Perry Benson

Perry Benson (born 9 April 1961, London) is an English character actor best known for his regular roles in British television sitcoms You Rang, M'Lord? (1988–1993), Oh, Doctor Beeching! (1995–1997) and Operation Good Guys (1997–2000). His first television appearance was as "Boy on Stairs" in the second episode of the BBC Children's drama, Grange Hill, in 1978.

Perry Benson
Born (1961-04-09) 9 April 1961
London, England
OccupationActor

Film career

Benson has appeared in the British films Quadrophenia (1979), Scum (1979), Love, Honour and Obey (2000), Alien Autopsy (2006), This Is England (2006), Somers Town (2008) and Mum & Dad (2008). He had a lead role in Stars of the Roller State Disco, a 1984 made-for-TV play by Alan Clarke.

Benson also appeared as Sex Pistols drummer Paul Cook in the 1986 biopic Sid And Nancy. In 1987, he played Trevor in the Hi De Hi episode "Tell It to the Marines".

Benson appears as a policeman in the Goldie Looking Chain video for the single Guns don't kill people.

Benson appeared alongside Jimmy Nail in BBC show Parents of the Band, written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.[1] He also starred in the vampire film Dead Cert, directed by Steven Lawson.[2]

In 2013 he played an ageing rock star alongside Phil Daniels and Keith Allen in Sara Sugarman's film Vinyl.

Television roles
YearTitleRole
1978Grange HillBoy on Stairs
1980Going OutSammy Lee
1983BlackadderPigeon Vendor
1984Dream StuffingKeith
The Young OnesSpaz
1987Filthy, Rich and CatflapFreddy Gorgeous
Hi De Hi (Tell It To The Marines)Trevor
1988 to 1993You Rang, M'Lord?Henry Livingstone
1989The BillHarry Thompson
1991 to 1992The Real McCoyVarious roles
1995 to 1997Oh, Doctor Beeching!Ralph
1997 to 2000Operation Good GuysBones
199915 Storeys HighMan with a horse in his flat
200015 Storeys HighPing Pong obsessed twin
2009MisfitsBeverly Morgan
2010Doctor Who "The Eleventh Hour"Ice Cream Man
This is England '86Meggy
Excluded (BBC Drama)Steve Heston
2013Man DownMr. Harringey
2014–2015BenidormClive Dyke
2015This Is England '90Meggy
2016Morgana Robinson's The AgencyNatalie Cassidie's father
2018Sick of ItDelivery Man (Series 1 Episode 1)
2019Don't Forget the DriverVideoblogging Passenger

Selected filmography

References
  1. "EyeForFilm.co.uk". Archived from the original on 2012-02-25. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
  2. More cast, new poster for vampire film DEAD CERT Archived 2009-10-12 at the Wayback Machine


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