Peter Benson

Peter Benson was born on Jun 13, 1943 in UK. Peter Benson's big-screen debut came with Putney Swope directed by Robert Downey Sr. in 1969, strarring Mr. Jingle. Peter Benson is known for A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery directed by Christopher Hodson, Harriet Walter stars as Harriet Vane and Edward Petherbridge as Lord Peter Wimsey. The most recent award Peter Benson achieved is Canadian Filmmakers' Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Peter Benson plays is Heartbeat - Season 17 which will be released on Apr 10, 1992.

Peter Benson played the funeral director Bernie Scripps in most of the 18 series of Heartbeat (1992), from 1995 to 2009, a role perhaps which he is most likely to be remembered for.His character also ran a garage in the fictional town of Aidensfield and often got involved in disastrous money-making schemes with Claude Greengrass (Bill Maynard) and half-brother Vernon Scripps (Geoffrey Hughes).Benson also appeared in BBC comedy La vipère noire (1982) as Henry VII, ITV's 1980s soap opera Albion Market (1985) and in two episodes of hospital drama Casualty (1986).Benson was a highly skilled singer and dancer and an accomplished theatre actor. He and Maynard starred on stage together in a production of Trinity Tales in the late 70s. He portrayed Henry VI in a BBC television adaptation of Shakespeare's play in 1983.