RIP Hywel Bennett

[zabadak]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40814843 :cry:

[staffslad]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

Very sad news. He was a very good actor who starred in many iconic films and TV programmes. RIP.

[Richard1978]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

I was rewatching Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy just the other week, where he appeared as rogue spy Ricky Tarr.

[staffslad]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

I thought he was excellent in things like The Virgin Soldiers, The Family Way, Malice Aforethought, Shelley and the controversial Twisted Nerve.

[big kid]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

r.i.p hywel. loved watching him in shelley

[zabadak]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

I loved Shelley! I also think he was great in Twisted Nerve, which I only saw for the first time recently... :cry:

[darren]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

Very sad indeed.
Been a bad 24 hrs or so for deaths.

Looking him up on imdb he had plenty of work didnt go too long without doing something.
R i p hywel

[Twocky61]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

Was he in The Family Way along with Hayley Mills?

[staffslad]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

Yes, he was. Also starred her dad, Sir John Mills. It used to turn up fairly often on BBC1 in their late night film slots, but I haven't seen it in a while.

[zabadak]

Re: RIP Hywel Bennett

He was also in a creepy film from 1972 called Endless Night. A girl would sing the Doors song End Of The Night (the lyrics referred to an "endless night") all the time, in a very haunting manner!