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Christopher Benjamin

Christopher Benjamin

Birthday: 1934-12-27 | Place of Birth: Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christopher Benjamin is a British actor, born 27 December 1934 in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He is 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 has 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 .

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2011
The Merry Wives of Windsor

as    Sir John Falstaff

2007
Angel

as    Lord Norley

2001
Sword of Honour

as    Doctor

1999
Treasure Island

as    Squire Trelawney

1991
The Black Velvet Gown

as    Anthony Gallington

1991
Thatcher: The Final Days

as    George Younger

1989
Where There's a Will

as    Terence Hill

1987
The Diary of Anne Frank

as    Mr. Hans Van Daan

1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle

as    Prince Kazbeki

1983
The Plague Dogs

as    Rowf (voice)

1980
Therese Raquin

as    Chief Clerk

1980
The Executioner

as    Rabbi

1978
The Limbo Connection

as    Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant

1978
Hanging Around

as    Harold

1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

as    Henry Gordon Jago

1974
Brief Encounter

as    Porter

1973
Baffled!

as    Verelli

1970
Doctor Who: Inferno

as    Sir Keith Gold

1970
Doctor Who: Inferno

as    Sir Keith Gold

1969
Ring of Bright Water

as    Fishmonger