He also portrayed the father in the 1985 Yellow Pages/Hornby advert Signal Box - although only in a later edit in which he thanked the son for his present.
Among other television duties, he presented Night Shift and You Should Be So Lucky, as well as appearing in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy as Zarquon.
He wrote a couple of TV series including Captain Zep - Space Detective and Luna before moving into the production field.
[6] Bennett graduated RADA in 1973[7] where he was named most promising actor of the year.
[8] Bennett ran a production company, An Acquired Taste TV Corp, and broadcast for television for about 17 years.