Editing Hywel Bennett

{{Short description|Welsh actor (1944–2017)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Hywel Bennett
| image         = HywelBennett1966.jpg
| caption       = Bennett in 1966
| birth_name    = Hywel Thomas Bennett
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|df=y|1944|04|08}}
| birth_place   = [[Garnant]], [[Carmarthenshire]], Wales
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|df=y|2017|07|24|1944|4|8}}
| death_place   =
| occupation    = Actor
| alma_mater    = [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
| years_active  = 1965–2007
| spouse        = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|[[Cathy McGowan (presenter)|Cathy McGowan]]|1970|1988|reason=div}}
* {{marriage|Sandra Layne Fulford|1998}}
}}
| children      = 1
| relatives     = [[Alun Lewis (actor)|Alun Lewis]] (brother)<br>[[Amelia Warner]] (niece)<br>[[Grace Crompton]] (granddaughter)
}}

'''Hywel Thomas Bennett'''<ref name="obituary">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/04/hywel-bennett-obituary|title=Hywel Bennett obituary|first=Anthony|last=Hayward|date=4 August 2017|via=www.theguardian.com}}</ref>{{efn|According to director [[Roy Boulting]], Bennett was not consistent on the pronunciation of his given name: "It's pronounced 'Howell' or 'Hugh-el,' ... {{nowrap|altho ''[sic]''}} he seems to use one pronunciation one day, and another the next."<ref name="Terry">{{cite news |last1=Terry |first1=Clifford |title=Little Hayley Now Mature Miss Mills |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37501423/clifford-terry-little-hayley-now/ |work=Chicago Tribune |date=9 July 1967|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>}} (8 April 1944 – 24 July 2017) was a Welsh film and television actor. He had a lead role in  ''[[The Family Way]]'' (1966) and played the titular "thinking man's layabout" James Shelley in the television sitcom ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' (1979–1992).<ref name="i"/>

Bennett played opposite [[Hayley Mills]] in ''The Family Way'', ''[[Twisted Nerve]]'' (1968) and ''[[Endless Night (1972 film)|Endless Night]]'' (1972). Other notable film roles include Private Brigg in the [[Comedy film|comedy]] ''[[The Virgin Soldiers (film)|The Virgin Soldiers]]'' (1969), Dennis in ''[[Loot (1970 film)|Loot]]'' (1970) and Edwin Antony in ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]'' (1971). Bennett's character, [[Ricki Tarr]], was pivotal in the BBC serial adaptation of [[John le Carré]]'s ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)|Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' (1979). In later years, he was often cast in villainous roles including Mr Croup in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Neverwhere]]'' (1996), Peter Baxter in [[ITV Network|ITV]] police drama ''[[The Bill]]'' (2002) and crime boss [[Jack Dalton (EastEnders)|Jack Dalton]] in ''[[EastEnders]]'' (2003).

==Early life==
Bennett was born on 8 April 1944 in [[Garnant]], [[Carmarthenshire]], Wales, the son of Sarah Gwen (née Lewis) and Gorden Bennett.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/65/Hywel-Bennett.html|title=Hywel Bennett Biography (1944–)|website=www.filmreference.com}}</ref> His first language was [[Welsh language|Welsh]]; he learned to speak [[English language|English]] in an accent he called "London-Welsh" after the family moved to south London when he was four.<ref name="aberdeen">{{cite journal |last1=Samuel |first1=Graham |title=His first big role was Ophelia |journal=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=22 February 1973 |page=10 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19730222/203/0010 |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="timesobit">{{cite web |title=Hywel Bennett |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/hywel-bennett-obituary-2jkqdnnkl |website=[[The Times]] |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> He was the brother of actor [[Alun Lewis (actor)|Alun Lewis]], who is best known for playing [[Vic Windsor]] in ''[[Emmerdale]]''. Bennett attended Sunnyhill School, [[Streatham]], Henry Thornton Grammar School, [[Clapham]] (1955–62) and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref name=i/>

==Career==
Bennett debuted on stage in the role of Ophelia in a [[Sondheim Theatre|Queen's Theatre]] production of ''[[Hamlet]]'' in 1959.<ref name=i/> He continued with the company for five years, his roles including Richmond in ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' at the [[Scala Theatre]] in 1963. After a brief period working as a supply teacher,<ref name="aberdeen"/> Bennett won a scholarship to train at [[RADA|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] and performed in repertory in [[Salisbury]] and [[Leatherhead]].<ref name="obituary"/><ref name="i">{{cite news|last1=Williamson|first1=Marcus|title=Hywel Bennett obituary: Beloved actor who rose to fame as a sitcom star|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hywel-bennett-actor-thames-television-shelley-a7874336.html|access-date=23 October 2017|work=[[The Independent]]|date=3 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023234814/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/hywel-bennett-actor-thames-television-shelley-a7874336.html|archive-date=23 October 2017}}</ref> He made his television debut in 1964, making early appearances in episodes of ''[[The Chase (Doctor Who)|Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Theatre 625]]''. In 1966, he appeared as the lead Willy Turner in [[BBC One|BBC1]] ''[[The Wednesday Play|Wednesday Play]]'' "Where the Buffalo Roam". This role as a mentally disturbed, cowboy-obsessed teenager was the first of many parts in [[Dennis Potter]] television plays.<ref name=bfiobit>{{cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/obituaries/hywel-bennett-obituary|title=Hywel Bennett obituary: fashionable young man who grew up fast – Sight & Sound}}</ref>

His first film appearance was as Leonardo in the 1966 Italian ''Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare'' ("It's my husband and I'll decide when to kill him"), directed by [[Pasquale Festa Campanile]], a comedy in which a young wife carefully plans to murder her husband, who is 40 years her senior, to marry a young beatnik.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b740cd528 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311153147/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b740cd528 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 March 2016 |title=Il MARITO È MIO E L'AMMAZZO QUANDO MI PARE (1967) |publisher=BFI |date=2 July 2015 |access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> Bennett then starred as nervously virginal newlywed Arthur Fitton opposite [[Hayley Mills]] in the [[Boulting brothers]]' adaptation of [[Bill Naughton]]'s play ''[[The Family Way]]'' (1966). He was cast after John Boulting saw him in the [[Alan Plater]] play ''A Smashing Day''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bramwell |first1=Tony |title=Magical Mystery Tours: My Life with the Beatles |date=8 December 2014 |publisher=Portico |isbn=9780312330439 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2E4mEAAAQBAJ&dq=hywel+bennett+a+smashing+time&pg=PT155}}</ref> and felt he had "the appearance of both sensitivity and masculinity."<ref name="hayley">[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37501423/clifford_terry_little_hayley_now/ Little Hayley Now Mature Miss Mills], Clifford, Terry. ''Chicago Tribune'' 9 July 1967: f13.</ref> The success of the film gained Bennett a contract with [[British Lion Films]]<ref name="bfiobit"/> and led the ''[[News of the World]]'' to dub him "the face of '67".<ref name="timesobit"/> He considered his looks "a boon and a curse. It won me quick fame, but I was a serious actor being written up as a pin-up boy and sex symbol... ...I used to wish for a broken nose."<ref name="timesobit"/> He was reunited with Mills and the Boultings in the psychological thriller ''[[Twisted Nerve]]'' (1968), playing Martin Durnley in what the [[British Film Institute]] has described as "one of cinema's most striking depictions of evil".<ref name=bfiobit/> In 1969, he starred as Private Brigg in ''[[The Virgin Soldiers]]'', a [[comedy drama|comedy-drama]] film set during the [[Malayan Emergency]]. Bennett described the film as "the story of a young soldier's love affair with a Chinese prostitute. And his fear in combat. One day he runs the wrong way and accidentally becomes a hero."<ref name="i"/> In 1969, contemporary critic [[Roger Ebert]] called him "one of England's best young actors".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title=Interview with Hywel Bennett |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/interviews/interview-with-hywel-bennett |website=Roger Ebert |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>

Bennett's film roles continued into the 1970s, notably with the film adaptation of [[Joe Orton]]'s ''[[Loot (play)|Loot]]'' (1970) and ''[[Endless Night (1972 film)|Endless Night]]'' (1972), an [[Agatha Christie]] adaptation again pairing him with Hayley Mills. He was the preferred choice for the role of Brian Roberts in [[Bob Fosse]]'s ''[[Cabaret (1972 film)|Cabaret]]'' (1972), but wrongly assumed it was a singing role and didn't read the script. The part went to [[Michael York]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stacey |first1=Pat |title=Bogie Men |journal=Evening Herald |date=11 August 2007 |page=21 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001730/20070811/115/0021 |access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref> He starred in the [[Ralph Thomas]]-directed [[Sex comedy|sex comedies]] ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]'' (1971), in which he plays a shy young man who becomes the recipient of the world's first penis transplant, and ''[[The Love Ban]]'' (1973).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/hywel-bennett-p5393/filmography|title=Hywel Bennett – Movies and Filmography – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> Of this period in his career, Bennett would later state "I had come in at the tail end of everything, the studio system and so on. I found myself in the early 70s with nowhere to go."<ref name="obituary"/>

He maintained a career in the theatre. His [[Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck]] in a 1967 [[List of Edinburgh festivals|Edinburgh Festival]] production of ''[[A Midsummer Night's Dream]]'' was described by ''[[The Illustrated London News|Illustrated London News]]'' as "the best since [[Leslie French]]".<ref name="edinburgh">{{cite journal |last1=Trewin |first1=J. C. |title=Fantasy at Edinburgh |journal=Illustrated London News |page=30 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001578/19670902/059/0029 |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> He returned to the festival in 1990 as [[Long John Silver]] in a stage adaptation of [[Robert Louis Stevenson]]'s ''[[Treasure Island]]''.<ref name="treasure">{{cite journal |last1=Snape |first1=Tony |title=Treasure Island |journal=The Stage |date=4 October 1990 |page=25 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19901004/133/0025 |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref> He appeared in several [[Royal National Theatre|National Theatre]] productions including playing [[Mark Antony]] in ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]'' (the [[Young Vic]], 1972) and Marlow in the ''[[She Stoops to Conquer]]'' (the [[Lyttelton Theatre]], 1984). Other notable roles include [[Prince Hal]] in ''[[Henry IV, Part 1|Henry IV, Parts 1]] & [[Henry IV, Part 2|2]]'' (the [[Mermaid Theatre]], 1970), the lead in [[Hamlet]] on a 1974 South African tour and Andrey Prozorov in ''[[Three Sisters (play)|Three Sisters]]'' (the [[Noël Coward Theatre|Albery Theatre]], 1987).<ref name="obituary"/> He also directed productions in provincial theatres, including a 1975 adaptation of [[J. B. Priestley]]'s ''I Have Been Here Before'' at Theatr Gwynedd, [[Bangor, Gwynedd|Bangor]].<ref name="gwynedd">{{cite journal |title=Show hits the road |journal=North Wales Weekly News |date=30 January 1975 |page=16 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003119/19750130/407/0016 |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>

Bennett's television career resumed with appearances in episodes of ''Play for Today'' (1973) and ''[[The Sweeney]]'' (1976).<ref name="bfi3">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b740cd528|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311153147/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b740cd528|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2016|title=Il MARITO È MIO E L'AMMAZZO QUANDO MI PARE (1967)|date=2 July 2015|publisher=BFI|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> In 1978, he appeared in Dennis Potter's musical drama ''[[Pennies from Heaven (TV series)|Pennies from Heaven]]'' as Tom, a pimp. In 1979, Bennett appeared as the field agent [[Ricki Tarr]] in [[Arthur Hopcraft]]'s six-part [[BBC Two|BBC2]] adaptation of [[John le Carré]]'s novel ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' (1979), playing the character with "an ever-thinning veneer of boyish charm masking years of self-delusion and betrayal" according to the BFI.<ref name=bfiobit/> Bennett then starred in two further BBC miniseries - ''[[Malice Aforethought (TV series)|Malice Aforethought]]'' (1979) and ''The Consultant'' (1981).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b852ea58a|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211060755/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b852ea58a|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2017|title=Malice Aforethought Part 3 (1979)}}</ref> In 1981, he played [[occult]] novelist Gideon Harlax in [[David Rudkin]]'s television play ''[[Artemis 81]]''.<ref name="artemis">{{cite web |title=Artemis 81 |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/e4712cf3ce794d8d9c47c637bf8dbadd |website=BBC Genome |access-date=6 December 2021}}</ref>

In 1979 he took the lead role in the [[Thames Television]] sitcom ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]'' (1979–84) as the titular "professional freelance layabout" James Shelley, a philosophical and sardonic geography graduate with no desire to work.<ref name="obituary"/><ref name=bfiobit/> The series, created by [[Peter Tilbury]], drew audiences of up to 18 million viewers.<ref name="comedyguide">{{cite web |title=Hywel Bennett dies aged 73 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/news/2724/hywel_bennett_rip/ |website=British Comedy Guide |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> According to Bennett, "the writers had done something pretty amazing. They had created what was almost a monologue and turned it into a popular sitcom."<ref name="obituary"/> The programme resumed, initially under the title ''The Return of Shelley'', in 1988 and continued until 1992.

During the 1980s, Bennett was the voice of [[British Rail]] in their advertisements featuring the slogan "We're getting there".<ref name="timesobit"/> He provided further voiceovers for [[Budweiser]] and [[Hoffmeister]] advertisements.<ref name="mirror interview">{{cite journal |last1=Bonner |first1=Hilary |last2=Bennett |first2=Hywel |title=The Day I Nearly Died |journal=Daily Mirror |date=20 September 1988 |page=9 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19880920/039/0009 |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref> In 1986, he played the investigative journalist Allan Blakeston in [[Paula Milne]]'s single drama ''Frankie and Johnnie'', a production he described as "one of the best things I've done in quite a long time". He lost weight to give the character a "hungry and haunted look".<ref name="timesobit"/><ref name="mafham">{{cite journal |last1=Mafham |first1=Rowena |title=Old style journalist is new role for 'Shelley' |journal=Aberdeen Press and Journal |date=30 January 1986 |page=4 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000578/19860130/095/0004 |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref> The following year, he played an architect whose reaction to urban violence is to steadily turn his suburban home into a virtual fortress in [[Andy Hamilton]]'s black comedy ''Checkpoint Chiswick'', part of the ''[[Tickets for the Titanic]]'' [[anthology series]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Checkpoint Chiswick |journal=The Stage |date=31 July 1986 |page=17 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001180/19860731/109/0017 |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>

By the mid-1990s alcoholism and treatment for an overactive [[thyroid]]<ref name="mirror interview"/> had altered Bennett's appearance.<ref name=bfiobit/><ref name="herald">{{cite journal |last1=Pendreigh |first1=Brian |title=Obituary - Hywel Bennett, actor best-known for the sit-com Shelley |journal=The Herald |date=4 August 2017 |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/15455143.obituary---hywel-bennett-actor-best-known-sit-com-shelley/ |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref> He was often cast in unsavoury roles including club owner Arthur 'Pig' Mallion in Dennis Potter's final, linked television plays ''[[Karaoke (play)|Karaoke]]'' and ''[[Cold Lazarus]]'' (both 1996) and the villainous Mr Croup in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s serial ''[[Neverwhere]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2017080441262/EastEnders-star-Hywel-Bennett-passes-away/|title=EastEnders star Hywel Bennett passes away aged 73|date=4 August 2017}}</ref> On film, he played in [[Hawley Harvey Crippen|Dr. Crippen]] in ''[[Deadly Advice]]'' (1994) and [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]] in ''[[Vatel (film)|Vatel]]'' (2000). He appeared in ''[[Lock, Stock...]]'' (2000) as Deep Throat<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b846a10a4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211055217/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b846a10a4|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2017|title=Lock, Stock...And Spaghetti Sauce (2000)}}</ref> and joined the cast of the long-running soap opera ''[[EastEnders]]'' in 2003, playing [[Jack Dalton (EastEnders)|Jack Dalton]] – the ruthless gangland kingpin of [[Walford]]. Other late television appearances include ten appearances as sex offender Peter Baxter in ''[[The Bill]]'' (2002–2005) and as Dr. Mike Vine in the first episode of ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]'' (2006).<ref name="herald"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba124f9ec|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053856/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba124f9ec|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 August 2017|title=Hywel Bennett}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/jam-and-jerusalem/cast/|title=Jam and Jerusalem|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref> His final television role was opposite [[Peter Davison]] in an episode of ''[[The Last Detective]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite web |title=Dangerous Liaisons |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901206/?ref_=tt_ch |website=Imdb |access-date=5 December 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life and death==
In 1970 Bennett married [[Cathy McGowan (presenter)|Cathy McGowan]], who had been the presenter of the music television programme ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'' (1963–66). They had a daughter, Emma. The marriage was dissolved in 1988. In September 1986, Bennett sought treatment for alcoholism at the [[Priory Hospital]], Roehampton.<ref name="mirror interview"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Belsham |first1=Philip |title=TV Shelley dries out |journal=Daily Mirror |date=9 September 1986 |page=1 |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000560/19860909/004/0001 |access-date=8 December 2021}}</ref> In 1998, he married Sandra Layne Fulford and they later moved to an old cottage near the sea, at [[Deal, Kent]].<ref name="telegraph/obit/hywel-bennett">{{cite news |title=hywel-bennett-actor-best-known-shelley-obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/08/03/hywel-bennett-actor-best-known-shelley-obituary/ |access-date=28 April 2025 |work=[[telegraph.co.uk]] |date=2017-08-03}}</ref><ref name="obituary"/> Bennett retired from acting in 2007 after being diagnosed with a congenital heart defect.<ref name="obituary"/> He died on 24 July 2017 at the age of 73.<ref name="Gazette">{{cite web |title=Hywel Bennett |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/2841219 |website=The Gazette |access-date=12 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40814843|work=[[BBC News]]|title=Hywel Bennett, star of television and film, dies aged 73|date=3 August 2017|access-date=3 August 2017}}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''
| [[Octavius Caesar]]
| TV film
|-
| 1966
| ''[[The Family Way]]''
| Arthur Fitton
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1968
| ''Il marito è mio e l'ammazzo quando mi pare''
| Leonardo
| Italian
|-
| ''[[Twisted Nerve]]''
| Martin Durnley/Georgie Clifford
|
|-
| 1969
| ''[[The Virgin Soldiers (film)|The Virgin Soldiers]]''
| Private Brigg
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1970
| ''[[The Buttercup Chain]]''
| France
|
|-
| ''[[Loot (1970 film)|Loot]]''
| Dennis
|
|-
| 1971
| ''[[Percy (1971 film)|Percy]]''
| Edwin Anthony
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1972
| ''[[Endless Night (1972 film)|Endless Night]]''
| Michael Rogers
|
|-
| ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1972 film)|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]''
| Duckworth
|
|-
| 1973
| ''[[The Love Ban]]''
| Mick Goonahan
|
|-
| 1981
| ''[[Artemis 81]]''
| Gideon Harlax
| TV film
|-
| 1985
| ''Murder Elite''
| Jimmy Fowler
|
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Deadline (1987 film)|Deadline]]''
| Mike Jessop
|
|-
| 1991
| ''[[A Mind to Kill]]''
| Gareth D. Lewis
| TV film
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Deadly Advice]]''
| Dr. Crippen
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|1997
| ''Hospital!''
| Dickie Beaumont
| TV film
|-
| ''Harpur and Iles''
| ACC Desmond Iles
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="3"|1999
| ''[[Misery Harbour]]''
| The Captain
|
|-
| ''Nasty Neighbours''
| The Boss
|
|-
| ''[[Mary, Mother of Jesus (film)|Mary, Mother of Jesus]]''
| [[Herod the Great|Herod]]
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000
| ''[[Vatel (film)|Vatel]]''
| [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert]]
|
|-
| ''Married 2 Malcolm''
| Reg
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2003
| ''[[Lloyd & Hill]]''
| Dr. Freddie Marks
| TV film
|-
| ''[[One for the Road (2003 film)|One for the Road]]''
| Richard Stevens
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2004
| ''[[The Quest (British TV series)|The Second Quest]]''
| Ronno
| TV film
|-
| ''[[The Quest (British TV series)|The Final Quest]]''
| Ronno
| TV film
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1964
| ''[[Redcap (TV series)|Redcap]]''
| Brown
| Episode: "Nightwatch"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1965
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Rynian
|''[[The Death of Time|The Chase]]'': "[[The Death of Time]]"
|-
| ''Jury Room''
| Joe Mintz
| Episode: "The Side of Mercy"
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[Theatre 625]]''
| Lipstrob
| Episode: "Unman, Wittering and Zigo"
|-
| rowspan="4"|1966
| Beliayev
| Episode: "A Month in the Country"
|-
| ''[[The Idiot]]''
| Hypolite Terentiev
| Mini-series
|-
| ''[[Thirteen Against Fate]]''
| Gilles Mauvaisin
| Episode: "The Traveller"
|-
| rowspan="2"|''[[The Wednesday Play]]''
| Willy Turner
| Episode: "Where the Buffalo Roam"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1967
| Oliver Treefe
| Episode: "Death of a Teddy Bear"
|-
| ''[[BBC Play of the Month]]''
| [[Romeo Montague|Romeo]]
| Episode: "[[Romeo and Juliet]]"
|-
| 1973
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Tony
| Episode: "Three's One"
|-
| 1976
| ''[[The Sweeney]]''
| Steve Castle
| Episode: "Sweet Smell of Succession"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1978
| ''[[Pennies from Heaven (TV series)|Pennies from Heaven]]''
| Tom
| Episode: "Better Think Twice"
|-
| ''[[Strangers (1978 TV series)|Strangers]]''
| Jack Slater
| Episode: "Silver Lining"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1979
| ''[[Malice Aforethought (TV series)|Malice Aforethought]]''
| Dr. Edmund Bickleigh
| Mini-series
|-
| ''[[Play for Today]]''
| Harry Essendorf
| Episode: "Coming Out"
|-
| ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (TV series)|Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy]]''
| Ricki Tarr
| Mini-series
|-
| 1979-1984
| ''[[Shelley (TV series)|Shelley]]''
| James Shelley
| Series regular
|-
| 1982
| ''[[BBC Play of the Month]]''
| Mr. King/Mr. Puff
| Episode: "The Critic"
|-
| 1983
| ''The Consultant''
| Chris Webb
| Mini-series
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Theatre Night]]''
| John
| Episode: "[[Absent Friends (play)|Absent Friends]]"
|-
| rowspan="3"|1986
| ''[[Screen Two]]''
| Allan Blakeston
| Episode: "Frank and Johnnie"
|-
| ''[[The Twilight Zone (1985 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]''
| Grant
| Episode: "Devil's Alphabet"
|-
| ''[[Robin of Sherwood]]''
| [[King Arthur]]
| Episode: "The Inheritance"
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Tickets for the Titanic]]''
| Brian Stebbings
| Episode: "Checkpoint Chiswick"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1988
| ''The Modern World: Ten Great Writers''
| Professor
| Episode: "[[Joseph Conrad]]'s '[[The Secret Agent]]{{'"}}
|-
| ''[[Boon (TV series)|Boon]]''
| Richard Jay
| Episode: "Charity Begins at Home"
|-
| 1988-1992
| ''[[The Return of Shelley]]''
| James Shelley
| Series regular
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Ålder okänd]]''
| James Williams
| Mini-series
|-
| rowspan="3"|1992
| ''[[The Other Side of Paradise]]''
| Purvis
| Mini-series
|-
| ''[[Virtual Murder (TV series)|Virtual Murder]]''
| Harold Bingham
| Episode: "A Bone to Pick"
|-
| ''[[Screen One]]''
| Ralph
| Episode: "Trust Me"
|-
| rowspan="2"|1993
| ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]''
| Paul Lawson
| Episode: "Life in the Fast Lane"
|-
| ''[[Frank Stubbs Promotes]]''
| Clive Riley
| Episode: "Book"
|-
| 1994
| ''[[Murder Most Horrid]]''
| Clancy
| Episode: "Smashing Bird"
|-
| rowspan="4"|1996
| ''[[Karaoke (TV series)|Karaoke]]''
| rowspan="2"|Arthur 'Pig' Mallion
| Mini-series
|-
| ''[[Cold Lazarus]]''
| Mini-series
|-
| ''[[Frontiers (1996 TV series)|Frontiers]]''
| DS Eddie Spader
| Series regular
|-
| ''[[Neverwhere]]''
| Mr. Croup
| Mini-series
|-
| rowspan="2"|2000
| ''Dirty Work''
| Mostyn Hughes
| Episode: "A Fish Called Rhondda"
|-
| ''[[Lock, Stock...]]''
| Deep Throat
| Episode: "...And Spaghetti Sauce"
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (2000 TV series)|Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)]]''
| Roger Whale
| Episode: "Whatever Possessed You?"
|-
| rowspan="4"|2002
| ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''
| Kevin
| Episode: "It All Began with an Old Volvo Headlamp"
|-
| ''[[Time Gentlemen Please]]''
| Barsteward in Wheelchair
| Episode: "Optics Wide Shut"
|-
| ''[[The Quest (British TV series)|The Quest]]''
| Ronno
| Mini-series
|-
|''[[The Bill]]''
| Peter Baxter
| Recurring role
|-
| 2003
| ''[[EastEnders]]''
| [[Jack Dalton (EastEnders)|Jack Dalton]]
| Recurring role
|-
| rowspan="2"|2005
| ''[[Casualty@Holby City]]''
| David Wincott
| Episode: "Interactive: Something We Can Do"
|-
| ''[[High Hopes (British TV series)|High Hopes]]''
| Uncle Tom
| Episode: "Uncle Tom"
|-
| 2006
| ''[[Jam & Jerusalem]]''
| Dr. Mike Vine
| Episode: "Sudden Death"
|-
| 2007
| ''[[The Last Detective]]''
| Reggie Conway
| Episode: "Dangerous Liaisons"
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20170804053856/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba124f9ec Hywel Bennett] at the [[British Film Institute]]
* {{IMDb name|0071799}}
* [http://www.terrynorm.ic24.net/hywel%20bennett.htm HYWEL BENNETT]

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