Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow

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Benjamin Whitrow’s Mr. Bennet is the dryly witty, long-suffering patriarch of the Bennet family in the 1995 BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character portrayal
television character
adaptationOf Pride and Prejudice
surface form: Pride and Prejudice (novel)
appearsIn Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
surface form: Pride and Prejudice (BBC, 1995)
basedOn Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mr. Bennet (Jane Austen character)
castingType supporting role
child Catherine “Kitty” Bennet (1995 TV series character)
Elizabeth Bennet – Jennifer Ehle
surface form: Elizabeth Bennet (1995 TV series character)

Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker
surface form: Jane Bennet (1995 TV series character)

Lydia Bennet – Julia Sawalha
surface form: Lydia Bennet (1995 TV series character)

Mary Bennet (1995 TV series character)
countryOfResidence England
familyName Lydia Bennet
surface form: Bennet
fandom Pride and Prejudice (1995) fandom
firstAppearance Episode 1 (Pride and Prejudice, 1995)
gender male
genre period drama
givenName Mr.
hasNumberOfDaughters 5
language English
medium television
nationalityInFiction British
network BBC
notableQuoteTrait deadpan delivery
notableSceneWith Elizabeth Bennet – Jennifer Ehle
surface form: Elizabeth Bennet (Jennifer Ehle)

Mr. Collins – David Bamber
surface form: Mr. Collins (1995 TV series character)

Fitzwilliam Darcy
surface form: Mr. Darcy (Colin Firth)
notableTrait aversion to social pretension
detached parenting style
dry wit
fondness for Elizabeth Bennet
long-suffering nature
sarcastic humour
occupation landed gentleman
portrayedBy Benjamin Whitrow
primaryLocationInSeries Hertfordshire
primaryThemeAssociation marriage and family dynamics
productionCompany BBC
residence Longbourn
settingPeriod Regency era
socialClass gentry
sourceWorkAuthor Jane Austen
spouse Mrs. Bennet – Alison Steadman
surface form: Mrs. Bennet (1995 TV series character)
spousePortrayedBy Alison Steadman
yearOfFirstBroadcast 1995

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Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series) characterPortrayedBy Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
Jane Bennet – Susannah Harker childOf Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
this entity surface form: Mr Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow basedOn Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Mr. Bennet (Benjamin Whitrow)
this entity surface form: Mr. Bennet (Jane Austen character)
Lydia Bennet – Julia Sawalha relatedCharacterPortrayal Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
this entity surface form: Mr Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
Mary Bennet (1995 TV series character) childOf Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
this entity surface form: Mr Bennet (1995 TV series character)
Catherine “Kitty” Bennet (1995 TV series character) father Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
subject surface form: Catherine "Kitty" Bennet (1995 TV series character)
this entity surface form: Mr. Bennet (1995 TV series character)
Catherine Cook role Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
subject surface form: Benjamin Whitrow
this entity surface form: Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)
Catherine Cook spouseOfRole Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow
this entity surface form: Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (1995 TV series)