Dr. Willard Benson
Background
Dr. Willard Benson is a medical doctor in Los Angeles, California.
During the events of X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes (1963) played by John Hoyt
After he loses his funding, Dr. Benson tells Dr. James Xavier he thinks it is for the best Dr. Xavier lost his research funding and tells him he wants him to look at a patient named Stanton. After looking at the patient, Dr. Xavier tells Dr. Benson his diagnosis is wrong, but Dr. Benson refuses to believe him and orders him to help during Stanton's surgery. Before surgery, Dr. Xavier tries again to tell Dr. Benson his diagnosis is wrong, and after Dr. Benson ignores his warning, Dr. Xavier slices him with a scalpel in the hand and takes over the surgery. He succeeds in performing the surgery, but Dr. Benson tells him he is going to report him to the board of the hospital and he will be tried for malpractice.