Rodney Bennett was born on March 14, 1935, and died on January 3, 2017.

He was a British television director.

Bennett worked BBC Radio and TV.

Bennett work included directing three Doctor Who stories, The Ark in Space, The Sontaran Experiment,(both 1975) and The Masque of Mandragora (1976).

Rodney Bennett also directed Derek Jacobi and Patrick Stewart in the BBC Shakespeare production of Hamlet in 1980.

Rodney Bennett passed away at 81 years old.