[1] Bennett first started acting at eleven, playing a Roman citizen in a school production of Shaw's Antony and Cleopatra.

He graduated from the University of Wales with a degree in theatre, and taught for a year and a half before beginning acting full-time.

Elrod, Bennett co-authored a series of acclaimed "James Bond with fangs" vampire adventure novels for Baen Books.

The "Lord Richard, Vampire" trilogy includes Keeper of the King, His Father's Son, and Siege Perilous.

He also contributed the short story "Wolf and Hound" to "Dracula's London," a collection edited by Elrod for Ace Science Fiction.