Charles Kenneth Anton Benda (3 June 1902 – 26 July 1978) was an English actor often on television. He appeared in British television series No Hiding Place, The Saint, The Avengers, Z-Cars, The Prisoner, Doctor Who, Doomwatch and films The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The Ruling Class, Horror Hospital, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It, International Velvet and others. His stage appearances included small roles at The Old Vic and with Peter Hall's National Theatre company.
Private life Benda was the son of Charles Benda, a company director and merchant dealing in Oriental Goods. His grandparents, Anton Benda and his wife Frances Mandelbaum, both originally from the Kingdom of Bavaria, were naturalized as British subjects, and in the census of 1871 his grandfather was described as a foreign agent.Anton Benda, ancestry.co.uk
On 2 June 1932, at St Peter's, Cranley Gardens, he married Lucy Evelyn Alston, a daughter of Sir Beilby Alston.Charles Kenneth Benda in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1936, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 10 February 2022 Their daughter Rosemary Evelyn was born in 1936. In 1960, she married Robert Calder-Smith and they had two daughters and three sons, Henrietta, Anthony, Victoria, Dominic and Benjamin.
Benda retired to the Old Vicarage, Crondall, near Farnham, Surrey, where he died in July 1978.Wills and Administrations (England & Wales) 1978 (1979), p. 602 His widow survived him until 1991. Both are buried at Crondall.
Acting credits Production Notes RoleNo Hiding Place"Deadline for Dummy" (1963)Gen. BarnabyThe Scales of Justice"The Undesirable Neighbour" (1963) "The Invisible Asset" (1963)JudgeClub MemberThe Plane Makers"Loved He Not Honours More" (1963)Indian PassengerThe Saint"The Lawless Lady" (1964)Lord Henry WentworthCall the Gun Expert"The Teenage Murderer – 1926" (1964)Bernard SpilsburyEdgar Wallace Mysteries"The Verdict (1964 film)" (1964) "Game for Three Losers" (1965)Lord Chief JusticeBryceThe Wednesday Play"The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne" (1965)Sir John's FatherBindle (One of Them Days)Film (1966)Rev. SopleyAdam Adamant Lives!2 episodes (1966)Sir JamesThe Avengers"A Sense of History" (1966) "From Venus with Love" (1967)James BroomLord MansfordSoftly, Softly"Selection" (1967)Chief Constable EverettSir Arthur Conan Doyle"Redhanded" (1967)Lord ManneringTheatre 625"The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists" (1967)Sir Graball D'EncloselandThe Prisoner"Free for All" (1967)SupervisorThe Franchise TrailTV Film (1968)Pharaoh MamoulianDetective"The High Adventure" (1968)Sir James TrevorZ-Cars"He Must Be Up to No Good: Part 2" (1968)Sir Francis KingThe Jazz Age"Mister Jack Hollins Against Fate" (1968)Sir Maurice CopeBBC Play of the Month"Maigret at Bay" (1969)Jean-Baptiste PrieurCallan"Nice People Die at Home" (1969)DoctorA Touch of LoveFilm (1969)Mr. StaceyDoctor in the House"The War of the Mascots" (1969)Sir WilliamScream and Scream AgainFilm (1970)Prof. KingsmillOh, Brother!"By the Fleshpots" (1970)Take Three Girls"Gloria for First Offence" (1970)Second AssistantSecrets of SexFilm (1970)Sacha SeremonaIf It Moves, File It"Walled in" (1970)AdmiralThe Private Life of Sherlock HolmesFilm (1970)MinisterBiography"Beethoven" (1970)SchnellerThe BefriendersTV Film (1970)LawtonDoctor Who2 episodes: "The Claws of Axos" (1971)The MinisterPaul Temple"Ricochet" (1971)GuntherThe Guardians"Head of State" (1971)GeneralThe Search for the Nile"Find Livingstone" (1971)Sir Henry RawlinsonJustice"To Help an Old School Friend" (1971)WetherbyThe Regiment"A Perfect Day" (1972)Lord Chief JusticeClouds of Witness Lord Peter Wimsey (TV series)1st. broadcast episode (1972)Serjeant-at-armsThe Ruling ClassFilm (1972)Lord ChancellorDoomwatch"Without the Bomb" (1972)Clive HughesThe VenturersTV Film (1972)GrumboldScoop"A Surfeit of Boots" (1972)Prime MinisterArthur of the Britons"The Gift of Life" (1972)UlrichThe Edwardians"Daisy" (1973)Archbishop of CanterburyHorror HospitalFilm (1973)CarterEmmerdale1 episode (1973)Sir Gerald ScottA Pin to See the Peepshow1 episode (1973)Crown counselThe Dragon's Opponent"The Battle" (1973)Air Vice-MarshalThe Pallisers2 episodes (1974)Major DomoFall of Eagles"Requiem for a Crown Prince" (1974)Professor WiderhofferPlay for Today"The Cheviot, the Stag and the Black, Black Oil" (1974)Duke of SutherlandNo, Honestly2 episodes (1974)RoyleThe Early Life of Stephen Hind1 episode (1974)WexfordThe StudFilm (1974)CarruthersChurchill's People"The Fine Art of Bubble-Blowing" (1975)Lord GrabbleThe Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter BrotherFilm (1975)ButlerWodehouse Playhouse"The Code of the Mulliners" (1976)Bagshot – ButlerThe Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know ItFilm (1977)Sir Miles Messervey, 'M'The Basil Brush Show1 episode (1977)International VelvetFilm (1978)Presentation Official
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