
Chris Wiggins
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1930-01-13
Day of Death
2017-02-19 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Chris Wiggins
Biography
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
Acting
(2005)
Our Fathers
as Angelo's Old Priest
(2005)
Four Minutes
as Burnett
(2003)
The Piano Man's Daughter
as James Kilworth
(2001)
Franklin's Magic Christmas
as Mr. Collie (voice)
(2000)
Redwall: The Movie
as Abbot Mortimer (voice)
(1999)
Babar: King of the Elephants
as Cornelius
(1998)
The Windsor Protocol
as Sir Charles Ferguson
(1998)
Thunder Point
as Charles Ferguson
(1998)
(1998)
Evidence of Blood
as Horace Talbott
(1997)
Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince
as Mon Julpa
(1996)
Sins of Silence
as Father Flannigan
(1995)
Voices
as Angus Fergusson
(1995)
Black Fox
as Ralph Holtz
(1995)
Black Fox: The Price of Peace
as Ralph Holtz
(1995)
Butterbox Babies
as Senator Danver
(1992)
A Cry in the Night
as Clyde
(1991)
Mark Twain and Me
as Captain
(1991)
Married to It
as Dave
(1990)
Divided Loyalties
as Sir William Johnson
(1987)
The Liberators
as Marchand de farine
(1986)
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
as Great Wishing Star (voice)
(1986)
Spearfield's Daughter
as Sylvester Spearfield
(1985)
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Alderman
(1984)
The Bay Boy
as Chief Charlie McInnes
(1983)
Rock & Rule
as Toad (voice)
(1983)
A Case of Libel
as Col. Douglas
(1982)
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. McCall
(1982)
Mazes and Monsters
as King
(1981)
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
as John Sheardon
(1980)
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
as Dr. Vic Walker
(1980)
Virus
as Dr. Borodinov
(1980)
Easter Fever
as Santa Claus (voice)
(1980)
Fish Hawk
as Marcus Boggs
(1979)
Murder by Decree
as Dr. Hardy
(1979)
L'Homme en colère
as MacKenzie
(1979)
A Man Called Intrepid
as Heisenberg
(1979)
An American Christmas Carol
as Nathaniel Brewster
(1979)
Riel
as General Frederick Dobson Middleton
(1979)
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
as Pa Spademinder (voice)
(1978)
High-Ballin'
as King Caroll
(1978)
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
as B.L. Zebub (voice)
(1977)
A Cosmic Christmas
as Mayor (voice)
(1977)
Why Shoot the Teacher?
as Lyle Bishop
(1977)
Welcome to Blood City
as Gellor
(1976)
Tom Sawyer
as Lawyer
(1973)
The Neptune Factor
as Capt. Williams
(1970)
King of the Grizzlies
as The Colonel
(1969)
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
as Emery Prometer