Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow

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fictional character portrayal television character

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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Mr. Bennet (Benjamin Whitrow)	0
Mr Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow	2
Mr. Bennet (Jane Austen character)	1

Statements (46)

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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)

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

Lydia Bennet – Julia Sawalha → relatedCharacterPortrayal → Mr. Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mr Bennet – Benjamin Whitrow