Christopher Benjamin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1934-12-27
Day of Death
2025-01-10 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Christopher Benjamin
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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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Acting
(2016)
The Legend of Tarzan
as Lord Knutsford
(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
(1998)
The Tichborne Claimant
as Gibbes
(1994)
Hard Times
as Slackbridge
(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
(1985)
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Montfleury
(1985)
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
as Prince Kazbeki
(1982)
The Plague Dogs
as Rowf (voice)
(1981)
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Mr Porter
(1980)
Hawk the Slayer
as Fitzwalter
(1980)
The Executioner
as Rabbi
(1980)
Donkeys' Years
as Norman Tate
(1978)
Hanging Around
as Harold
(1977)
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
as Henry Gordon Jago
(1976)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Charmolue
(1974)
Brief Encounter
as Porter
(1974)
In the Steps of a Dead Man
as Medical Officer
(1973)
Baffled!
as Verelli
(1970)
Doctor Who: Inferno
as Sir Keith Gold
(1970)
(1970)
(1969)
Ring of Bright Water
as Fishmonger
(1968)
The Tycoon
as Gerald
(1968)
The Brahmin Widow
as Niaz Ali Beg
(1965)
Love's Labour's Lost
as Don Adriano de Armado