Jay Benedict (born 1951; Burbank, California) is an American actor, best known in the United Kingdom for his role as Captain John Kieffer in Foyle's War (in the episodes "Invasion" and "All Clear").
He has lived and worked in Europe since the 1960s. His theatrical credits include The Rocky Horror Show in the Kings Road in the early 1970s, Harold Pinter's production of Sweet Bird of Youth, The Reverend Lee in The Foreigner and Riccardo in Franco Zeffirelli's production of Filumena in which he played opposite Pierce Brosnan in the latter's first stage role. In November 2010 he played the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill Wilson, in a touring production of "One Day at a Time" with the Outside Edge Theatre Company.
He has also appeared widely on television, most notably as Frank Crowe in an episode of the BBC's award-winning 2003 docudrama television miniseries Seven Wonders of the Industrial World, John E. Jones III in Nova's Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial, Alan Kalanak in the 2001 Christmas Special edition of Jonathan Creek and Yves Houdet in Thames Television's mini-series of Angus Wilson's Anglo-Saxon Attitudes. Other television appearances include Queen
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