Peter Bensley (born 6 February 1954, Warialda, New South Wales)[1] is an Australian actor.
Bensley appeared in several Grundy Television soap operas including The Restless Years (1979); The Young Doctors as Dr. Mike Newman (from 1980 until the show finished in 1983); Prisoner as one of the three male prisoners, Matt Delaney (for 34 episodes in 1984); Neighbours (1986) as Tony Chapman;[2] and Home and Away (1988 to 1990) as school teacher Andrew Foley.
[2] In 1992, Bensley appeared as Dr. John Austin in the Australian miniseries The New Adventures of Black Beauty.
In the 1980s, Bensley appeared as a nude centrefold in the magazine, Cleo, wearing only strategically placed scuba gear.
He also featured in a cheeky advertisement for Palmolive Gold, in which he is seen in bed with fellow The Young Doctors actress Judy McBurney, and semi-naked in a shower.