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Mar 30, 2009 · Derek Benfield, who died on March 10, the eve of his 83rd birthday, was an actor and the author of more than 30 plays. In recent years he was most familiar to television viewers in the role of ...
Mar 10, 2009 · Biography. Derek Benfield was an English actor and writer. Known For. Lifeforce. Rumpole of the Bailey. First of the Summer Wine. Timeslip. Hetty Wainthropp Investigates. The Brothers. Agatha Christie's Poirot. Arthur's Hallowed Ground. Acting. Writing. Derek Benfield was an English actor and writer.
Derek Benfield. Actor/Writer. 11 March 1926 to 10 March 2009. A familiar looking character actor, Benfield was a regular in The Brothers (1972-76), played the clerk to Leo McKern’s Rumpole of the Bailey (1978-80) and was worried husband to Patricia Routledge’s title character in Hetty Wainthorp Investigates (1996-98).
