- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 27, 1934
- Place of Birth
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
- Died
- January 10, 2025
Christopher Benjamin
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 Docto…
Filmography
movieThe Legend of Tarzan
2016 · Lord Knutsford
movieThe Merry Wives of Windsor
2011 · Sir John Falstaff
movieAngel
2007 · Lord Norley
tvDoctor Who
2005 · Colonel Hugh
Looking for Victoria
tvLooking for Victoria
2003 · Lord Stanley
tvRosemary & Thyme
2003 · Trevor Squires
tvFoyle's War
2002 · Brigadier Harcourt
tvJudge John Deed
2001 · Steve Gaydon
movieSword of Honour
2001 · Doctor
movieThe Tichborne Claimant
1999 · Gibbes
tvThe Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999 · Troll Manager
movieTreasure Island
1999 · Squire Trelawney
tvAlexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
The Last Salute
tvThe Last Salute
1998 · Sir Gilbert
tvMidsomer Murders
1997 · Harvey Crane
tvPride and Prejudice
1995 · Sir William Lucas
movieHard Times
1994 · Slackbridge
Magic Grandad
tvMagic Grandad
1993 · Sir John Gage
tvShakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992 · Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
tvHeartbeat
1992 · Oliver Ridley
tvMaigret
1992 · Guillaume Serre
tvThe Strauss Dynasty
1991
movieThatcher: The Final Days
1991 · George Younger
movieThe Black Velvet Gown
1991 · Anthony Gallington
movieThe Secret Life of Ian Fleming
1990 · McKinnon
Where There's a Will
movieWhere There's a Will
1989 · Terence Hill
Anything More Would Be Greedy
tvAnything More Would Be Greedy
1989 · Eric Harmer
tvYoung Charlie Chaplin
1989 · Captain Hindom
tvCampion
1989 · Coroner
A Gentleman's Club
tvA Gentleman's Club
1988 · Willie
tvInspector Morse
1987 · Professor Furlong
tvThe Diary of Anne Frank
1987 · Mr. Hans Van Daan
tvCasualty
1986 · Henry Lindall
tvCall Me Mister
1986
tvThe Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986 · Dr Huxtable
tvLovejoy
1986 · Walid
tvYes, Prime Minister
1986
tvTheatre Night
1985 · Anselme
Cyrano de Bergerac
movieCyrano de Bergerac
1985 · Montfleury
tvDempsey and Makepeace
1985 · Sam Powell
movieThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985 · Prince Kazbeki
tvSherlock Holmes
1984 · Dr. Huxtable
tvBrass
1983 · Sir Dudley Tilstock
tvThe Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
movieThe Plague Dogs
1982 · Rowf (voice)
tvShine on Harvey Moon
1982 · Mr. Hartley
tvIt Takes a Worried Man
1981 · The Old Man
tvWinston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981 · Air Ministry Official
A Spy at Evening
tvA Spy at Evening
1981 · Stevens
movieA Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981 · Mr Porter
movieHawk the Slayer
1980 · Fitzwalter
movieThe Executioner
1980 · Rabbi
tvTherese Raquin
1980 · Chief Clerk
Donkeys' Years
movieDonkeys' Years
1980 · Norman Tate
tvMinder
1979 · Mr. Rushmer
tvShoestring
1979 · Leacock
tvDick Turpin
1979 · Sir John Glutton
movieHanging Around
1978 · Harold
tvThe Sandbaggers
1978 · David Follett
The Limbo Connection
movieThe Limbo Connection
1978 · Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant
tvScorpion Tales
1978 · Arab
tvArmchair Thriller
1978 · Det. Inspector Tarrant
tvWilde Alliance
1978 · Miller
tvTarget
1977 · Painter
tvMurder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977 · Tozer
movieDoctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977 · Henry Gordon Jago
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976 · Charmolue
tvGangsters
1976 · Assistant managing director
movieBrief Encounter
1976 · Porter
tvRumpole of the Bailey
1975
tvGet Some In!
1975 · Sergeant Foot
tvPoldark
1975 · Sir Hugh Bodrugan
tvShades of Greene
1975 · Adamson
My Son Reuben
tvMy Son Reuben
1975
tvAngels
1975
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
movieMr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975 · Mr. Johnson
tvChurchill's People
1974 · Peter
tvFather Brown
1974 · Jukes
movieIn the Steps of a Dead Man
1974 · Medical Officer
tvThriller
1973 · Medical Officer
movieBaffled!
1973 · Verelli
tvThe Strauss Family
1972 · Dommayer
tvCrown Court
1972 · Dr. Hayward, Charles Percival, Det. Supt. Brotherton
tvThe Protectors
1972 · Banker
tvVan der Valk
1972 · Mulder
tvNew Scotland Yard
1972 · Mr Foster
tvThe Onedin Line
1971 · Said Ben Salim
tvUpstairs, Downstairs
1971 · Max Weinberg
tvJason King
1971
tvBudgie
1971 · Claude
movieThe Wild Duck
1971 · Doctor Relling
tvPlay for Today
1970 · Mr Porter, Rabbi
movieDøden i gatene
1970
movieJunket 89
1970
tvAce of Wands
1970 · Falk
movieDoctor Who: Inferno
1970 · Sir Keith Gold
tvPaul Temple
1969
tvSoftly Softly: Task Force
1969 · Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams, Civil Servant
tvHadleigh
1969 · Oberman
movieRing of Bright Water
1969 · Fishmonger
The Tycoon
movieThe Tycoon
1968 · Gerald
movieKoroshi
1968 · Potter
movieThe Kiss of Blood
1968 · Algy Somerville
movieSeven Times Seven
1968 · Maitre D
tvLate Night Horror
1968 · Algy Somerville
The Brahmin Widow
movieThe Brahmin Widow
1968 · Niaz Ali Beg
tvThe Prisoner
1967 · Potter, Labour Exchange Manager, Number Two's Assistant
The White Rabbit
tvThe White Rabbit
1967 · Cadillac
Quick Before They Catch Us
tvQuick Before They Catch Us
1966
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · A Cobbler, Ed Keller, Dr. Relling
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · Dr. Warren Burrows
tvThe Man in Room 17
1965 · Chief Supt. Craythorpe
movieLove's Labour's Lost
1965 · Don Adriano de Armado
tvThe Wednesday Play
1964 · Dan Royston
tvTheatre 625
1964 · Mr Rushton
tvDetective
1964 · Rodier, Ralph Demartino
tvDoctor Who
1963 · Jago, Sir Keith Gold
tvThe Saint
1962 · Fish
tvZ-Cars
1962
tvThe Avengers
1961 · Whittle, Swindin, J. J. Hooter
tvDanger Man
1960 · Potter
tvArmchair Theatre
1956 · Rabbi Levy
tvHallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Porter