John Bentley
John Bentley was born on December 2, 1916 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England. He was an actor, known for Calling Paul Temple (1948), Final Appointment (1954) and Salute the Toff (1952). He was married to Patricia Smith. He died on August 13, 2009 in Petworth, West Sussex, England.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.7096 |
| Birthday | 1916-12-02 |
| Place of Birth | Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1955
Dial 999
4.9/10
A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed f...
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Dial 999
1952
The Big Frame
4.5/9
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into...
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The Big Frame
1955
Confession
6.286/7
A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several deaths and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he...
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Confession
1958
Submarine Seahawk
5.125/8
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japan...
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Submarine Seahawk
1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life
6.721/43
Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The s...
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The Happiest Days of Your Life
1953
Black Orchid
4.9/10
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Ch...
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Black Orchid
1954
River Beat
6.3/8
British diamond smugglers use the radiowoman (Phyllis Kirk) from a freighter docked on the Thames to unwittingly "mule" their swag, hidden in cigarett...
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River Beat
1961
The Singer Not the Song
6.421/19
A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.
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The Singer Not the Song
1954
Final Appointment
6.143/7
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took pl...
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Final Appointment
1960
Sacred Waters
6.833/3
Water is a scarce and sometimes dangerous resource in the Swiss Mountain Village. Anytime the wooden pipe is damaged and the supply breaks, one man fr...
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Sacred Waters
1952
Tread Softly
5.667/6
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
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Tread Softly
1976
The Front
7/185
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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The Front
1961
Mary Had a Little...
4/2
A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
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Mary Had a Little...
1957
Istanbul
6/9
A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?
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Istanbul
1950
Bait
10/1
John Bentley stars as a man who returns home to claim his inheritance. He soon learns his half brother has spent his fortune and is mixed up with jewe...
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Bait
1952
Paul Temple Returns
6.083/6
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the vic...
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Paul Temple Returns
1950
She Shall Have Murder
10/1
A clerk in a law office investigates a murder, and finds that nearly all her colleagues at work have a motive.
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She Shall Have Murder
1955
The Flaw
6/6
A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate th...
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The Flaw
1954
The Scarlet Spear
6.5/2
In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and...
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The Scarlet Spear
1961
The Sinister Man
10/1
When a corpse is found in the Thames, the only clue is that the dead man was killed by a karate or judo expert.
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The Sinister Man
1955
Stolen Assignment
5.75/6
Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has n...
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Stolen Assignment
1948
Calling Paul Temple
6.7/5
Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.
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Calling Paul Temple
1950
Paul Temple's Triumph
9/2
A husband-and-wife detective team look into the murder of one of her friends, whose father--a prominent scientist--has been kidnapped. They find thems...
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Paul Temple's Triumph
1952
The Woman's Angle
8/1
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search,...
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The Woman's Angle
1949
Ten Little Indians
9/1
Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid spin...
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Ten Little Indians
1954
Golden Ivory
6/4
Set amid the magnificent scenery of the Kenyan bush, this safari adventure from 1954 depicts the many dangers faced by a group of British settlers in...
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Golden Ivory
1953
Men Against the Sun
5.375/4
An adventure story dealing with the building of a railway in Africa at the turn of the century.
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Men Against the Sun
1960
Alice Through the Looking Box
0/0
A Christmas TV special in which Alice does not go through a looking glass, but through a TV set.
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Alice Through the Looking Box
1952
Salute the Toff
5.714/7
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
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Salute the Toff
1950
Torment
7/3
A story of two brothers, both writers of crime novels, one a fine, upstanding gentleman and the other a moody, neurotic, psychopath. The other is dete...
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Torment
1954
Profile
6/4
The editor of a magazine falls in love with the publisher's daughter. The only trouble is that the publisher's wife quite fancies him as well. Then he...
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Profile
1956
Flight from Vienna
6/4
A Hungarian Secret Service official attempts to defect the country and earn political asylum in the West.
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Flight from Vienna
1950
A Christmas Carol
9/1
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his yout...
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A Christmas Carol
1954
Double Exposure
6.5/2
A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer!
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Double Exposure
1952
Hammer the Toff
6.429/7
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
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Hammer the Toff
1947
The Hills of Donegal
4.5/2
Eileen Hannay (Dinah Sheridan) is the singing star of an Irish operatic society but gives up to marry Terry O'Keefe (John Bentley).
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The Hills of Donegal
1963
Shadow of Treason
5.2/5
Steve, newly arrived in Trieste, saves Tina from being shot in her own night-club. She engages him as a bodyguard come detective, giving him a list of...
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Shadow of Treason
1956
Escape in the Sun
10/1
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Escape in the Sun
1962
The Fur Collar
7/1
A reporter feigns death, in order to trap a fugitive and uncover a spy ring.
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The Fur Collar
1982
Still of the Night
5.723/168
When one of his patients is found murdered, psychiatrist Dr. Sam Rice is visited by the investigating officer but refuses to give up any information....
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Still of the Night
1956
White Corridors
0/0
As her friend suffers from a violent appendicitis attack, Ellen takes her to a London hospital in the dead of night. Despite the night nurse's reticen...
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