block *''
The Best Offer ''The Best Offer'' ( it, La migliore offerta – entitled ''Deception'' in the UK) is a 2013 English-language Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore. The film stars Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks ...
'' (2013) as Barman *'' Cold Skin'' (2017) as Captain Axel *'' Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle'' (2018) as Wolf Elder (voice) *''
The Coldest Game ''The Coldest Game'' (Polish: ''Ukryta gra'') is a 2019 English-language Polish spy film. It is directed by Łukasz Kośmicki and stars Bill Pullman as Joshua Mansky, an American alcoholic former chess champion who becomes involved in a Cold War ...
'' (2019) as Dr. Peter (final film role)


TV

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Eurocops ''Eurocops'' is a European television crime TV-series produced between 1988 and 1992. It is a co-production between seven European TV stations in which each station produced a number of episodes which were then pooled, dubbed and otherwise adapt ...
'' (1988-1990) as DC George Jackson *''
Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...
'' (1990 TV Movie) as Black Dog *''
Prime Suspect ''Prime Suspect'' is a British police procedural television drama series devised by Lynda La Plante. It stars Helen Mirren as Jane Tennison, one of the first female Detective Chief Inspectors in Greater London's Metropolitan Police Service, who ...
'' (1991-1995) as Superintendent Michael Kernan *''
Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...
'' (1993) as Henri Lautier *''
Sharpe's Revenge ''Sharpe's Revenge'' is the nineteenth historical novel in the Richard Sharpe series written by Bernard Cornwell, first published in 1989. The peace of 1814 formally ends the Peninsular War, but it does not end all hostilities among individua ...
'' (1997) as General Calvet *''
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'' (1999) *''
The Worst Week of My Life ''The Worst Week of My Life'' is a British television sitcom, first broadcast on BBC One between March and April 2004. A second series was aired between November and December 2005 and a three-part Christmas special, ''The Worst Christmas of My ...
'' (2004) as Ron Steel


Other

*'' Doctor Who: Circular Time'' (Audio Drama)


References


External links

* 1951 births 2020 deaths British male film actors British male television actors {{UK-screen-actor-stub