Peter Benson
Born	13 June 1943 (1943-06-13) (age 66) United Kingdom
Years active	1969–present

Peter Benson (born 13 June 1943) is a British actor probably best known as Bernie Scripps in the popular ITV1 TV-series Heartbeat, a drama about the police in Aidensfield in the 60s. Benson has played Bernie Scripps in the series since 1995. In the TV-series 'Bernie' Scripps is running Aidensfield Garage, and the local funeral service. He's often involved helping first Claude Greengrass (Bill Maynard), his half-brother Vernon Scripps (Geoffrey Hughes) and last Peggy Armstrong (Gwen Taylor) with disastrous money-making schemes.^[1]

Contents 1 Television and Theatre 2 Film roles 3 References 4 External references

[edit] Television and Theatre

Benson's other television and theatre work includes the regional premiere of Stephen Sondheim's Assassins. On television his credits include the Dauphin in Shaw's Saint Joan, Richard III in Ron Cook's production of Richard III, Henry VI in all three parts of Henry VI for the BBC Television Shakespeare Series, Reuben with Bill Maynard in Alan Plater's Trinity Tales, Henry VII in Blackadder, Bernard in All Creatures Great and Small, Bor in Dr Who episode Terminus, and recent roles in the made for TV movie Merlin^[2] and A Touch of Frost.^[3]

He has also had parts in The Royal, Rumpole of the Bailey, Jeeves and Wooster, The Bill, Peak Practice, Doctor Who,^[4] Tenko, and Lovejoy, among others.^[3]

[edit] Film roles

His film work include roles in Michael Crichton's The First Great Train Robbery, ^[5] John Boorman's Excalibur, and Roman Polanski's Tess.^[6]

[edit] References

[edit] External references

• Peter Benson at the Internet Movie Database
• Benson and Doctor Who

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