Derek Benfield

Acting

Derek Benfield

Born 1926-03-11 · Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Derek Benfield was an English actor and writer.

Acting credits

Lifeforce poster
6.2

A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.

Lifeforce

1985

Crossplot poster
5.6

A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.

Crossplot

1969

The Girl poster
4.9

Pat Carlsson is a 14-year-old Swedish schoolgirl who though very young is very streetwise as she offers sex, for a price, to middle-aged attorney John Berg who can not resist the young girl. What starts as an immoral sexual escape, becomes a nightmare of tragedy and deception involving blackmail, kidnapping and murder.

The Girl

1987

Room at the Top poster
6.9

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Room at the Top

1958

The Siege of Manchester poster
9.0

A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.

The Siege of Manchester

1965

Immortality Inc poster
NR

The very rich can buy eternal life: all that's needed is someone desperate enough to donate, for a high price, a young body into which their personality can be transferred.

Immortality Inc

1969

Welcome Home poster
NR

Dr Frank Bowers has been looking forward to returning home after a long stay in a psychiatric ward. But when he gets there, he finds that not only does no one recognize him, but another man called Frank Bowers is living in his place.

Welcome Home

1971

Remembrance poster
4.5

A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.

Remembrance

1982

I Don't Want to Be Born poster
5.1

A woman gives birth to a baby, but this is no ordinary one. The child is seemingly possessed by the Devil.

I Don't Want to Be Born

1976

Slimming Down poster
NR

Mr. Shrigley, a small businessman dealing in office equipment, believes that the recession happens to other people. Unfortunately he is wrong, and, when it catches up with him, he comes up with a plan for some unusual cutbacks.

Slimming Down

1984

The Knowledge poster
6.5

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

The Knowledge

1979

No artwork available
9.0

A man is kidnapped and brainwashed by political extremists. He is then sent on a mission.

The Girl Who Walked Quickly

1978

The Death of Glory poster
NR

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he discovers his beloved ex-Army father has a secret.

The Death of Glory

1973

Trust Me poster
8.5

Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a publisher, things start to go seriously wrong.

Trust Me

1992

Arthur's Hallowed Ground poster
7.0

Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant.

Arthur's Hallowed Ground

1984

Rumpole's Return poster
5.8

A bored Rumpole, living in Florida retirement, uses an inquiry from Phyllida as a pretext to re-establish himself back in chambers.

Rumpole's Return

1980

The Boy Who Never Was poster
NR

The son of African diplomat is kidnapped and replaced by his double in an attempt to assassinate a VIP at a London conference.

The Boy Who Never Was

1980

Behind the camera