Born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, in 1916, Bentley was brought up by his mother after his father, a furniture retailer, died when he was a toddler. He came to acting quite by … See more

After the war he started his film career playing Terry O'Keefe in the low-budget musical romance The Hills of Donegal in 1947. The film was produced at See more

In the later 1960s and 1970s Bentley featured in soap opera Crossroads as Hugh Mortimer, third husband of the motel owner Meg Richardson, played by Noele Gordon. There was a previous connection with Gordon, who had presented the daytime TV … See more

Bentley was married twice. He and his first wife were divorced in 1955. He married again in 2003; he and his wife lived in Petworth, West Sussex, until his death in 2009 at the age of 92. See more

• The Hills of Donegal (1947) – Terry O'Keefe
• Calling Paul Temple (1948) – Paul Temple
• Bait (1950) – DuCane
• Torment (1950) – Jim Brandon See more

• John Bentley at IMDb
• Anthony Hayward, "John Bentley: Actor who played Noele Gordon's husband in 'Crossroads'", The Independent, 18 August 2009.
• Gavin Gaughan, "John Bentley", … See more