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Christopher Gable
Christopher Michael Gable, CBE (13 March 1940 – 23 October 1998) was an English ballet dancer, choreographer and actor. Born in London, Gable studied at the Royal Ballet School, j…
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Christopher Michael Gable, CBE (13 March 1940 – 23 October 1998) was an English ballet dancer, choreographer and actor. Born in London, Gable studied at the Royal Ballet School, joining the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1957. He was promoted to soloist in 1959 and principal in 1961. Gable's roles included Romeo in the Kenneth MacMillan production of Romeo and Juliet, Mercury in Offenbach's comic operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, and Colas in La fille mal gardée. Gable frequently partnered with Lynn Seymour. Gable suffered from a chronic rheumatoid condition in his feet and left the Royal Ballet in 1967 to pursue a career in acting. Gable appeared in a number of television and film productions directed by Ken Russell. These included Song of Summer (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) for BBC television, and the films Women in Love (1969), The Music Lovers (1971), The Boy Friend (1971), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), and The Rainbow (1989). His other roles included John, valet and friend of Prince Edward, in the Cinderella film musical The Slipper and the Rose (1976), the composer Peter Cornelius in Wagner (1983), Mercury in the BBC television production of Orpheus in the Underworld (1983), ambiguous villain Sharaz Jek in the Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani (1984), and Arthur Ainsley in the miniseries A Woman of Substance (1985).
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2025
Twiggy
Movie (archival footage)
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2001
Creating Sharaz Jek
Movie
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1994
A Christmas Carol
Movie Director
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1992
Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol
Movie Director
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1989
The Rainbow
Movie Will Brangwen
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1988
The Lair of the White Worm
Movie Joe Trent
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1987
A Simple Man
Movie L.S. Lowry
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1985
A Woman of Substance
TV show Arthur Ainsley
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1984
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
Movie Sharaz Jek
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1983
Orpheus in the Underworld
Movie Mercury
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1978
Tycoon
TV show Charles Clark
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1978
The Devil's Crown
TV show Philippe Auguste
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1976
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie Pierre Gringoire
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1976
The Slipper and the Rose
Movie John
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1974
Churchill's People
TV show Jack Cleveland
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1972
High Summer
Movie Jack
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1972
The Merchant of Venice
Movie Bassanio
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1971
The Cherry Orchard
Movie Trofimov
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1971
The Boy Friend
Movie Tony
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1971
The Music Lovers
Movie Count Anton Chiluvsky
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1970
Dance of the Seven Veils
Movie Richard Strauss
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1969
Women in Love
Movie Tibby Lupton
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1969
ITV Saturday Night Theatre
TV show Willy
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1968
Song of Summer
Movie Eric Fenby
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1965
BBC Play of the Month
TV show Trofimov
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1963
Doctor Who
TV show Sharaz Jek
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1956
Armchair Theatre
TV show Jack
