Christopher Benjamin
- Acting
- December 27, 1934 · Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
- January 10, 2025
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
- Hawk the Slayer · Fitzwalter
- The Executioner · Rabbi
- Therese Raquin · Chief Clerk
- Donkeys' Years · Norman Tate
- Minder · Mr. Rushmer
- Shoestring · Leacock
- Dick Turpin · Sir John Glutton
- Hanging Around · Harold
- The Sandbaggers · David Follett
- The Limbo Connection · Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant
- Scorpion Tales · Arab
- Armchair Thriller · Det. Inspector Tarrant
- Wilde Alliance · Miller
- Target · Painter
- Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle · Tozer
- Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang · Henry Gordon Jago
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame · Charmolue
- Gangsters · Assistant managing director
- Brief Encounter · Porter
- Rumpole of the Bailey · Sir Denis Tolson
- Get Some In! · Sergeant Foot
- Poldark · Sir Hugh Bodrugan
- Shades of Greene · Adamson
- My Son Reuben
- Angels
- Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington · Mr. Johnson
- Churchill's People · Peter
- Father Brown · Jukes
- Village Hall · Bill Jolly
- In the Steps of a Dead Man · Medical Officer