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Christopher Benjamin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christopher Benjamin is a British actor, born 27 December 1934 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He is well known for his roles in some of the UK's biggest cult television programmes. This included playing the same character in two Patrick McGoohan dramas, Danger Man and The Prisoner, fuelling speculation that they are possibly linked. He was also a regular in The Avengers and Doctor Who, playing in three episodes of each, mostly in comedy roles. He also played recurring roles in several period dramas. He was Sir John Glutton, the regular adversary in the period family adventure series Dick Turpin, Channing in several episodes of the third series of When The Boat Comes In, and Prosper Profound in the acclaimed 1967 adaptation of The Forsyte Saga . He reprised the role of Henry Gordon Jago, from the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang in four series of Jago and Litefoot audio plays, after a well received episode of the Big Finish Productions audio C.D. series Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles entitled The Mahogany Murderers. He acted alongside Trevor Baxter who played Professor George Litefoot. Predominantly a theatre actor, he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. He appeared at Shakespeare's Globe from 17 June to 5 October 2008 as Falstaff in The Merry Wives of Windsor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .


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Born:
Dec 27, 1934 In Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Movie/TV Credits:
87
First Appeared:
In the series Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951-12-24
Latest Project:
Movie The Legend of Tarzan 2016-06-29
Known For
Poster of The Legend of Tarzan
Poster of Doctor Who
Poster of Midsomer Murders
Poster of My Son Reuben
Filmography
Movie The Legend of Tarzan Lord Knutsford 2016-06-29
Movie The Merry Wives of Windsor Sir John Falstaff 2011-06-27
Movie Angel Lord Norley 2007-02-17
Series Doctor Who Colonel Hugh 2005-03-26
Series Foyle's War Unknown 2002-10-27
Series Judge John Deed Unknown 2001-11-26
Movie Sword of Honour Doctor 2001-01-02
Movie Treasure Island Squire Trelawney 1999-01-01
Series The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns Troll Manager 1999-11-07
Series Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round Unknown 1998-05-08
Movie The Tichborne Claimant Gibbes 1998-08-01
Series Midsomer Murders Harvey Crane 1997-03-23
Series Pride and Prejudice Sir William Lucas 1995-09-24
Movie Hard Times Slackbridge 1994-04-29
Series Magic Grandad Sir John Gage 1993-01-12
Series Maigret Unknown 1992-02-09
Series Shakespeare: The Animated Tales Duke Frederick / Corin (voice) 1992-11-09
Series Heartbeat Oliver Ridley 1992-04-10
Movie The Black Velvet Gown Anthony Gallington 1991-06-02
Movie Thatcher: The Final Days George Younger 1991-09-11
Series Campion Coroner 1989-01-22
Series Young Charlie Chaplin Captain Hindom 1989-01-25
Series Anything More Would Be Greedy Unknown 1989-07-26
Series A Gentleman's Club Unknown 1988-09-23
Series The Diary of Anne Frank Mr. Hans Van Daan 1987-01-04
Series Inspector Morse Professor Furlong 1987-01-06
Series Yes, Prime Minister Unknown 1986-01-09
Series Lovejoy Walid 1986-01-10
Series Casualty Henry Lindall 1986-09-06
Series Call Me Mister Unknown 1986-09-05
Series Dempsey and Makepeace Sam Powell 1985-01-11
Movie The Caucasian Chalk Circle Prince Kazbeki 1985-01-01
Movie Cyrano de Bergerac Montfleury 1985-07-26
Series Sherlock Holmes Dr. Huxtable 1984-04-24
Movie The Plague Dogs Rowf (voice) 1982-10-01
Series The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Unknown 1982-11-07
Movie A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado Mr Porter 1981-01-20
Movie Donkeys' Years Norman Tate 1980-01-01
Movie Hawk the Slayer Fitzwalter 1980-08-27
Movie The Executioner Rabbi 1980-04-17
Series Dick Turpin Unknown 1979-01-06
Series Shoestring Unknown 1979-09-30
Series Minder Mr. Rushmer 1979-10-29
Series Armchair Thriller Det. Inspector Tarrant 1978-02-21
Movie Hanging Around Harold 1978-10-02
Series The Sandbaggers Unknown 1978-09-18
Movie Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang Henry Gordon Jago 1977-04-02
Series Target Unknown 1977-09-09
Movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame Charmolue 1976-12-30
Series My Son Reuben Unknown 1975-09-08
Series Poldark Sir Hugh Bodrugan 1975-10-05
Series Angels Unknown 1975-09-01
Series Get Some In! Unknown 1975-10-16
Series Rumpole of the Bailey Unknown 1975-12-17
Movie In the Steps of a Dead Man Medical Officer 1974-05-27
Movie Brief Encounter Porter 1974-11-12
Series Father Brown Unknown 1974-09-26
Movie Baffled! Verelli 1973-04-11
Series Thriller Medical Officer 1973-04-14
Series Van der Valk Mulder 1972-09-13
Series The Protectors Banker 1972-09-29
Series Crown Court Det. Supt. Brotherton 1972-10-11
Series Jason King Unknown 1971-09-15
Series Budgie Unknown 1971-04-09
Series Upstairs, Downstairs Max Weinberg 1971-10-10
Series The Onedin Line Said Ben Salim 1971-10-15
Movie Junket 89 1970-09-09
Movie Doctor Who: Inferno Sir Keith Gold 1970-05-09
Series Ace of Wands Unknown 1970-07-29
Movie Døden i gatene Unknown 1970-10-08
Series Play for Today Mr Porter 1970-10-15
Movie Ring of Bright Water Fishmonger 1969-06-18
Series Paul Temple Unknown 1969-11-23
Movie The Brahmin Widow Niaz Ali Beg 1968-04-08
Movie The Tycoon Gerald 1968-12-30
Series The Prisoner Number Two's Assistant 1967-09-29
Series Quick Before They Catch Us Unknown 1966-05-07
Movie Love's Labour's Lost Don Adriano de Armado 1965-05-06
Series The Man In Room 17 Chief Supt. Craythorpe 1965-06-11
Series Thirty-Minute Theatre Unknown 1965-10-07
Series BBC Play of the Month Dr. Relling 1965-10-19
Series Detective Unknown 1964-03-30
Series Doctor Who Sir Keith Gold 1963-11-23
Series Z-Cars Unknown 1962-01-02
Series The Saint Fish 1962-10-04
Series The Avengers Swindin 1961-01-07
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Porter 1951-12-24