Known For
Acting
Born
Dec 27, 1934
Died
Jan 10, 2025
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Credits
125 titles
Christopher Benjamin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christopher Benjamin was a British actor, born 27 December 1934 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He died on January 15th 2025, aged 90. He was 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 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 .
Known For
Filmography
The Legend of Tarzan
Lord Knutsford
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
Angel
Lord Norley
Doctor Who
Colonel Hugh
Looking for Victoria
Lord Stanley
Rosemary & Thyme
Trevor Squires
Foyle's War
Brigadier Harcourt
Judge John Deed
Steve Gaydon
Sword of Honour
Doctor
The Tichborne Claimant
Gibbes
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Troll Manager
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
The Last Salute
Sir Gilbert
Midsomer Murders
Harvey Crane
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
As You Like It
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
Magic Grandad
Sir John Gage
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
Heartbeat
Oliver Ridley
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
The Strauss Dynasty
Thatcher: The Final Days
George Younger
The Black Velvet Gown
Anthony Gallington
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
McKinnon
Where There's a Will
Terence Hill
Anything More Would Be Greedy
Eric Harmer
Young Charlie Chaplin
Captain Hindom
Campion
Coroner
A Gentleman's Club
Willie
Inspector Morse
Professor Furlong
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mr. Hans Van Daan
Casualty
Henry Lindall
Call Me Mister
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Dr Huxtable
Lovejoy
Walid
Yes, Prime Minister
Theatre Night
Anselme
Cyrano de Bergerac
Montfleury
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sam Powell
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Prince Kazbeki
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Huxtable
Brass
Sir Dudley Tilstock
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
The Plague Dogs
Rowf (voice)
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mr. Hartley
It Takes a Worried Man
The Old Man
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Air Ministry Official
A Spy at Evening
Stevens
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Mr Porter