Benjamin "Ben" Whitrow (born 17 February 1937 in Oxford, England) is a British actor. He attended the Dragon School, Tonbridge School, and RADA. Whitrow was also part of the King's Dragoon Guards from 1956 to 1958. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1981. [1] February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the city of Oxford in England. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Dragon School logo School House at the Dragon School, on Bardwell Road. ... Tonbridge School is a British independent all boys boarding school in Tonbridge, founded in 1553 by Sir Andrew Judde. ... Rada is the term for council or assembly borrowed by Polish from Middle High German Rat (council) and later passed into Czech, Ukrainian, and Belarusian languages. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company is a British theatre company. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Whitrow was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of Mr Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... Pride and Prejudice is a 1995 British television drama serial, adapted from Jane Austens novel of the same name, originally published in 1813. ...

Select Filmography

• The Queen's Sister as Cronin
• Restoration as Merivel's Father
• Pride and Prejudice as Mr Bennet
• The New Statesman as Paddy O'Rourke
• Chancer as Robert Douglas
• Brimstone and Treacle as Businessman
• Play for Today as Josh
• Troilus and Cressida as Ulysses
• The Sweeney as Det. Chief Supt. Braithwaite
• The Brontes of Haworth as Arthur Bell Nicholls

Restoration is a 1995 film which tells the story of a doctor on the staff of King Charles II of England, who is ordered to marry the Kings mistress, but finds himself falling in love with her. ... Pride and Prejudice is a 1995 British television drama serial, adapted from Jane Austens novel of the same name, originally published in 1813. ... Rik Mayall as Alan Bstard in The New Statesman The New Statesman was an award-winning British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. ... Chancer was a British television serial produced by Central Television. ... Brimstone and Treacle is a 1970s play by Dennis Potter about a middle-aged middle-class couple living in a North London suburb who are unfortunate enough to have their beautiful undergraduate daughters life reduced to a severely handicapped existence by a hit-and-run driver. ... The Play for Today logo, seen here in the opening title sequence from 1976. ... The History of Troilus and Cressida is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written around 1602, shortly after the completion of Hamlet. ... The name Ulysses can mean: The Roman equivalent of Odysseus A 1922 novel by James Joyce: Ulysses (novel) A 1967 movie based on the novel, Ulysses (movie) A solar probe: Ulysses (spacecraft) A poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson A anime television program produced by DiC Entertainment: Ulysses 31 An indie... The Sweeney is a British television police drama focusing on two crime-fighting members of the Flying Squad, an elite branch of the British police force specialising in armed robbery and violent crime. ...

External Links

• Whitrow at the IMDb
• Whitrow at the BBC site