Biography
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.
Acted in 46
2020s
- 2023
Tales of the Tardis
Sergeant Benton · 1 episode
Time and Atlantis: Chronicling The Time Monster
Movie
- 2022
Doctor on Display: The Museum of Classic Sci-Fi
Movie
2010s
- 2017
The Doctors: The Jon Pertwee Years
Movie
- 2015
Longleat '83: The Lost Footage
Movie
- 2013
Scotch Mist in Sussex
Movie
Remembering Douglas Camfield
Movie
- 2010
Satan Hates You
The Reverend Bernie Shanks
2000s
- 2008
The Ties That Bind Us
Sergeant Benton (archive footage)
- 2006
Automatons
Communications Captain
- 2002
CanniBallistic!
Bernie Shanks
- 2001
ReUNITed at Chicago Tardis
Movie
1980s
- 1988
Wartime
John Benton
1970s
- 1975
Doctor Who: The Android Invasion
RSM Benton
Permission to Kill
Adams
Doctor Who: Terror of the Zygons
RSM Benton
The Growing Pains of PC Penrose
Motorist · 1 episode
Doctor Who: Robot
RSM Benton
- 1974
Doctor Who: Planet of the Spiders
Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Sergeant Benton
- 1973
Doctor Who: The Green Death
Sergeant Benton
Psychomania
Constable
The Jensen Code
Military Policeman · 2 episodes
Whoops Baghdad
Cassim · 1 episode
Doctor Who: The Three Doctors
Sergeant Benton
- 1972
Doctor Who: The Time Monster
Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: Day of the Daleks
Sergeant Benton
- 1971
Doctor Who: The Dæmons
Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Claws of Axos
Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil
Sergeant Benton
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons
Sergeant Benton
- 1970
Lay Down Your Arms
Ernie
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sergeant Benton / Platoon Under Leader Benton
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death
Sergeant Benton
1960s
- 1968
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Corporal Benton
Doctor Who: The Web of Fear
Yeti
- 1967
- 1966
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
Appearances6
2020s
- 2025
John Levene: In Conversation
Self
2010s
- 2018
- 2015
- 2012
Living with Levene
Self
1990s
- 1993
Return to Devil's End
Self
1980s
- 1987
Myth Runner
Himself
Thanked in the credits1
2010s
- 2012
Living with Levene
Thanks