Ben Peyton (born 1977) is a former British

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

best known for playing PC

Ben Hayward ''The Bill'' is a long-running British television police procedural television series which ran from 16 August 1983 to the show’s cancellation on 31 August 2010, named after a slang term for the police. The characters are all police officers o ...

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The Bill ''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyb ...

'' from 2000 to 2002. He attended Millfield School in Somerset where he became National Schools Squash Champion in 1994 and 1995. After Millfield, he attended Guildford School of Acting graduating in 1998. Numerous corporate videos and adverts led him to CITV show, Welcome to Orty Fou, before landing roles in Band of Brothers and a regular part in The Bill. Other credits include Emmerdale and Holby City. Ben stopped acting in 2006 although returned to the stage for lead roles in ART and Journey’s End at Guildford’s Electric Theatre. In 2017, Ben shared his memories of his time on ''

'' and his career in general in the second episode of ''The Bill Podcast'' In 2022 Ben published his debut novel, Luke Stevens and the Blood of St George, and action-adventure fantasy novel aimed at 10-15yo as well as adults.

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* * https://benpeyton.co.uk/
The Bill Podcast Interview
* http://carryonfan.blogspot.com/2016/09/carry-on-blogging-interview-ben-peyton.html * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0679029/ 1977 births British male television actors Living people {{UK-tv-actor-1970s-stub