Jay Benedict

• Name — Jay Benedict • Birth Name — Jaudon Edward Benedit • Born — 11 April 1951 • Birthplace — Burbank, California, U.S. • Died — 4 April 2020 • Place of death — London, England • Occupation — Actor, voice actor, casting director • Years Active — 1963–2017 • Spouse — Vanessa Pereira (m. 1987, divorced) • Children — 3

Benedict was born in Burbank, California to Edward Jaudon Benedict (1925-1994) and his German wife Renate Elizabeth Graupe (b. 1926). He moved to Europe with his family in the 1960s, and spent most of his working life in England.

Benedict's 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 provided the voice for Shiro Hagen in Star Fleet, the English adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series X-Bomber. During the 1990s, he was a voice actor for Manga Entertainment, appearing in English dubs of anime like Project A-Ko, GoShogun: The Time Étranger, and Angel Cop, and in various video games. He also participated in the Sandy Frank English dubs of Gamera, the Giant Monster and Mighty Jack, which gained notoriety after being featured on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Benedict also co-founded the ADR/Loop group Sync or Swim with his wife, Phoebe Scholfield. They wrote and directed the English-language version of Dario Argento's film The Card Player. Later in his career, he worked as a voice casting director.

He was married to actress Phoebe Scholfield and together they ran Sync or Swim, an ADR/Loop group. They also translated and wrote movies together, such as (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. Benedict was fluent in English and French, and also spoke German and Spanish.

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. He is survived by his mother Renate (nee Graupe, b. 1926 in Germany), his wife Phoebe (b. 1958) and his children Alexis (b. 1984), Frederick (b. 1996) and Leopold (b. 1997).

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1963 — La bande à Bobo • 1977 — Star Wars — Deak — Scenes deleted • 1979 — Winterspelt — Sergeant • Hanover Street — Cpl. Daniel Giler • Licensed to Love and Kill — Mad Professor • 1980 — The Mine and the Minotaur — Gerry Gallagher • 1982 — Victor Victoria — Guy Langois • 1983 — The Lonely Lady — Dr. Sloan • 1984 — Where Is Parsifal? — Luke • 1985 — Gamera — Additional voices — Sandy Frank English dub • 1986 — Aliens — Russ Jorden — Special edition only • 1989 — La Révolution française: Les années terribles — Clerc • The Hostage of Europe — Capt. Henry Fox • Diamond Skulls — Joe Dimandino • 1990 — The Russia House — Spikey • 1992 — Shining Through — War Room Officer • Project A-Ko — Captain Napolipolita (voice) — Manga Entertainment English dub • 1993 — Genghis Cohn — Dr. Burkhardt • 1994 — The Patriots — NSA Agent • 1996 — Beaumarchais — Man in Grey • GoShogun: The Time Étranger — Leonardi Medici Bundle (voice) — Manga Entertainment English dub • 1997 — Double Team — Brandon • 1998 — Rewind — Blondin • 2000 — Saving Grace — Master of Ceremonies • Vatel — King's Commode Valet • 2002 — Pets — Francois (voice) • 2003 — The Petersburg-Cannes Express • Carmen — Próspero • 2004 — Secret Agents — American Man • 2005 — Beneath Still Waters — Additional voices • Nature Unleashed: Earthquake — Reed • 2006 — The White Knight — Ottoman Ambassador • 2007 — The Apocalypse Code — Rayli • 2008 — A Fox's Tale — Additional voices — English dub • High School Musical: el desafío • 2010 — Chico and Rita • 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 • Demain tout commence — Doctor • 2017 — Madame — Dr. Schurman • Hostile — Wounded Man • Goodbye Christopher Robin — Additional voices • Holy Lands — Dr. Schwimann • 2019 — Scarefest — Lindsey Carpenter • A Call to Spy — Additional voices

• Love Actually (2003) - ADR casting • Thunderbirds (2004) - ADR casting • Being Julia (2004) - ADR casting • The Nun (2005) - ADR casting • Imagine Me & You (2005) - ADR casting • Beneath Still Waters (2005) - ADR casting • The Thief Lord (2006) - ADR casting • The Detonator (2006) - ADR casting • The Kovak Box (2006) - ADR casting • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006) - ADR casting • The Abandoned (2006) - ADR casting: UK • Flight of Fury (2007) - ADR casting • The Golden Compass (2007) - ADR casting • Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008) - ADR casting • The Secret of Moonacre (2008) - ADR casting • The Mortician (2011) - Additional casting • W.E. (2011) - ADR casting: UK • A Dangerous Method (2011) - ADR casting • Prometheus (2012) - ADR casting • The Numbers Station (2013) - Additional ADR casting • Burnt (2015) - ADR casting: UK • The Infiltrator (2015) - ADR casting • Morgan (2016) - ADR casting • Another Day of Life (2018) - Voice casting • Cold Pursuit (2019) - ADR casting • A Call to Spy (2019) - ADR casting: UK • The Informer (2019) - ADR casting: post-production • Radioactive (2019) - ADR casting • The Postcard Killings (2020) - ADR casting • The Last Bus (2021) - ADR casting

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1975 — Couples — Pete — 4 episodes • 1976 — Forget Me Not — Pierre Latour — Episode: "Old" • Dickens of London — Young Man — Miniseries • Angels — Mike Jepson — Episode: "There's Always Tomorrow" • 1977 — Yanks Go Home — Pvt. Floyd Tutt — 6 episodes • Laurence Olivier Presents — Bruce — Episode: "Come Back, Little Sheba" • 1978 — People Like Us — Al Swinger — Miniseries • Tycoon — Robert Gergen — 2 episodes • 1979 — The Other Side — Prager — Episode: "Contacts" • 1980 — Monkey — Additional voices — English dub 3 episodes • Oppenheimer — SED Officer — Miniseries • 1981 — When the Boat Comes In — Luis — Episode: "Roll of Honour" • 1981–82 — How We Used to Live — Anton Podemski — 4 episodes • 1982 — Star Fleet — Shiro Hagen (voice) — English dub 24 episodes • Nancy Astor — Medic — Miniseries • 1983 — Number 10 — Detective-Constable Edwards • The Last Day — Marine Sergeant — TV movie • 1985 — The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission — Didier Le Clair • 1986 — Fugitive Alien — Rocky (voice) — English dub TV movie • Un métier de seigneur — Austin — Miniseries • 1987 — Mighty Jack — Additional voices — Sandy Frank English dub TV movie • 1988 — Hemingway — Miniseries • 1990 — Bergerac — Martin Colley — Episode: "Diplomatic Incident" • 1991 — Fly by Night — Robert Lindsay — Episode: "Furs Flying" • The Bill — Philip Garrod — Episode: "The Last Laugh" • To Be the Best — TV Director — Miniseries • 1992 — Moon and Son — Brad Moresby — Episode: "SOS from a Gemini" • Anglo-Saxon Attitudes — Yves Houdet — Miniseries • Warburg: A Man of Influence — Jimmy • Unnatural Pursuits — Rick — Episode: "I'm the Author" • 1993 — Death Train — Halloran — TV movie • 2point4 Children — Bob — Episode: "Whoopee, We're All Going to Die" • Harnessing Peacocks — Eli — TV movie • 1994 — Brookside — Dr. O'Keefe — Episode: "Airing" • Angel Cop — Asura (voice) — Manga Entertainment English dub 6 episodes • Sharpe's Honour — Verigny — TV movie • 1995 — Maigret — Crosby — Episode: "Maigret et la tête d'un homme" • 1997 — Les vacances de l'amour — Episode: "Le secret de Jeanne" • Emmerdale — Doug Hamilton — 20 episodes • Les héritiers — Col. Brady — Miniseries • 1998 — Only Love — Roger — TV movie • This Could Be the Last Time — Cowboy Doctor • Tide of Life — Paul Matthiews • 1999 — L'histoire du samedi — Walter Muller — Episode: "Petits nuages d'été" • RKO 281 — Darryl F. Zanuck — TV movie • 2000 — Metropolis — Jeremy — Miniseries • L.A. 7 — Joni's Boyfriend — Episode: "Making Movies" • 2001 — Simsala Grimm — Additional voices — English dub 2 episodes • Hotel! — Vice President — TV movie • Jonathan Creek — Alan Kalanak — Episode: "Satan's Chimney" • Swallow — American User — Miniseries • 2003 — Seven Wonders of the Industrial World — Frank Crowe — Episode: "The Hoover Dam" • La crim — Alan Greene — Episode: "Un crime virulent" • Mother Teresa of Calcutta — Father Serrano (voice) — English dub TV movie • 2004 — Quai n° 1 — Victor McKee — Episode: "Le bout du tunnel" • Casualty — Peter — Episode: "The Good Father" • 2005 — Icon — Carey Jordan — TV movie • Sometimes in April — Bowman • Broken News — Mark Ratzenburg — Episode: "Hijack" • 2005 — Mansquito — Dr. Aaron Michaels — TV movie • 2006 — Genie in the House — Soderburg — Episode: "Cave Dad" • Le Grand Charles — William H. Wilbur — Miniseries • Djihad — Dr. McKenzie — TV movie • 2006–08 — 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 • Pinocchio — Additional voices — Miniseries • 2011 — Page Eight — Master of the College — TV movie • 2012 — Lilyhammer — Agent Becker — Episode: "Reality Check" • 2012–13 — Rosamunde Pilcher — Richard Franklin — 2 episodes • 2014 — Cilla — Ed Sullivan — Miniseries • 2015 — The Gamechangers — Reporter (voice) — TV movie • London Spy — Phone Voice — Miniseries • 2016 — Undercover — Judge Kramer

• Year — Title — Role(s) — Notes • 1995 — Simon the Sorcerer II: The Lion, the Wizard and the Wardrobe — Additional voices • Silverload • 1996 — 3 Skulls of the Toltecs • 1997 — The Feeble Files • 1998 — Extreme-G 2 • Nightlong: Union City Conspiracy — Joshua Reev • 2001 — Fuzion Frenzy — Additional voices • 2001 — Headhunter • 2002 — Archangel — Nath, Zelath, Miner, Berlin Monk, Sleeping Ghost • Conflict: Desert Storm — Additional voices • 2003 — Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon — André Lobineau • 2004 — Powerdrome — Jed Clanton • Yager — Additional voices • Rocky Legends • 2005 — Spartan: Total Warrior — Archimedes • 2005 — Perfect Dark Zero — Additional voices • 2011 — MindJack — Gardner, Additional voices

• Year — Title — Role — Venue — Notes • 1973-79 — The Rocky Horror Show — Ensemble member / Swing — Various • 1979-80 — Guys and Dolls — Benny Southstreet — Bristol Old Vic, Bristol • 1981 — Mary, Mary — Dirk Winston — Thorndike Theatre, Leatherhead • 1982 — The Boy Friend — Churchill Theatre, Bromley • 1982 — Romantic Comedy — Leo Janowitz — Apollo Theatre, London • Watford Palace Theatre, Watford • 1983-84 — Jean Seberg — François Moreuil — Royal National Theatre, London • 1985 — Sweet Bird of Youth — The Heckler — UK tour • 1987-88 — The Foreigner — Rev. David Marshall Lee — Noël Coward Theatre, London • Trafalgar Theatre, London • 1995 — Suzanna Andler — Michael Cayre — Battersea Arts Centre, London Source: