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Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 27, 1934
Died
January 10, 2025
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Christopher Benjamin
0.8 Popularity
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
5.9
Lord Knutsford
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
5.7
Sir John Falstaff
The Merry Wives of Windsor
2011
5.5
Lord Norley
Angel
2007
7.5
Colonel Hugh
Doctor Who
2005
7.4
Trevor Squires
Rosemary & Thyme
2003
7.9
Brigadier Harcourt
Foyle's War
2002
6.6
Steve Gaydon
Judge John Deed
2001
6.1
Doctor
Sword of Honour
2001
6.9
Troll Manager
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
4.9
Squire Trelawney
Treasure Island
1999
Credits
The Legend of Tarzan
as Lord Knutsford
2016
5.9
The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Sir John Falstaff
2011
5.7
Angel
as Lord Norley
2007
5.5
Doctor Who
as Colonel Hugh
2005
7.5
Rosemary & Thyme
as Trevor Squires
2003
7.4
Foyle's War
as Brigadier Harcourt
2002
7.9
Judge John Deed
as Steve Gaydon
2001
6.6
Sword of Honour
as Doctor
2001
6.1
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Troll Manager
1999
6.9
Treasure Island
as Squire Trelawney
1999
4.9
The Tichborne Claimant
as Gibbes
1998
8.0
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
7.0
Midsomer Murders
as Harvey Crane
1997
7.5
Pride and Prejudice
as Sir William Lucas
1995
8.2
Hard Times
as Slackbridge
1994
7.0
🎬
Magic Grandad
as Sir John Gage
1993
6.0
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
1992
6.4
Heartbeat
as Oliver Ridley
1992
7.0
Maigret
as Guillaume Serre
1992
6.9
Thatcher: The Final Days
as George Younger
1991
6.5
The Black Velvet Gown
as Anthony Gallington
1991
5.4
🎬
Where There's a Will
as Terence Hill
1989
5.0
🎬
Anything More Would Be Greedy
1989
5.0
Young Charlie Chaplin
as Captain Hindom
1989
0.0
Campion
as Coroner
1989
5.6
🎬
A Gentleman's Club
as Willie
1988
5.0
Inspector Morse
as Professor Furlong
1987
7.8
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Mr. Hans Van Daan
1987
7.0
Casualty
as Henry Lindall
1986
6.1
🎬
Call Me Mister
1986
5.0
Lovejoy
as Walid
1986
7.3
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
8.4
🎬
Theatre Night
as Anselme
1985
0.0
🎬
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Montfleury
1985
5.5
Dempsey and Makepeace
as Sam Powell
1985
6.4
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Prince Kazbeki
1985
0.0
Sherlock Holmes
as Dr. Huxtable
1984
8.1
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
7.0
The Plague Dogs
as Rowf (voice)
1982
7.9
Shine on Harvey Moon
as Mr. Hartley
1982
7.6
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
as Air Ministry Official
1981
5.0
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Mr Porter
1981
0.0
Hawk the Slayer
as Fitzwalter
1980
4.8
The Executioner
as Rabbi
1980
0.0
Therese Raquin
as Chief Clerk
1980
5.9
🎬
Donkeys' Years
as Norman Tate
1980
0.0
Minder
as Mr. Rushmer
1979
6.8
Shoestring
1979
6.8
Dick Turpin
as Sir John Glutton
1979
7.3
Hanging Around
as Harold
1978
0.0
The Sandbaggers
1978
8.0
Armchair Thriller
as Det. Inspector Tarrant
1978
4.2
Target
1977
6.5
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
as Henry Gordon Jago
1977
8.4
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
1976
5.0
Gangsters
as Assistant managing director
1976
8.0
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
7.1
Get Some In!
as Sergeant Foot
1975
6.2
Poldark
as Sir Hugh Bodrugan
1975
6.6
🎬
My Son Reuben
1975
0.0
Angels
1975
3.7
Brief Encounter
as Porter
1974
4.9
Father Brown
as Jukes
1974
6.6
In the Steps of a Dead Man
as Medical Officer
1974
8.0
Thriller
as Medical Officer
1973
6.6
Baffled!
as Verelli
1973
5.0
Crown Court
as Dr. Hayward
1972
5.4
Crown Court
as Charles Percival
1972
5.4
Crown Court
as Det. Supt. Brotherton
1972
5.4
The Protectors
as Banker
1972
5.6
Van der Valk
as Mulder
1972
5.8
The Onedin Line
as Said Ben Salim
1971
6.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
as Max Weinberg
1971
7.6
Jason King
1971
7.3
Budgie
as Claude
1971
7.0
Play for Today
as Mr Porter
1970
6.3
Play for Today
as Rabbi
1970
6.3
Døden i gatene
1970
0.0
Junket 89
1970
5.5
Ace of Wands
1970
5.5
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Sir Keith Gold
1970
8.3
Paul Temple
1969
5.5
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams
1969
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
as Civil Servant
1969
6.0
Hadleigh
as Oberman
1969
5.5
Ring of Bright Water
as Fishmonger
1969
5.6
🎬
The Tycoon
as Gerald
1968
0.0
🎬
The Brahmin Widow
as Niaz Ali Beg
1968
0.0
The Prisoner
as Potter
1967
7.7
The Prisoner
as Labour Exchange Manager
1967
7.7
The Prisoner
as Number Two's Assistant
1967
7.7
🎬
Quick Before They Catch Us
1966
0.0
BBC Play of the Month
as A Cobbler
1965
5.0
BBC Play of the Month
as Dr. Relling
1965
5.0
Thirty-Minute Theatre
as Dr. Warren Burrows
1965
3.8
The Man In Room 17
as Chief Supt. Craythorpe
1965
5.3
Love's Labour's Lost
as Don Adriano de Armado
1965
0.0
The Wednesday Play
as Dan Royston
1964
4.5
Detective
as Rodier
1964
0.0
Doctor Who
as Jago
1963
7.9
Doctor Who
as Sir Keith Gold
1963
7.9
The Saint
as Fish
1962
7.3
Suspense
as Hospital Doctor
1962
5.5
Z-Cars
1962
7.0
The Avengers
as Whittle
1961
7.7
The Avengers
as Swindin
1961
7.7
The Avengers
as J. J. Hooter
1961
7.7
Danger Man
as Potter
1960
7.2
Armchair Theatre
as Rabbi Levy
1956
5.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Porter
1951
8.6