Peter Benson obituary

Veteran stage and screen actor who played Bernie Scripps in the ITV drama series HeartbeatThe actor Peter Benson, who has died aged 75, had a screen and stage career encompassing everything from Shakespeare to musicals and worked with the film directors Michael Crichton and Roman Polanski. However, he will be best remembered as the gaunt and melancholy Bernie Scripps in Heartbeat, the popular television police drama set in 1960s rural North Yorkshire.As well as owning Aidensfield garage, Bernie