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    John BentleyBritish film actor
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    John Bentley (actor) - Wikipedia
    Born2 December 1916 · Sparkhill, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
    Died13 August 2009 (aged 92) · Petworth, West Sussex, England
    SpouseJoyce Bentley (? – 1955) (divorced) 1 child
    Years activelate 1930s–1976
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    Early life and career

    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 chance, in his own words:
    Apart from t… See more

    Film career

    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 Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames and financed by … See more

    Television career

    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, wh… See more

    Personal life

    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

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