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Christopher Benjamin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1934-12-27

Day of Death

2025-01-10

Place of Birth

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

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 .

Filmography (36)

⭐ 5.9 Role: Lord Knutsford

The Legend of Tarzan

2016
⭐ 5.7 Role: Sir John Falstaff

The Merry Wives of Windsor

2011
⭐ 5.5 Role: Lord Norley

Angel

2007
⭐ 5.7 Role: Doctor

Sword of Honour

2001
⭐ 8.7 Role: Gibbes

The Tichborne Claimant

1999
⭐ 5.3 Role: Squire Trelawney

Treasure Island

1999
⭐ 7.7 Role: Slackbridge

Hard Times

1994
⭐ 6.7 Role: George Younger

Thatcher: The Final Days

1991
⭐ 5.8 Role: Anthony Gallington

The Black Velvet Gown

1991
⭐ 4.5 Role: McKinnon

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

1990
No Image
⭐ 5.0 Role: Terence Hill

Where There's a Will

1989
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⭐ 6.6 Role: Montfleury

Cyrano de Bergerac

1985
⭐ 0 Role: Prince Kazbeki

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

1985
⭐ 7.9 Role: Rowf (voice)

The Plague Dogs

1982
⭐ 8.0 Role: Mr Porter

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

1981