John Bentley was born on December 2, 1916 in Sparkhill,
Birmingham, England. He was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as
Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera “Crossroads”.
He also starred in the jungle adventure series “African Patrol” (1957) as Chief
Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances. Although he made
a few ‘A’ films such as the romantic lead in “The Happiest Days of Your Life”
(1950) he was relegated mainly to ‘B’ films. Always likeable and authoritative,
he was at his best playing sympathetic police inspectors as in his only
Euro-western “The Singer Not the Song” (1961) where he played the chief of
police. Bentley died on August 13, 2009 in Petworth, Sussex, England.
BENTLEY,
John [12/2/1916, Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, U.K. -
8/13/2009, Petworth, Sussex, England, U.K.] – singer, stage, TV actor.
The Singer Not the Song - 1961 (chief
of police)
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