Bennett, Hywel, 1944-2017

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Name (Hebrew)
בנט, הייוול, 1944-2017
Name (Latin)
Bennett, Hywel, 1944-2017
Date of birth
1944-04-08
Date of death
2017-07-25
Place of birth
Garnant (Wales)
Place of death
Cardiff (Wales)
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
directing
Acting
Occupation
director
Actors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Hywel Thomas
Language
English
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q5962726
Library of congress: no 97065687
Sources of Information
  • Deadly advice, 1996:
  • WW on television, 1994
  • Internet Movie Database WWW site, December 18, 2015:
  • Wikipedia, viewed August 4, 2017
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Wikipedia description:

Hywel Thomas Bennett (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 (1979–1992). Bennett played opposite Hayley Mills in The Family Way, Twisted Nerve (1968) and Endless Night (1972). Other notable film roles include Private Brigg in the comedy The Virgin Soldiers (1969), Dennis in Loot (1970) and Edwin Antony in Percy (1971). Bennett's character, Ricki Tarr, was pivotal in the BBC serial adaptation of John le Carré's 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 police drama The Bill (2002) and crime boss Jack Dalton in EastEnders (2003).

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