Peter Bensley (born 6 February 1954) is an Australian actor.
One of Bensley's earliest roles was as Dennis Braithwaite on the Seven Network drama series Class of '75. He also appeared in ABC Television children's show, Waterloo Street. In 1976, he appeared in an episode of Rush, followed by a guest appearances in Chopper Squad and Tickled Pink in 1978.
Bensley appeared in several Grundy Television soap operas, starting with The Restless Years in 1979. He then took on his one of his most well known roles as Dr. Mike Newman in The Young Doctors from 1980. After The Young Doctors was cancelled in 1983, Bensley played the title role of Stanley Dunstan in the 1984 comedy film Stanley. He had to have his hair cut short for the role and he did his own stunts. He followed this with a stint in Prisoner in 1984 as Matt Delaney, one of the three male prisoners.
In 1986, Bensley played Tony Chapman in Neighbours. He joined Home and Away in 1988 as school teacher Andrew Foley. In 1992, he appeared as Dr. John Austin in the Australian miniseries The New Adventures of Black Beauty. Two years later, he guested in the G.P. episode "Ties of the Blood". The following year, he played Andrew Teigan, father of Jo Teigan, in the Australian/New Zealand co-production Mirror, Mirror.
Bensley starred as Chief Inspector Jeff Hawker in the police procedural drama series Water Rats for the entire run from 1996 until 2001. In 2009, he returned to Neighbours for a two-episode guest role as Dean Naughton. Bensley appeared in the 2020 romantic comedy Romance on the Menu.
In the 1980s, Bensley appeared as a nude centrefold in Cleo magazine wearing only strategically placed scuba gear. He also featured in an advertisement for Palmolive Gold, in which he is seen in bed with fellow The Young Doctors actress Judy McBurney, and semi-naked in a shower.
His first fiction book, On a Wing and a Prayer, was published in 2006.
Bensley and his partner have 3 children.