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Benjamin John Whitrow (17 February 1937 – 28 September 2017) was a British actor. He was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actor for his role as Mr Bennet in the 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, and voiced the role of Fowler in the 2000 animated film Chicken Run.
Benjamin Whitrow was a softly-spoken, RADA-trained English actor who performed on stage from 1959. He worked for seven years in the 1960s under the direction of Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre. He was also a prolific actor on screen, usually seen in avuncular roles.
Sep 29, 2017 · Benjamin Whitrow, the actor who has died aged 80, was one of the chief delights of the BBC television adaptation of Pride and Prejudice (1995), in which he played Mr Bennet.
Benjamin Whitrow was a softly-spoken, RADA-trained English actor who performed on stage from 1959. He worked for seven years in the 1960s under the direction of Laurence Olivier at the National Theatre. He was also a prolific actor on screen, usually seen in avuncular roles.
A British actor who was prolific on both the stage and screen, Whitrow was best known for his BAFTA-nominated role as Mr Bennet in the BBC’s production of Pride and Prejudice (1995). He amassed over 100 credits during his career including Quadrophenia (1979), Chaplin (1992) and Chicken Run (2000).
Oct 5, 2017 · BENJAMIN Whitrow, who has died aged 80, was perhaps most renowned for his role as Mr Bennet in the 1995 BBC version of Pride and Prejudice, but had an illustrious career on stage and screen.
Sep 29, 2017 · The Oxford-born actor Benjamin Whitrow, who has died aged 80, was a great man of the theatre who also had a flourishing career on television and in films. Never the big star, he nevertheless graced any production with a passionate affection playing roles that had a certain authority or oddity about them.
