Hywel Bennett

Hywel Bennett (1944-2017) was a Welsh film and television actor best known for the trio of films he made in the '60s and '70s with Hayley Mills, and for his starring role in ITV's long running sitcom Shelley.

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The Quest (2002)

Three elderly men, Dave, Ronno and Charlie, meet at Charlie's retirement party and reminisce about their teenage "quest" in the 1950s to get laid. This had involved travelling on their motorbikes up to the Lake District "where all the girls shag like rabbits" - but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Jason
CAST:  David Jason  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Roy Hudd  •  Jim Sturgess

Three elderly men, Dave, Ronno and Charlie, meet at Charlie's retirement party and reminisce about their teenage "quest" in the 1950s to get laid. This had involved travelling on their motorbikes up to the Lake District "where all the girls shag like rabbits" - but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Jason
CAST:  David Jason  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Roy Hudd  •  Jim Sturgess

Nasty Neighbours (2000)

Mr. and Mrs. Peach's favourite neighbours emigrate to Australia, leaving the grieving couple anxiously twitching the net curtains of their suburban cul-de-sac home waiting to see who will be moving in next door. Unfortunately, far from their ideal, a flash, young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debbie Isitt
CAST:  Ricky Tomlinson  •  Marion Bailey  •  Phil Daniels  •  Rachel Fielding

Mr. and Mrs. Peach's favourite neighbours emigrate to Australia, leaving the grieving couple anxiously twitching the net curtains of their suburban cul-de-sac home waiting to see who will be moving in next door. Unfortunately, far from their ideal, a flash, young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Debbie Isitt
CAST:  Ricky Tomlinson  •  Marion Bailey  •  Phil Daniels  •  Rachel Fielding

Married 2 Malcolm (2000)

Malcolm tries to keep his dual lives -- and two wives -- separate, but when both of his spouses want to attend the same concert, he runs into a big problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Mark Addy  •  Freddie Jones  •  Tracey Wilkinson  •  Josie Lawrence

Malcolm tries to keep his dual lives -- and two wives -- separate, but when both of his spouses want to attend the same concert, he runs into a big problem.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Cellan Jones
CAST:  Mark Addy  •  Freddie Jones  •  Tracey Wilkinson  •  Josie Lawrence

Absent Friends (1985)

Adaptation of the play by Alan Ayckbourn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Simpson
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Dinsdale Landen  •  Maureen Lipman

Adaptation of the play by Alan Ayckbourn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Simpson
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Tom Courtenay  •  Dinsdale Landen  •  Maureen Lipman

Frankie and Johnnie (1986)

When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. But Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has too many unanswered questions. As he digs deeper into the case, he learns why the kids really died and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Diana Hardcastle  •  Tony Doyle  •  Sam Kelly

When two teenagers commit suicide the police and the press assume the motive to be some kind of love pact. But Allan Blakeston, a local reporter, has too many unanswered questions. As he digs deeper into the case, he learns why the kids really died and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Martin Campbell
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Diana Hardcastle  •  Tony Doyle  •  Sam Kelly

A Mind To Kill (1991)

A young girl is found brutally murdered in a small seaside town. The police are baffled; the town's inhabitants are panic-stricken. A serial killer is on the loose, and as yet more horrific murders take place, the search for clues becomes a desperate race against ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Edwards
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Philip Madoc  •  Sue Jones-Davies  •  Robin Davies

A young girl is found brutally murdered in a small seaside town. The police are baffled; the town's inhabitants are panic-stricken. A serial killer is on the loose, and as yet more horrific murders take place, the search for clues becomes a desperate race against ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Edwards
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Philip Madoc  •  Sue Jones-Davies  •  Robin Davies

Where the Buffalo Roam (1966)

Poor Willy’s mind has been warped by too many Westerns. He sees gunfighters on every corner, even though he’s in 1960s Swansea. Some think Billy’s simple. His Auntie just thinks he’s creative. But he’s on a dark path as his vivid imaginings grow wilder, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gareth Davies
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Megs Jenkins  •  Aubrey Richards  •  Glyn Houston

Poor Willy’s mind has been warped by too many Westerns. He sees gunfighters on every corner, even though he’s in 1960s Swansea. Some think Billy’s simple. His Auntie just thinks he’s creative. But he’s on a dark path as his vivid imaginings grow wilder, and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gareth Davies
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Megs Jenkins  •  Aubrey Richards  •  Glyn Houston

Coming Out (1979)

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Wiseman
CAST:  Anton Rodgers  •  Nigel Havers  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Michael Byrne

Lewis, a gay writer of romantic novels, writes an article on gay issues under the pseudonym of "Zippy Grimes." The reason for this is that he hasn't come out yet and he doesn't want to alienate his mainly female fan-base. The article is a great success and leads to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carol Wiseman
CAST:  Anton Rodgers  •  Nigel Havers  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Michael Byrne

Harpur and Iles: Protection (1997)

Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Hill
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Aneirin Hughes  •  Jim Carter  •  Dafydd Hywel

Underworld boss Bernie 'Tenderness' Mellick is certainly paying a heavy price for maiming Ivor Wright in a firebombing. For Wright's men have now kidnapped his eleven-year-old son Graham. Senior Detective Chief Superintendent Colin Harpur and his brilliant, amoral ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Hill
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Aneirin Hughes  •  Jim Carter  •  Dafydd Hywel

Three's One (1973)

Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alastair Reid
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Caroline Mortimer  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Patricia Lawrence

Are Maggie and Tony using each other as a means of communicating with Dr Leafer? Or are they using Dr Leafer as a means of communicating with each other?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alastair Reid
CAST:  Hywel Bennett  •  Caroline Mortimer  •  Fulton Mackay  •  Patricia Lawrence

Doctor Who: The Chase (1965)

The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Camfield  •  Richard Martin
CAST:  William Hartnell  •  Jacqueline Hill  •  William Russell  •  Maureen O'Brien

The Doctor and his companions are pursued through time and space by the Daleks on the desert planet Aridius and beyond.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Camfield  •  Richard Martin
CAST:  William Hartnell  •  Jacqueline Hill  •  William Russell  •  Maureen O'Brien

A Month in the Country (1966)

An adaptation Turgenev's play of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Morahan
CAST:  Vivien Merchant  •  Derek Godfrey  •  Michele Dotrice  •  Hywel Bennett

An adaptation Turgenev's play of the same name.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Morahan
CAST:  Vivien Merchant  •  Derek Godfrey  •  Michele Dotrice  •  Hywel Bennett

Trust Me (1992)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Dow
CAST:  Alfred Molina  •  Alphonsia Emmanuel  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Jill Gascoine

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tony Dow
CAST:  Alfred Molina  •  Alphonsia Emmanuel  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Jill Gascoine

Dangerous Liaisons (2007)

When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Tucker
CAST:  Peter Davison  •  Emma Amos  •  Sean Hughes  •  Jeff Rawle

When detectives investigate a seemingly natural death of an old man, they discover a disturbing tape in his possession which alongside old family memories also features the murder of a woman. After tracking down the dead man's ex-wife and his estranged son they try ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Tucker
CAST:  Peter Davison  •  Emma Amos  •  Sean Hughes  •  Jeff Rawle
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