John Levene
Acting
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
2025John Levene: In Conversation
Self
2023Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
2022Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
2017The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
2015Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
2013Scotch Mist in Sussex
2013Remembering Douglas Camfield
2012Living with Levene
Self
2010Satan Hates You
The Reverend Bernie Shanks
2008The Ties That Bind Us
Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
2006Automatons
Communications Captain
2002CanniBallistic!
Bernie Shanks
2001ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
1993Return to Devil's End
Self
1988Wartime
John Benton
1987Myth Runner
Himself
1975Permission to Kill
Adams
1975Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
RSM Benton
1975Doctor Who: Robot
RSM Benton
1975Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
RSM Benton
1974Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Sergeant Benton
1974Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Sergeant Benton
1973Dark Places
Doctor
1973Psychomania
Constable