John Bentley

John Bentley (2 December 1916 – 13 August 2009) was a British film actor who appeared in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera Crossroads. He also starred in the jungle adventure series African Patrol (1957) as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances.John Bentley was well known to cinema-goers in the 1950s, generally in the role of a detective/policeman/official, mainly in "B" films. He was also an accomplished singer and stage actor.