Benton Jennings (born October 27, 1955)[1] is an American film, television, commercial, voice-over, and stage actor, writer and director based in Los Angeles, California.
He has the dubious distinction of having portrayed Adolf Hitler five times: once on the TV soap Passions, David Zucker's 2008 comedy film An American Carol, the indie comedy feature Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury with Kevin Sorbo, on Jimmy Kimmel Live!
in the "Captain Mexico" parody sketch, ep 9.163, July 26, 2011, and February 2012 in a professional photo essay which depicts a time-traveling, assassin-shooting Hitler.
While appearing in a production of Requiem for a Heavyweight by Rod Serling as the Doctor, having already received critical praise for the part ("...an excellent BENTON JENNINGS..." - Amy Bowker, The Tolucan Times), he stepped into the lead role of Maish when actor Ken Butler became terminally ill, with only 4 days rehearsal to learn over 70 pages of dialog, and received standing ovations for his performances.
He is the youngest son of William Bryan Jennings, who played the cop in the 1966 cult film favorite Manos: The Hands of Fate.