Colin Bennett (actor)

For other people with the same name, see Colin Bennett (disambiguation).

Colin Bennett is a RADA trained actor, perhaps most famous for his role as Mr Bennett, the accident prone caretaker and straightman for Tony Hart in the BBC children's programmes Take Hart (1977-1983) and Hartbeat (1984-1989). He also portrayed the father in the 1985 Yellow Pages/Hornby advert Signal Box.

Amongst other TV 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. He has a background in acting in and directing plays notably appearing in, and directing, the musical version of The Point!.

Bennett runs his own production company, An Acquired Taste TV Corp, and has been making broadcast television for about 17 years. Its name reflects its aim to be an 'Acquired Taste' in that they have specialised in slightly edgy products and the notion of 'acquired content'.

His son Tom is an actor.

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