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Spencer Gordon Bennet was born on 5 January 1893 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The House Without a Key (1926), The Oil Raider (1934) and Jaws of Justice (1933). He died on 8 October 1987 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Director, Producer, Actor
- January 5, 1893
- Spencer Gordon Bennet
- October 8, 1987
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- Biography
- Behind the Scenes
Spencer Gordon Bennet, also known as Big Daddy Bennet, is the owner of the Bennet Manor plantation and the new boss of the Brittle Brothers who were once overseers of Django and Broomhilda. He is the tertiary antagonist of Django Unchained.
Meeting Schultz and Django
When Dr. King Schultz rescues Django from the Speck brothers, they team up to find Broomhilda but first they must hunt down the Brittle Brothers who work at Bennet's cotton plantation in Gatlinburg, Tennesee. Django and Schultz go to Bennet's plantation. Upon meeting them, Bennet becomes hostile to the duo until Schultz offers to buy one of his slaves. Schultz and Django successfully kill the Brittle Brothers, but are met by an again hostile Bennet and his henchmen who wish to kill them. Schultz shows Bennet the dead or alive warrant for the Brittles and Bennet reluctantly lets them go.
Death
Unwilling to let them go, Bennet and a bunch of white supremacists lead an attack against Schultz's dentist carriage. Anticipating this, Schultz and Django distance themselves from the carriage and leave dynamite. Ultimately, the attack was unsuccessful. One of the reasons for this was the use of white masks which covered the vision of Bennet's men. Shortly after, Schultz ambushes the raiders and shoots the dynamite, blowing up some of them and scaring the rest. Big Daddy Bennett then tries to flee on a horse but Django shoots him from a distance with a rifle, killing him.
In a typical Tarantino reference, Bennet's name is that of a Hollywood film serial director.
According to Schultz's remarks in Daughtrey, Bennet Manor is located in Gatlinburg, Tennessee along with several other plantations. The actual Gatlinburg sits in rugged terrain near the Smoky Mountains; there was little that slaves could have been used for. The thin, rocky soil may have been able to accommodate some dirt farms, but not the large scale plantation operations. In actuality, Gatlinburg gained the reputation as a community of hosting abolitionists. Today it is known as a tourist trap that stages "authentic" local culture, much as Bennet represents the stage-set Southern gentleman.
Oct 10, 1987 · Spencer Gordon Bennet, a onetime stunt man and actor in the studios of Thomas Alva Edison who came to be known as Hollywood’s “Serial King,” has died at 94, relatives said Friday.
Spencer Gordon Bennet, also known as Big Daddy Bennet, is the tertiary antagonist of Django Unchained. When Dr. King Schultz rescues Django from the Speck brothers, they team up to find Broomhilda but first they must hunt down the Brittle Brothers who work at Bennet's plantation in Gatlinburg...
Spencer Gordon Bennet (January 5, 1893 – October 8, 1987) was an American film producer and director. Known as the "King of Serial Directors" he directed more film serials than any other director.
Donnie Wayne "Don" Johnson is an American actor who played Spencer Gordon Bennet in Django Unchained. He is best known for playing the lead role as James "Sonny" Crockett on the 1980s television series, Miami Vice. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges.
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