the wedding he was written out of the series via a terrorist attack; he said that the script writers did not know what to do with his part following the marriage. After leaving Crossroads, Bentley returned to the stage including a starring role as the English literature professor in a tour of Educating Rita, but by the early 1990s he had retired as a result of breaking an ankle on stage, which subsequently caused arthritis. Personal life Bentley was married twice. He and his first wife were divorced in 1955. He married again in 2003; he and his wife lived in Petworth, West Sussex, until his death in 2009 at the age of 92. Selected filmography The Hills of Donegal (1947) - Terry O'Keefe Calling Paul Temple (1948) - Paul Temple Bait (1950) - DuCane Torment (1950) - Jim Brandon The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) - Richard Tassell Paul Temple's Triumph (1950) - Paul Temple She Shall Have Murder (1950) - Douglas Robjohn Salute the Toff (1952) - The Honourable Richard Rollison The Woman's Angle (1952) - Renfro Mansell Hammer the Toff (1952) - The Honourable Richard Rollison The Lost Hours (1952) - Clark Sutton Paul Temple Returns (1952) - Paul Temple Tread Softly (1952) - Keith Gilbert Men Against the Sun (1953) - Hawker Black Orchid (1953) - Eric Blair Golden Ivory (1954) - Paul Dobson River Beat (1954) - Dan Barker The Scarlet Spear (1954) - District Officer Jim T. Barneson Double Exposure (1954) - Pete Fleming Profile (1954) - Peter Final Appointment (1954) - Mike Billings Confession (1955) - Detective Inspector Kessler Stolen Assignment (1955) - Mike Billings The Flaw (1955) - Paul Oliveri Dial 999 (1955) - Det. Sgt. Seagrave Count of Twelve (1955) - Dr. Lawrence (episode "Blind Man's Bluff") Escape from the Iron Curtain (1956) - Capt. Philip J. Lawton Run for the Sun (1956) - Jim Harrison Istanbul (1957) - Insp. Nural Submarine Seahawk (1958) - Lt. Cmdr. Paul Turner Sacred Waters (1960) - Lemmy, ein Engländer The Singer Not the Song (1961) - Police Captain Mary Had a Little... (1961) - Dr. Malcolm Nettel The Sinister Man (1961) - Superintendent Wills The Fur Collar (1962) - Mike Andrews Shadow of Treason (1963) - Steve References External links Anthony Hayward, "John Bentley: Actor who played Noele Gordon's husband in 'Crossroads'", The Independent, 18 August 2009. Gavin Gaughan, "John Bentley", obituary in