Chris Wiggins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 13, 1930
- Died
- Feb 19, 2017 (aged 87)
- Place of birth
- Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
- Credits
- 87
Chris Wiggins (January 13, 1930 - February 19, 2017) was an English actor.
He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.
Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show Friday the 13th: The Series, and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on Swiss Family Robinson.
He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for best Actor for his role in The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar.
In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Aleph-9: the high-speed interdimensional spacecraft belonging to Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space. Wiggins' also made numerous guest appearances on such CBC Radio programs as CBC Playhouse, Nightfall, Vanishing Point and dozens of others.
Wiggins also lent his voice to many animated TV series and movies. He was the voice of The Mighty Thor on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes series, the voice of Will Scarlet on Rocket Robin Hood, the Great Wishing Star in 1986's Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, and the Care Bears' head villain, No Heart, on the Nelvana version of their TV show. He also voiced the character Dimetro in the '80s cartoon Dinosaucers. His other roles in animated series and films included ALF Tales, Star Wars: Droids, Rock & Rule, Star Wars: Ewoks, Babar, Rupert, Richard Scarry, Franklin and Redwall. Most recently, Wiggins appeared in the 2005 Showtime original picture, Our Fathers.
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Known for
Spider-Man
1967TV
Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited)
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987TV
Jack Marshak
Murder by Decree
1979Movie
Dr. Hardy
Franklin
1997TV
Mr. Groundhog (voice)
Mazes and Monsters
1982Movie
King
Earth: Final Conflict
1997TV
Tim O'Malley
Filmography
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
2010TV
Cornelius (voice)
Four Minutes
2005Movie
Burnett
Our Fathers
2005Movie
Angelo's Old Priest
ReGenesis
2004TV
Vascily Popov
The Piano Man's Daughter
2003Movie
James Kilworth
Franklin's Magic Christmas
2001Movie
Mr. Collie (voice)
Redwall: The Movie
2000Movie
Abbot Mortimer (voice)
Redwall
1999TV
Abbott Mortimer (voice)
Babar: King of the Elephants
1999Movie
Cornelius
The Windsor Protocol
1998Movie
Sir Charles Ferguson
Little Men
1998TV
Dr. Thomas Welch
The Defenders: Taking the First
1998Movie
Birdz
1998TV
Officer Pidgeon (voice)
Thunder Point
1998Movie
Charles Ferguson
Evidence of Blood
1998Movie
Horace Talbott
Franklin
1997TV
Mr. Groundhog (voice)
Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince
1997Movie
Mon Julpa
Pippi Longstocking
1997TV
Fridolf
Earth: Final Conflict
1997TV
Tim O'Malley
Pippi Longstocking
1997Movie
Fridolf (voice)
Kids for Character
1996Movie
Cornelius(voice)
Sins of Silence
1996Movie
Father Flannigan
The NeverEnding Story
1995TV
Mr. Correander (voice)
Voices
1995Movie
Angus Fergusson
Black Fox: The Price of Peace
1995Movie
Ralph Holtz
Black Fox
1995Movie
Ralph Holtz
Butterbox Babies
1995Movie
Senator Danver
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
1993TV
Mike West
A Cry in the Night
1992Movie
Clyde
Mark Twain and Me
1991Movie
Captain
Married to It
1991Movie
Dave
Rupert
1991TV
Additional Voices (voice), Bill Bottles / Additional Voices (voice)
Divided Loyalties
1990Movie
Sir William Johnson
Babar: The Movie
1989Movie
Cornelius
Babar
1989TV
Cornelius (voice)
Friday the 13th: The Series
1987TV
Jack Marshak
Dinosaucers
1987TV
Dimetro (voice)
The Liberators
1987Movie
Marchand de farine
Adderly
1986TV
Spearfield's Daughter
1986Movie
Sylvester Spearfield
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
1986Movie
Great Wishing Star (voice)
The Care Bears
1985TV
No Heart (voice)
Star Wars: Droids
1985TV
Mon Julpa (voice)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
1985Movie
Alderman
Night Heat
1985TV
The Bay Boy
1984Movie
Chief Charlie McInnes
Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name
1984Movie
Mr. Sun (voice)
A Case of Libel
1983Movie
Col. Douglas
Rock & Rule
1983Movie
Toad (voice)
Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise
1983Movie
Mr. Sun (voice)
Mazes and Monsters
1982Movie
King
Shock-Trauma
1982Movie
Dr. McCall
Faerie Tale Theatre
1982TV
Alderman
American Playhouse
1982TV
Victor Adams, Colonel Douglas
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
1981Movie
John Sheardon
Virus
1980Movie
Dr. Borodinov
Easter Fever
1980Movie
Santa Claus (voice)
Fish Hawk
1980Movie
Marcus Boggs
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
1980Movie
Dr. Vic Walker
An American Christmas Carol
1979Movie
Nathaniel Brewster
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
1979Movie
Pa Spademinder (voice)
The Littlest Hobo
1979TV
Ed Thompson
A Man Called Intrepid
1979TV
Heisenberg
Riel
1979Movie
General Frederick Dobson Middleton
L'Homme en colère
1979Movie
MacKenzie
Murder by Decree
1979Movie
Dr. Hardy
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
1978Movie
B.L. Zebub (voice)
High-Ballin'
1978Movie
King Caroll
A Cosmic Christmas
1977Movie
Mayor (voice)
Why Shoot the Teacher?
1977Movie
Lyle Bishop
Welcome to Blood City
1977Movie
Gellor
Tom Sawyer
1976Movie
Lawyer
Swiss Family Robinson
1974TV
Johann Robinson
The National Dream
1974TV
Donald Smith
The Neptune Factor
1973Movie
Capt. Williams
King of the Grizzlies
1970Movie
The Colonel
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
1969Movie
Emery Prometer
Spider-Man
1967TV
Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited)
Rocket Robin Hood
1966TV
Will Scarlet / Infinata / Baron Blank (voice)
Wojeck
1966TV
Gilbert
The Marvel Super Heroes
1966TV
Thor (Dr. Donald Blake) (voice)
Seaway
1965TV
Bob Roberts, McCrea
Moment of Truth
1965TV
Dexter
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
1957TV
Jess Adams, Sheriff Peterson, Mr. Travers, Major Duffy, Mort Bailey, Major Conn
First Performance
1955TV
Folio
1955TV
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954TV
Flour Merchant