Christopher Benjamin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 27, 1934
- Died
- Jan 10, 2025 (aged 90)
- Place of birth
- Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
- Credits
- 126
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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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Known for
Filmography
Doctor Who
2005TV
Colonel Hugh
Looking for Victoria
2003TV
Lord Stanley
Rosemary & Thyme
2003TV
Trevor Squires
Foyle's War
2002TV
Brigadier Harcourt
Judge John Deed
2001TV
Steve Gaydon
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999TV
Troll Manager
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998TV
The Last Salute
1998TV
Sir Gilbert
Midsomer Murders
1997TV
Harvey Crane
Pride and Prejudice
1995TV
Sir William Lucas
Magic Grandad
1993TV
Sir John Gage
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992TV
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
Heartbeat
1992TV
Oliver Ridley
Maigret
1992TV
Guillaume Serre
The Strauss Dynasty
1991TV
Anything More Would Be Greedy
1989TV
Eric Harmer
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989TV
Captain Hindom
Campion
1989TV
Coroner
A Gentleman's Club
1988TV
Willie
Inspector Morse
1987TV
Professor Furlong
The Diary of Anne Frank
1987TV
Mr. Hans Van Daan
Casualty
1986TV
Henry Lindall
Call Me Mister
1986TV
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986TV
Dr Huxtable
Lovejoy
1986TV
Walid
Yes, Prime Minister
1986TV
Theatre Night
1985TV
Anselme
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985TV
Sam Powell
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
Dr. Huxtable
Brass
1983TV
Sir Dudley Tilstock
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982TV
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982TV
Mr. Hartley
It Takes a Worried Man
1981TV
The Old Man
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981TV
Air Ministry Official
A Spy at Evening
1981TV
Stevens
Therese Raquin
1980TV
Chief Clerk
Minder
1979TV
Mr. Rushmer
Shoestring
1979TV
Leacock
Dick Turpin
1979TV
Sir John Glutton
The Sandbaggers
1978TV
David Follett
Scorpion Tales
1978TV
Arab
Armchair Thriller
1978TV
Det. Inspector Tarrant
Wilde Alliance
1978TV
Miller
Target
1977TV
Painter
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977TV
Tozer
Gangsters
1976TV
Assistant managing director
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975TV
Sir Denis Tolson
Get Some In!
1975TV
Sergeant Foot
Poldark
1975TV
Sir Hugh Bodrugan
Shades of Greene
1975TV
Adamson
My Son Reuben
1975TV
Angels
1975TV
Churchill's People
1974TV
Peter
Father Brown
1974TV
Jukes
Village Hall
1974TV
Bill Jolly
The Fortunes of Nigel
1974TV
Duke Hildebrod
Thriller
1973TV
Medical Officer
The Strauss Family
1972TV
Dommayer
Crown Court
1972TV
Dr. Hayward, Charles Percival, Det. Supt. Brotherton
The Protectors
1972TV
Banker
Van der Valk
1972TV
Mulder
New Scotland Yard
1972TV
Mr Foster
The Onedin Line
1971TV
Said Ben Salim
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971TV
Max Weinberg
Jason King
1971TV
Budgie
1971TV
Claude
Play for Today
1970TV
Mr Porter, Rabbi
Ace of Wands
1970TV
Falk
Paul Temple
1969TV
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969TV
Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams, Civil Servant
Hadleigh
1969TV
Oberman
Late Night Horror
1968TV
Algy Somerville
The Prisoner
1967TV
Potter, Labour Exchange Manager, Number Two's Assistant
The White Rabbit
1967TV
Cadillac
The Forsyte Saga
1967TV
Prosper Profond
Quick Before They Catch Us
1966TV
BBC Play of the Month
1965TV
A Cobbler, Ed Keller, Dr. Relling
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965TV
Dr. Warren Burrows
The Man in Room 17
1965TV
Chief Supt. Craythorpe
The Wednesday Play
1964TV
Dan Royston
Theatre 625
1964TV
Mr Rushton
Detective
1964TV
Rodier, Ralph Demartino
Doctor Who
1963TV
Jago, Sir Keith Gold
The Saint
1962TV
Fish
Z-Cars
1962TV
The Avengers
1961TV
Whittle, Swindin, J. J. Hooter
Danger Man
1960TV
Potter
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Rabbi Levy
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951TV
Porter