Perry Benson

Perry Benson
Perry Benson
Born	9 April 1961 (age 63); London, England
Occupation	Actor

Perry Benson (born 9 April 1961, London) is an English character actor best known for his regular roles in British television sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–93), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995-97) and Operation Good Guys (1997-2000). His first television appearance was as "Boy on Stairs" in the second episode of the BBC Children's drama, Grange Hill, in 1978.

Film career

Benson has appeared in the British films Quadrophenia (1979), Scum (1979), Love, Honour and Obey (2000), Alien Autopsy (2006), This Is England (2006), Somers Town (2008) and Mum & Dad (2008). He had a lead role in Stars of the Roller Skate Disco, a 1984 made-for-TV play by Alan Clarke.

Benson also appeared as Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook in the 1986 biopic Sid And Nancy. In 1987, he played Trevor in the Hi De Hi episode "Tell It to the Marines".

Benson appeared alongside Jimmy Nail in BBC show Parents of the Band, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.^[1] He also starred in the vampire film Dead Cert, directed by Steven Lawson.^[2]

In 2013 he played an ageing rock star alongside Phil Daniels and Keith Allen in Sara Sugarman's film Vinyl.

Television roles

Year	Title	Role
1978	Grange Hill	Boy on Stairs
1980	Going Out	Sammy Lee
1983	Blackadder	Pigeon Vendor
1984	Dream Stuffing	Keith
1984	The Young Ones	Spaz
1987	Filthy, Rich and Catflap	Freddy Gorgeous
1987	Hi De Hi	Trevor
1988 to 1993	You Rang, M'Lord?	Henry Livingstone
1989	The Bill	Harry Thompson
1995 to 1997	Oh, Doctor Beeching!	Ralph
1997 to 2000	Operation Good Guys	Bones
1999	15 Storeys High	Man with a horse in his flat
2000	15 Storeys High	Ping Pong obsessed twin
2009	Misfits	Beverly Morgan
2010	Doctor Who "The Eleventh Hour"	Ice Cream Man
2010	This is England '86	Meggy
2010	Excluded (BBC Drama)	Steve Heston
2013	Man Down	Mr. Harringey
2014 to 2015	Benidorm	Clive Dyke
2016	Morgana Robinson's The Agency	Natalie Cassidie's father