1934-12-27 ( 90 years old ) in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
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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.
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Movies
The Legend of Tarzan
2016-06-29
The Merry Wives of Windsor
2011-06-27
Angel
2007-02-17
Sword of Honour
2001-01-02
Treasure Island
1999-01-01
The Tichborne Claimant
1998-08-01
Hard Times
1994-04-29
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991-09-11
The Black Velvet Gown
1991-06-02
Where There's a Will
1989-08-18
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985-07-26
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985-01-01
The Plague Dogs
1982-10-01
Hawk the Slayer
1980-08-27
The Executioner
1980-04-17
Donkeys' Years
1980-01-01
Hanging Around
1978-10-02
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977-04-02
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976-12-30
Brief Encounter
1974-11-12
In the Steps of a Dead Man
1974-05-27
Baffled!
1973-04-11
Døden i gatene
1970-10-08
Junket 89
1970-09-09
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970-05-09
Ring of Bright Water
1969-06-18
The Tycoon
1968-12-30
The Brahmin Widow
1968-04-08
Love's Labour's Lost
1965-05-06
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