Peter Benson (actor)
| Peter Benson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 April 1943 England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1961–present |
Peter Benson (born 3 April 1943)[1] is a British actor probably best known as Bernie Scripps in the popular ITV1 TV-series Heartbeat, a drama about the police in Aidensfield in the 1960s. Benson has played Bernie Scripps in the series since 1995. In the TV-series 'Bernie' Scripps is running Aidensfield Garage, and the local funeral service. He's often involved helping first Claude Greengrass (Bill Maynard), his half-brother Vernon Scripps (Geoffrey Hughes) and last Peggy Armstrong (Gwen Taylor) with disastrous money-making schemes.[2]
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[edit] Television and theatre
Benson's other television and theatre work includes the regional premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. On television his credits include the Dauphin in Shaw's Saint Joan, Richard III in Ron Cook's production of Richard III, Henry VI in all three parts of Henry VI for the BBC Television Shakespeare Series, Reuben with Bill Maynard in Alan Plater's Trinity Tales, Henry VII in Blackadder, Bernard in All Creatures Great and Small, Bor in the Doctor Who serial Terminus, and recent roles in the made for TV movie Merlin[3] and A Touch of Frost.[1]
He has also had parts in The Royal, Rumpole of the Bailey, Jeeves and Wooster, The Bill, Peak Practice,Casualty (TV series),Tenko, and Lovejoy, among others.[1]
[edit] Film roles
His film work include roles in Michael Crichton's The First Great Train Robbery,[4] John Boorman's Excalibur, and Roman Polanski's Tess.[5]
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