Jay Benedict

Jay Benedict (April 11, 1951 – April 4, 2020) was an American actor who spent most of his life and career in the United Kingdom. He was frequently cast as American characters in British films and television programmes. He was best known for his television roles as Doug Hamilton in the soap opera Emmerdale, and as Captain/Major John Kieffer in the detective drama Foyle's War, in the episodes "Invasion" and "All Clear". He also played Russ Jorden, Newt's father, in the special "Extended Edition" of the film Aliens. Benedict was born in Burbank, California. He moved to Europe with his family in the 1960s, and spent most of his working life in England. He was of half German descent. His theatrical credits include The Rocky Horror Show in the Kings Road in the early 1970s, Harold Pinter's production of Sweet Bird of Youth, The Reverend Lee in The Foreigner and Riccardo in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Filumena in which he played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the latter's first stage role, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in a touring production of "One Day at a Time". In 2013, he appeared opposite Steven Berkoff and Andree Bernard in the world premiere of the former's one act play An Actor's Lament at The Berkoff Performing Arts Centre at Alton College, followed by a second performance at The Sinden Theatre, Homewood School, Tenterden in Kent, two nights at The Maltings Theatre & Cinema in Berwick-upon-Tweed and then a three-week run at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In May 2014, it was revived with a short run at the Theatre Royal, Margate with a further one-week run scheduled at The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in September 2014. In August 2014, he returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the world premiere of Terry Jastrow's The Trial of Jane Fonda, playing World War II veteran Archie Bellows. He also appeared widely on television, most notably as Frank Crowe in an episode of the BBC's award-winning 2003 television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, John E. Jones III in Nova's Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, Alan Kalanak in the 2001 Christmas Special edition of Jonathan Creek and Yves Houdet in Thames Television's mini-series of Angus Wilson's Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Other television appearances include Lilyhammer as Agent Becker, Queen Victoria's Men (Lord Melbourne), Sharpe's Honour (General Verigny), Bergerac (Martin Colley), Death Train (Halloran), Harnessing Peacocks (Eli Drew) and Only Love (Roger). He provided the voice for Shiro Hagen in Star Fleet, the English adaptation of the Japanese X-Bomber. His first film role, at the age of 11, was in the 1963 Tony Saytor film La Bande à Bobo. In 1977, he played Deak in the Tosche Station scenes in Star Wars, which were deleted from the film before release. Subsequent film appearances include The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (Didier le Clair), Icon (Carey Jordan), The White Knight (Turkish Ambassador), The Russia House (Spikey), Saving Grace (the MC), Rewind and The Dark Knight Rises (Rich Twit). In 2003 he was third lead in Vicente Aranda's version of Carmen, playing Don Prospero. ... Source: Article "Jay Benedict" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For: Acting

Born: Burbank, California, USA, 1951-04-11

Died: 2020-04-04

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1963	La bande à Bobo		0
2	1977	Come Back, Little Sheba	Brice	70
3	1979	Hanover Street	Cpl. Daniel Giler	56
4	1982	Victor/Victoria	Guy Langois	73
5	1983	The Lonely Lady		45
6	1984	Where Is Parsifal?	Luke	35
7	1985	The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission	Didier Le Clair	63
8	1986	Aliens	Newt's Father	80
9	1986	Un métier de seigneur	Austin	0
10	1989	The Hostage of Europe	Captain Henry Fox	60
11	1990	Dark Obsession	Joe Dimandino	33
12	1990	The Russia House	Spikey	61
13	1992	Shining Through	Wisecracker in War Room	65
14	1993	Death Train	Halloran	50
15	1994	The Patriots	NSA Colleague	66
16	1996	Beaumarchais the Scoundrel	L'homme en gris	66
17	1997	Double Team	Brandon	52
18	1998	Only Love	Roger	54
19	2000	Saving Grace	Master of Ceremonies	65
20	2000	RKO 281	Darryl Zanuck	64
21	2001	Hotel!	Vice President	45
22	2002	The Alien Saga	Self (archive footage)	66
23	2003	Carmen	Prospero	52
24	2003	Superior Firepower: Making 'Aliens'	Self	76
25	2004	Secret Agents	L'Américain	53
26	2005	Icon	Carey Jordan	55
27	2005	Nature Unleashed: Earthquake	Mr. Reed	67
28	2005	Mosquito Man	Dr. Aaron Michaels	52
29	2006	The Maidens' Conspiracy	Turkish Ambassador	40
30	2006	Djihad!	Dr McKenzie	60
31	2007	The Apocalypse Code	Rayli	48
32	2007	Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial	Judge John Jones	66
33	2011	Page Eight	Master of the College	66
34	2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Rich Twit	78
35	2013	400 Boys	Stadium Technician	0
36	2013	The 100 Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared	French Foreign Minister	68
37	2015	Moonwalkers	Colonel Dickford	61
38	2015	The Gamechangers	Reporter (voice)	60
39	2016	I.T.	Detective Unrein	54
40	2016	Two Is a Family	Doctor	77
41	2017	Madame	Dr. Schwiman	59
42	2018	Hostile	Wounded Man	58

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	Laurence Olivier Presents	Bruce	70
2	1981	Bergerac	Martin Colley	67
3	1991	2Point4 Children	Bob	72
4	1991	Maigret	M. Crosby	75
5	1997	Lexx	Vet	71
6	1999	S Club 7	Joni's Boyfriend	74
7	2002	Foyle's War	Captain John Kieffer	79
8	2002	Foyle's War	Major John Kiefer	79
9	2012	Lilyhammer	Agent Becker	73
10	2014	Cilla	Ed Sullivan	71
11	2015	London Spy	Phone Voice (voice)	70

Jay Benedict

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