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Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor.
He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce Running Riot and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998).
Arguably, Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series The Brothers in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970 cult sci-fi series broadcast on UK ITV, Timeslip. Some of his other television roles included Walter Greenhalgh in Coronation Street (1961–1969), Albert the Clerk in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–80), and characters in Breakaway (1980) and First of the Summer Wine (1988).
His film credits include small roles in Crossplot (1969), I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) and Lifeforce (1985). His plays included the farces Post Horn Gallop and Wild Goose Chase, both about the fictional exploits of the eccentric Lord and Lady Elrood and visitors to their castle.
He also appeared with Colin Baker as John Hallam in the Doctor Who audio play Catch-1782 produced by Big Finish Productions.




Plays


The Young in Heart, 1953
The Way the Wind Blows, 1954
Champagne for Breakfast, 1954
Wild Goose Chase, 1955
Running Riot, 1958
Out of Thin Air, 1961
Fish out of Water, 1963
Down to Brass Tacks, 1964
Third Party Risk, 1964
The Party, 1964
Post Horn Gallop, 1965
Murder for the Asking, 1967
Off the Hook, 1970
A Bird in the hand, 1973
Panic Stations, 1975
Caught on the Hop, 1979
Beyond a Joke, 1980
In for the Kill, 1981
Look Who's Talking, 1984
Touch and Go, 1984
Flying Feathers, 1987
Bedside Manners, 1990
Toe in the Water, 1991
Don't Lose the Place, 1992
Anyone for Breakfast?, 1994
Up and Running, 1995
A Fly in the Ointment, 1996
Two and Two Together, 1999
Second Time Around, 2000?
Funny Business, 2005
In At the Deep End, 2005
Over My Dead Body, 2005?
First Things First, 2007




Personal life


Benfield was married to actress Susan Lyle Grant from 1953 until his death in 2009. They had two children together and two grandchildren.




Death


Benfield died of Stomach cancer on 10 March in 2009 at the age of 82 the day before his 83rd birthday.




Filmography






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References






External links


Derek Benfield at the British Film Institute
Derek Benfield at IMDb
Obituary in The Times
Obituary in The Daily Telegraph
Obituary in The Guardian
Obituary in The Independent
http://www.timeslip.org.uk/whoswho/derekbenfield.php Archived 15 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine

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