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Jay Benedict (April 11, 1951 – April 4, 2020) was an American actor who spent most of his life and career in the United Kingdom. He was frequently cast as American characters in British films and television programmes. He was best known for his television roles as Doug Hamilton in the soap opera Emmerdale, and as Captain/Major John Kieffer in the detective drama Foyle's War, in the episodes "Invasion" and "All Clear". He also played Russ Jorden, Newt's father, in the special "Extended Edition" of the film Aliens.

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Jay Benedict
Born	(1951-04-11)April 11, 1951[1] Burbank, California, U.S.
Died	April 4, 2020(2020-04-04) (aged 68) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1963–2017
Spouse(s)	Vanessa Pereira (m. 1987, divorced) Phoebe Scholfield (m. 2009)
Children	3

Life and career

Benedict was born in Burbank, California.[1] He moved to Europe with his family in the 1960s, and would spend most of his working life in England. He was of half German descent.[1] His theatrical credits include The Rocky Horror Show in the Kings Road in the early 1970s, Harold Pinter's production of Sweet Bird of Youth, The Reverend Lee in The Foreigner and Riccardo in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Filumena in which he played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the latter's first stage role, and Bill Wilson, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, in a touring production of "One Day at a Time". In 2013, he appeared opposite Steven Berkoff and Andree Bernard in the world premiere of the former's one act play An Actor's Lament at The Berkoff Performing Arts Centre at Alton College, followed by a second performance at The Sinden Theatre, Homewood School, Tenterden in Kent, two nights at The Maltings Theatre & Cinema in Berwick-upon-Tweed and then a three-week run at the Assembly Hall in Edinburgh as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In May 2014, it was revived with a short run at the Theatre Royal, Margate with a further one-week run scheduled at The Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, in September 2014.

In August 2014, he returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the world premiere of Terry Jastrow's The Trial of Jane Fonda, playing World War II veteran Archie Bellows.

He also appeared widely on television, most notably as Frank Crowe in an episode of the BBC's award-winning 2003 television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, John E. Jones III in Nova's Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, Alan Kalanak in the 2001 Christmas Special edition of Jonathan Creek and Yves Houdet in Thames Television's mini-series of Angus Wilson's Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Other television appearances include Lilyhammer as Agent Becker, Queen Victoria's Men (Lord Melbourne), Sharpe's Honour (General Verigny), Bergerac (Martin Colley), Death Train (Halloran), Harnessing Peacocks (Eli Drew) and Only Love (Roger). He provided the voice for Shiro Hagen in Star Fleet, the English adaptation of the Japanese X-Bomber.

His first film role, at the age of 11, was in the 1963 Tony Saytor film La Bande à Bobo. In 1977, he played Deak in the Tosche Station scenes in Star Wars, which were deleted from the film before release.[2] Subsequent film appearances include The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission (Didier le Clair), Icon (Carey Jordan), The White Knight (Turkish Ambassador), The Russia House (Spikey), Saving Grace (the MC), Rewind and The Dark Knight Rises (Rich Twit). In 2003 he was third lead in Vicente Aranda's version of Carmen, playing Don Prospero.

In addition to English, he also spoke fluent French and Spanish, having spent parts of his childhood in both countries, and performed widely on the continent. He appeared as Paul Matthiews in the French day-time soap opera Cap des Pins and William Wilbur in Le Grand Charles (a French mini series on Charles De Gaulle), among many other roles.

He was married to actress Phoebe Scholfield and together they ran Sync or Swim, an ADR/Loop group (see dubbing). They also translated and wrote movies together, such as The Card Player (Il Cartaio), which they translated into English. They had two sons: Leopold Benedict (Before the Rains, Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest) and Freddie Benedict (Planet 51, Azur & Asmar: The Princes' Quest). He also had a daughter from his previous marriage to casting director Vanessa Pereira.

Death

Benedict died at Croydon University Hospital on April 4, 2020, a week before his 69th birthday, due to complications arising from a COVID-19 infection during the pandemic in London.[1] He is survived by his mother Renata (b. 1926), his wife Phoebe (b. 1958) and his children Alexis (b. 1984), Frederick (b. 1996) and Leopold (b. 1997).[3][1][4]

Filmography

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1963	La bande à Bobo
1977	Star Wars	Deak	Scenes deleted
1979	Winterspelt	Sergeant
1979	Hanover Street	Corporal Daniel Giler
1979	Licensed to Love and Kill	Mad Professor
1982	Victor Victoria	Guy Langois
1983	The Lonely Lady	Dr. Sloan
1986	Project A-Ko	Captain	1992, English version, voice
1986	Aliens	Russ Jorden (Newt's Father)	Special edition only
1989	La Révolution française	Clerc	Segment "Années Terribles, Les"
1989	Jeniec Europy	Capt. Henry Fox
1989	Diamond Skulls	Joe Dimandino
1990	The Russia House	Spikey
1992	Shining Through	Wisecracker in War Room
1993	Genghis Cohn	Dr. Burkhardt
1994	The Patriots	Colleague NSA
1996	Beaumarchais	L'homme en gris
1997	Double Team	Brandon
1998	Rewind	Blondin
1999	RKO 281	Darryl Zanuck	TV movie
2000	Saving Grace	Master of Ceremonies
2000	Vatel	King's Commode Valet
2002	Pets	Francois - the duck	Voice
2003	The Petersburg-Cannes Express
2003	Carmen	Próspero
2004	Secret Agents	L'Américain
2006	The White Knight	Turkish Ambassador
2007	The Apocalypse Code	Rayli
2010	Chico and Rita		Voice
2012	The Dark Knight Rises	Rich Twit
2013	The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared	French Foreign Minister
2015	Moonwalkers	Colonel Dickford
2016	I.T.	Detective Unrein
2016	Demain tout commence	Médecin
2017	Madame	Doctor Schurman
2017	Hostile	Wounded Man
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980–1981	Ekkusu Bonbā/"Star Fleet" (1982 English Dub)	Shiro Hagen	Voice, 1982 English dub, 24 episodes
1985	The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission	Didier Le Clair	TV movie
1989	Angel Cop	Asura	Voice, 6 episodes
1997	Emmerdale	Doug Hamilton	20 episodes
1998–2000	Cap des Pins	Paul Matthiews	Unknown episodes
2001	Jonathan Creek	Alan Kalanak	Episode: "Satan's Chimney"
2003	Seven Wonders of the Industrial World	Frank Crowe	Episode: "The Hoover Dam"
2005	Icon	Carey Jordan	TV movie
2006	Foyle's War	Maj. / Captain John Kieffer	2 episodes
2007	Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial	Judge John Jones	Documentary
2008	Queen Victoria's Men	Lord Melbourne	TV movie documentary
2011	Page Eight	Master of the College	TV movie
2012	Lilyhammer	Agent Becker	Episode: "Reality Check"
Video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Fuzion Frenzy	Additional voices
2001	Headhunter	Additional voices
2002	Archangel	Nath, Zelath, Miner, Berlin Monk, Sleeping Ghost
2003	Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon	André Lobineau
2004	Powerdrome	Jed Clanton
2005	Spartan: Total Warrior	Archimedes
2005	Perfect Dark Zero	Additional voices
2011	MindJack	Gardner, additional voices[5]

References

External links

• Official website
• Jay Benedict at IMDb
• Jay Benedict on Foyleswar.com

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