Hywel Bennett
Hywel Bennett was born in the Amman Valley, South Wales and trained at RADA. Whilst at college he joined the National Youth Theatre where he stayed for five years, playing many leading Shakespearian roles including Ophelia at the opening of the Queen's Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue!
THEATRE
Hywel's theatre career started in rep at Salisbury and Leatherhead. Wormwood in C.S. Lewis's THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS with Sir Donald Wolfit and Lennie in A SMASHING DAY by Alan Plater at the Arts Theatre; Puck in A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at the Edinburgh Festival; Prince Hal in HENRY IV at the Mermaid; Mark Antony in JULIUS CAESAR at the Young Vic; Bakke in BAKKE'S NIGHT OF FAME at the Shaw; Danny in NIGHT MUST FALL at the Shaw; Konstantin in THE SEAGULL at Exeter; Toad in TOAD OF TOAD HALL at Birmingham Rep; HAMLET in Natal, South Africa; BUTLEY at the English Speaking Theatre, Vienna; Jimmy Porter in LOOK BACK IN ANGER at the Belgrade, Coventry; Simon in OTHERWISE ENGAGED at the Comedy Theatre; the Levantine in THE CAST OF THE OILY LEVANTINE at Her Majesty's; Scott in TERRA NOVA at Chichester; Tim in FLY AWAY HOME at the Lyric, Hammersmith; Marlow in SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER at the National; Andrey in THREE SISTERS at the Albery; Long John Silver in TREASURE ISLAND at the Edinburgh Festival.
TELEVISION
Old Ronno in THE QUEST II and THE QUEST III for Yorkshire Television; Jack Dalton in EASTENDERS for BBC; Peter Baxter in THE BILL for Thames TV (5 episodes); Dr Strange in TIME GENTLEMEN PLEASE for Avalon TV; Old Ronno in THE QUEST for Yorkshire TV; Kevin in LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE for BBC; Freddie Marks in LLOYD AND HILL for Carlton; Roger Whale in RANDALL AND HOPKIRK DEC'D for BBC; Pete Tyler in THE BILL for Thames TV; Deep Throat in LOCK, STOCK for Channel 4; Mostyn Hughes in DIRTY WORK for BBC Wales; Iles in HARPUR AND ILES for BBC Wales; Croup in NEVERWHERE for BBC2; Arthur 'Pig' Malion in Dennis Potter's KARAOKE for BBC; FRONTIERS for Carlton; MURDER MOST HORRID for BBC (guest); FRANK STUBBS PROMOTES for ITV (guest); TRUST ME for BBC; VIRTUAL MURDER for BBC (guest); A MIND TO KILL for HTV; six series of SHELLEY for Thames TV; BOON for Central TV (guest); CHECKPOINT CHISWICK for Channel 4; FRANKIE AND JOHNNIE for BBC Screen Two; THE SECRET AGENT; ABSENT FRIENDS by Alan Ayckbourn; THE CONSULTANT by Alan Plater; Mr Puff in THE CRITIC; Tom the Pimp in Dennis Potter;s PENNIES FROM HEAVEN; Dr Bickleigh in MALICE AFORETHOUGHT; John Le Carre's TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY; COMING OUT; ARTEMIS 81; Simon Gray's DEATH OF A TEDDY BEAR; Dennis Potter's WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM; Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET; A MONTH IN THE COUNTRY; UNMAN, WITTERING AND ZIGO; THE IDIOT.
FILM
Richard Stevens in ONE FOR THE ROAD; Herod in MARY, MOTHER OF JESUS for Hallmark Entertainment; VATEL with Gerard Depardieu and Uma Thurman, directed by Roland Joffe; David Withers in NASTY NEIGHBOURS; The Sea Captain in MISERY HARBOUR; Reg in MARRIED TO MALCOLM directed by James Cellan-Jones; DEADLY ADVICE directed by Mandie Fletcher; Purvis in THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE for Grundy Motion Pictures; AGE UNKNOWN for Swedish TV; THE TWILIGHT ZONE for 20th Century Fox; MURDER ELITE with Ali McGraw; WAR ZONE with Christopher Walken; ENDLESS NIGHT; ALICE IN WONDERLAND; THE BUTTERCUP CHAIN; LOOT; THE VIRGIN SOLDIERS; PERCY; THE TWISTED NERVE; Arthur in THE FAMILY WAY with Hayley Mills and Sir John Mills.