John Bentley (2 December 1916 – 13 August 2009) was a British film actor who emerged in the 1970s as Hugh Mortimer, Meg Richardson's ill-fated new husband in the soap opera Crossroads. He also starred in the jungle adventure series African Patrol (1957) as Chief Inspector Paul Derek and made various other guest appearances. Bentley died 13 August 2009, according to ATV News article online.
John Bentley was well known to cinema-goers in the 1950s, generally in the role of a detective/policeman/official. Mainly confined to 'B' films which were low budget productions used to support a main feature, he also had his own TV series for a while and starred in 'Crossroads' in the 1970s. He was also an accomplished singer and stage actor.