Years active 1961–present | Name Peter Benson Role Actor | |
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Born 13 June 1943 (age 82) ( 1943-06-13 ) England, UK Nominations Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Movies and TV shows Heartbeat, The Break‑Up Artist, Taken from Me: The Tiffany R, Freedom Deep, High Noon Similar People William Simons, David Lonsdale, Mark Jordon, Derek Fowlds, Tricia Penrose | ||
Peter Benson (born 13 June 1943) is an English actor probably best known as Bernie Scripps in the popular ITV1 TV-series Heartbeat, a drama about the police in the fictional "Aidensfield" in the 1960s. He has also had a number of other film and television roles, often playing weak or vacillating characters.
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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, Henry VI in all three parts of Henry VI and Richard III for the BBC Television Shakespeare Series, Reuben with Bill Maynard in Alan Plater's Trinity Tales, Henry VII in The Black Adder, Bernard in All Creatures Great and Small, Bor in the Doctor Who serial Terminus. Recent roles include the made-for-TV film Merlin and A Touch of Frost.
He has also had parts in The Royal, Rumpole of the Bailey, Jeeves and Wooster, The Bill, Peak Practice, Casualty, Tenko and Lovejoy, among others.
Peter also played the part of Larry Rigg in Granada's ill-fated market soap, Albion Market from 1985 to 1986.
Benson played Bernie Scripps in Heartbeat between 1995 and 2010. In the TV-series 'Bernie' Scripps ran Aidensfield Garage, and the local funeral service. He was often involved helping first Claude Greengrass (Bill Maynard), his half-brother Vernon Scripps (Geoffrey Hughes) and later Peggy Armstrong (Gwen Taylor) with disastrous money-making schemes.
Film roles
His film work include roles in Michael Crichton's The First Great Train Robbery, John Boorman's Excalibur, Roman Polanski's Tess and Christian Cantamessa's Air.
Filmography
Actor
2011
Casualty (TV Series) as
Trevor Lambert / Stan Law
- Secrets and Lies (2013) - Trevor Lambert
- Memory Games (2011) - Stan Law
1995
Heartbeat (TV Series) as
Bernie Scripps
- Sweet Sorrow (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Pass the Parcel (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- The Open Door (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- My One and Only (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Jobs for the Boys (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Deadlier Than the Male (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Ties That Bind (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- The War of the Roses (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- A Whiter Shade of Pale (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Cashing In (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- The Runaways (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- School of Hard Knocks (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- The Middle of Somewhere (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Thursday's Children (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Ups and Downs (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Looking for Isabella (2009) - Bernie Scripps
- Strike Up the Band (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Guilty Secrets (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Living Off the Land (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Mother of Invention (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- England Expects (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Family Matters (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Oscar's Birthday (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Mixed Messages (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- You Never Can Tell (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- It Came from Outer Space (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Bully Boys (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- The Big Chill (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Taking Stock (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Missing Persons (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Danse Macabre (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Hey Hey LBJ (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Take Three Girls (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Out of the Long Dark Night (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- The Heart of a Man (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- A Brush with the Law (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- The Devil Rides Out (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Only Make Believe (2008) - Bernie Scripps
- Burying the Past (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Touch and Go (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Another Sleepy, Dusty, Delta Day (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Love Story (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Night Mail (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Heirs Apparent (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Stop Gap (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Laying the Ghost (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Where There's Smoke (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Troubled Waters (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- One Small Step (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- The Medium Is the Message (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Mind Games (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- The Dreams That You Dream (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Out of Africa (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- No Laughing Matter (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Seeds of Destruction (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Another Little Piece of My Heart (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Sleeping Dogs (2007) - Bernie Scripps
- Give Peace a Chance (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Hearts and Flowers (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Little White Lies (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Stumped (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Pretty Woman (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Memoirs of a Fighting Man (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Please Please Me (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Intelligence Matters (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Old Scores (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- C'est la Vie (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Bad Company (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Accidents Happen (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- The Dying of the Light (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Keeping Secrets (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- This Happy Breed (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Wine and Roses (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Kith and Kin (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Great Expectations (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Runners and Riders (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Get Back (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Risky Business (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Living with the Past (2006) - Bernie Scripps
- Auld Acquaintance (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- O Guilty Man! (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Burden of Proof (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Blood Brothers (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- The Good Samaritan (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Picture This (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- The End of the Road (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Mastermind (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Miller's Tale (2005) - Bernie Scripps (credit only)
- The Devil You Know (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- A Fresh Start (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Bin Man (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Services Rendered (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Every Dog His Day (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Duty of Care (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Rustlers and Hustlers (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Off the Rails (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Friends and Relations (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- The Long View (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Golf Papa One Zero (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Icon (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- Blast from the Past (2005) - Bernie Scripps
- In the Bleak Midwinter (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- In Sickness and in Health (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Who's Sorry Now? (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Stormy Weather (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Buried Secrets (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Precious Stones (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Say It with Flowers (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Wrecked (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- The Happiest Day (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Fakers and Frauds (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Secrets and Lies (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Money, Money, Money (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Little Angel (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Double Trouble (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Muck and Brass (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- A Call to Arms (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Swan Song (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Nowhere Man (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Difficult Times (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- No Hard Feelings (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- One Thing Leads to Another (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Daniel (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Dangerous Whispers (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- The Dear Departed (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Mountains and Molehills (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- Down to Earth (2004) - Bernie Scripps
- State of Mind (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Brought to Book (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Waifs and Strays (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- The Holiday's Over (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- A Family Affair (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Fool for Love (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Mother's Little Helpers (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Dog Days (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Speed (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Music of the Spheres (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Absent Friends (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- House Rules (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Lily of the Valley (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Moving Target (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Caped Crusaders (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Missing in Action (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- The Third Man (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Hung for a Sheep (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- The High Life (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- Out of the Blue (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- For Whom the Bell Tolls (2003) - Bernie Scripps
- A Many Splendoured Thing (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Growing Apart (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Dirty Len (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- No Man's Land (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Harmony (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Where There's Muck (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- A Dog's Life (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- A Girl's Best Friend (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Skeletons and Cupboards (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Love's Sweet Dream (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Caught in the Headlights (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- The Shoot (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Windows of Opportunity (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Love Hurts (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Coming of Age (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Sympathy for the Devil (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Second Chances (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- The Great Ming Mystery (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- From Ancient Grudge (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- Closing the Book (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- A Gentleman's Sport (2002) - Bernie Scripps
- No Hiding Place (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Uninvited Guests (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- The Rivals (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Old Masters (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Home Sweet Home (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- She's Leaving Home (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Sweet Sixteen (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Consequences (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Truth Games (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Unchained Melody (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Killing Me Softly (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Gin a Body, Meet a Body (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Who's Who? (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- The Long Weekend (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Not So Special (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Home Truths (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Blind Justice (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Safe House (2001) - Bernie Scripps
- Cold Turkey (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Fallen Heroes (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Child's Play (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- The Fool on the Hill (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Smile for the Camera (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Wise Guys (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Desperate Measures (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Against the Odds (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- The Good Doctor (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- A Shot in the Dark (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- For Art's Sake (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Weight of Evidence (2000) - Bernie Scripps
- Stag at Bay (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Negative Vibes (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Honor Among Thieves (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Tricks of the Trade (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Manoeuvres in the Dark (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Testament (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Old Ties (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- The Angry Brigade (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Twists of Fate (1999) - Bernie Scripps
- Echoes of the Past (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Taking Sides (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Shadows and Substances (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Spellbound (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Past Crimes (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- For Better or Worse (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Snake in the Grass (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Unconsidered Trifles (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Appearances (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- Brainstorm (1998) - Bernie Scripps
- In on the Act (1997) - Bernie Scripps
- Affairs of the Heart (1997) - Bernie Scripps
- What the Butler Saw (1997) - Bernie Scripps
- Playing with Trains (1997) - Bernie Scripps
- Closing Ranks (1997) - Bernie Scripps
- Charity Begins at Home (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Bygones Be Bygones (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Obsessions (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- The Championship (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Giving the Game Away (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Snapped (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Frail Mortality (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Something of Value (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Forget Me Not (1996) - Bernie Scripps
- Blood Sports (1995) - Bernie Scripps
- Saint Columba's Treasure (1995) - Bernie Scripps
2006
Pigeon Post (Short) as
Taxi Driver
2003
The Royal (TV Series) as
Bernie Scripps
- Immediate Care (2003) - Bernie Scripps
1994
A Touch of Frost (TV Series) as
Bernard / Bernard Elliott
- Private Lives (1999) - Bernard
- Widows and Orphans (1994) - Bernard Elliott
1998
Merlin (TV Mini Series) as
1st Architect
- Part 2 (1998) - 1st Architect
- Part 1 (1998) - 1st Architect
1989
The Bill (TV Series) as
Don Letts / Richard Martindale / 'Eyes' / ...
- Bits and Pieces (1996) - Don Letts
- Blackout (1994) - Richard Martindale
- High Hopes and Low Life (1993) - 'Eyes'
- Unsocial Hours (1990) - Johnny
- Tom Tiddler's Ground (1989) - Park Officer
1995
The Chief (TV Series) as
Arthur Dolland
- Episode #5.5 (1995) - Arthur Dolland
1995
Peak Practice (TV Series) as
Terry Alston
- Coming Out (1995) - Terry Alston
1994
Requiem Apache (TV Movie) as
Priest
1994
Coronation Street (TV Series) as
Mr. Murdoch
- Episode #1.3720 (1994) - Mr. Murdoch
- Episode #1.3719 (1994) - Mr. Murdoch
1993
Scarlet and Black (TV Series) as
Monsieur de Moirod
- Episode #1.1 (1993) - Monsieur de Moirod
1993
Lovejoy (TV Series) as
Peter Farquar
- Ducking and Diving (1993) - Peter Farquar
1993
Paul Merton: The Series (TV Series)
- Episode #2.3 (1993)
1992
Rumpole of the Bailey (TV Series) as
Walter 'The Wally' Wilkinson
- Rumpole and the Family Pride (1992) - Walter 'The Wally' Wilkinson
1992
Nice Town (TV Mini Series) as
Gerald
- Unto Us a Child Is Born (1992) - Gerald
1992
Boys from the Bush (TV Series) as
Albert
- If England Means as Much to You (1992) - Albert
- There'll Always Be an England (1992) - Albert
- Our Rellos (1992) - Albert
1992
Jeeves and Wooster (TV Series) as
Mr. Rowbotham
- Aunt Dahlia, Cornelia and Madeline (or, Comrade Bingo) (1992) - Mr. Rowbotham
1985
Screen Two (TV Series) as
Dr. Gares / Peggram
- The Count of Solar (1992) - Dr. Gares
- The Burston Rebellion (1985) - Peggram
1991
Specials (TV Series) as
Piggott
- Episode #1.5 (1991) - Piggott
1991
The Sharp End (TV Mini Series) as
Henry Lomax
- Episode #1.5 (1991) - Henry Lomax
1991
Perfect Scoundrels (TV Series) as
Huber
- My Fair Daisy (1991) - Huber
1988
All Creatures Great and Small (TV Series) as
Bernard Wain
- Food for Thought (1990) - Bernard Wain
- The Salt of the Earth (1988) - Bernard Wain
1989
Hit the Pitch (TV Movie) as
Hector
1988
Mr. Majeika (TV Series) as
Dennis Potion
- Bewitched, Bothered and Be-Wilhermina-d (1988) - Dennis Potion (uncredited)
1987
Vanity Fair (TV Series) as
Rev. Binny
- How to Live Well on Nothing a Year (1987) - Rev. Binny
1987
A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery (TV Series) as
Perkins
- Have His Carcase: Episode Four (1987) - Perkins
- Have His Carcase: Episode Three (1987) - Perkins
- Have His Carcase: Episode One (1987) - Perkins
1985
Albion Market (TV Series) as
Larry Rigg
1985
Summer Season (TV Series) as
Dad
- Kisses on the Bottom (1985) - Dad
1984
Tenko (TV Series) as
Jim
- Episode #3.8 (1984) - Jim
1984
Danger: Marmalade at Work (TV Series) as
Captain Jitters
- Airplane Atkins (1984) - Captain Jitters
1983
Events in a Museum (TV Movie) as
Timothy Leeward
1983
Blackadder (TV Series) as
Henry VII
- The Foretelling (1983) - Henry VII
1983
Doctor Who (TV Series) as
Bor
- Terminus: Part Four (1983) - Bor
- Terminus: Part Three (1983) - Bor
- Terminus: Part Two (1983) - Bor
1983
Live from Pebble Mill (TV Series) as
Sniffer
- The Battle of Waterloo (1983) - Sniffer
1983
Richard III (TV Movie) as
King Henry VI
1983
The Third Part of Henry the Sixth (TV Movie) as
Henry VI
1983
The Second Part of Henry the Sixth (TV Movie) as
King Henry VI
1983
The First Part of Henry the Sixt (TV Movie) as
King Henry VI
1982
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
Lenny
- A Pocketful of Dreams (1982) - Lenny
1981
The Borgias (TV Mini Series) as
Gaspare Pato
- Part 9 (1981) - Gaspare Pato
- Part 8 (1981) - Gaspare Pato
- Part 7 (1981) - Gaspare Pato
- Part 6 (1981) - Gaspare Pato
- Part 5 (1981) - Gaspare Pato
1981
Great Expectations (TV Mini Series) as
Mr. Wopsle
- Episode Seven (1981) - Mr. Wopsle
- Episode Three (1981) - Mr. Wopsle
- Episode Two: Part 2 (1981) - Mr. Wopsle
- Episode One (1981) - Mr. Wopsle
1981
The Winter's Tale (TV Movie) as
Clown's Servant
1981
The Little World of Don Camillo (TV Series) as
Straziami
- Part 5 (1981) - Straziami
1980
Maria Marten or Murder in the Red Barn (TV Series) as
Jack Corder
- Episode #1.3 (1980) - Jack Corder
- Episode #1.2 (1980) - Jack Corder
- Episode #1.1 (1980) - Jack Corder
1980
Hawk the Slayer as
Black Wizard
1980
The Good Companions (TV Mini Series) as
Willy
- Miss Trant Pays the Bill (1980) - Willy
1980
The Enigma Files (TV Series) as
Mr. Borrit
- Why Don't They Tell You These Things? (1980) - Mr. Borrit
1980
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (TV Movie) as
Second Gravedigger
1980
The Dybbuk (TV Movie) as
Berl
1980
Company and Co (TV Series) as
Nigel
- In Concert (1980) - Nigel
1979
Saint Joan (TV Movie) as
The Dauphin
1979
Tess as
Religious Fanatic (uncredited)
1978
The Dancing Princesses (TV Movie) as
A Shoemaker
1978
The Great Train Robbery as
Station Despatcher
1978
BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Arnold
- Night People (1978) - Arnold
1978
The Sailor's Return as
Charlie Nye
1978
Born and Bred (TV Series) as
Spanish waiter
- Napooh- Toodle-oo (1978) - Spanish waiter
1978
Will Shakespeare (TV Mini Series) as
Peter Phipps
- The Living Record (1978) - Peter Phipps
1978
The Devil's Crown (TV Series) as
Blondel
- The Flowers Are Silent (1978) - Blondel
- Bolt from the Blue (1978) - Blondel
- When Cage-Birds Sing (1978) - Blondel
1978
The Shout as
Harry the Shepherd
1977
Esther Waters (TV Series) as
Patient
- Episode #1.4 (1977) - Patient
1975
Trinity Tales (TV Series) as
Reuben
- The Wife of Batley's Tale (1975) - Reuben
- The Joiner's Tale (1975) - Reuben
- The Judy's Tale (1975) - Reuben
1975
Churchill's People (TV Series) as
Robert Hooke, MA
- A Bill of Mortality (1975) - Robert Hooke, MA
1975
Second City Firsts (TV Series) as
Mack
- Waiting at the Field Gate (1975) - Mack
1974
What Next?
1970
Cry of the Banshee as
Brander
1969
Putney Swope as
Mr. Jingle
Self
2008
TV Burp (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #7.2 (2008) - Self
Archive Footage
1999
Heartbeat Chronicles (Video) as
Bernie Scripps (uncredited)
References
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