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Christopher Benjamin
Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England
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.…
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
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2016
The Legend of Tarzan
Movie Lord Knutsford
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2011
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Movie Sir John Falstaff
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2007
Angel
Movie Lord Norley
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2005
Doctor Who
TV show Colonel Hugh
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2003
Looking for Victoria
TV show Lord Stanley
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2003
Rosemary & Thyme
TV show Trevor Squires
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2002
Foyle's War
TV show Brigadier Harcourt
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2001
Judge John Deed
TV show Steve Gaydon
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2001
Sword of Honour
Movie Doctor
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1999
The Tichborne Claimant
Movie Gibbes
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1999
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
TV show Troll Manager
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1999
Treasure Island
Movie Squire Trelawney
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1998
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
TV show
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1998
The Last Salute
TV show Sir Gilbert
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1997
Midsomer Murders
TV show Harvey Crane
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1995
Pride and Prejudice
TV show Sir William Lucas
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1993
Magic Grandad
TV show Sir John Gage
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1992
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
TV show Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
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1992
Heartbeat
TV show Oliver Ridley
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1992
Maigret
TV show Guillaume Serre
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1991
The Strauss Dynasty
TV show
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1991
Thatcher: The Final Days
Movie George Younger
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1991
The Black Velvet Gown
Movie Anthony Gallington
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1990
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
Movie McKinnon
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1989
Where There's a Will
Movie Terence Hill
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1989
Anything More Would Be Greedy
TV show Eric Harmer
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1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
TV show Captain Hindom
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1989
Campion
TV show Coroner
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1988
A Gentleman's Club
TV show Willie
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1987
Inspector Morse
TV show Professor Furlong
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1987
The Diary of Anne Frank
TV show Mr. Hans Van Daan
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1986
Casualty
TV show Henry Lindall
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1986
Call Me Mister
TV show
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1986
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
TV show Dr Huxtable
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1986
Lovejoy
TV show Walid
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1986
Yes, Prime Minister
TV show
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1985
Theatre Night
TV show Anselme
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1985
Cyrano de Bergerac
Movie Montfleury
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1985
Dempsey and Makepeace
TV show Sam Powell
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1985
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Movie Prince Kazbeki
