Pete Benson was born in London in1950. After obtaining a BA in Business Finance he pursued a career in business. It was not for him, so in 1978 he became a film Prop Man.
He worked on some of the biggest British made films over the course of 25 years, during which time he started a successful Prop Hire company in 1984, before retiring in 2007.
He now lives in Kent, England, with his wife Clare and her daughter Kimberley, closer to his grown-up children Ellenna, Ria and Harry.