Christopher Benjamin

Actor Dec 27 (died age 90) Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England 1951–2016 (65 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Legend of Tarzan

Lord Knutsford

Film

The Plague Dogs

Rowf (voice)

Film

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

Troll Manager

Film

Angel

Lord Norley

Film

Hawk the Slayer

Fitzwalter

Film

Ring of Bright Water

Fishmonger

Film

Doctor Who

Colonel Hugh

Film

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Henry Gordon Jago

Filmography

Acting (118)

Movies (36)

The Legend of Tarzan

2016

as Lord Knutsford

5.9

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Sir John Falstaff

Angel

as Lord Norley

Sword of Honour

as Doctor

Treasure Island

as Squire Trelawney

The Tichborne Claimant

as Gibbes

Hard Times

as Slackbridge

Thatcher: The Final Days

1991

as George Younger

6.5

The Black Velvet Gown

1991

as Anthony Gallington

5.4

Where There's a Will

1989

as Terence Hill

5.0

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

1985

as Prince Kazbeki

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Montfleury

The Plague Dogs

as Rowf (voice)

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

1981

as Mr Porter

Hawk the Slayer

1980

as Fitzwalter

4.8

Donkeys' Years

1980

as Norman Tate

The Executioner

1980

as Rabbi

Hanging Around

1978

as Harold

The Limbo Connection

1978

as Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

1977

as Henry Gordon Jago

8.3

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Charmolue

Brief Encounter

as Porter

Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

1975

as Mr. Johnson

In the Steps of a Dead Man

as Medical Officer

Baffled!

as Verelli

The Wild Duck

as Doctor Relling

Junket 89

Døden i gatene

Doctor Who: Inferno

as Sir Keith Gold

Ring of Bright Water

as Fishmonger

Koroshi

as Potter

The Tycoon

1968

as Gerald

Seven Times Seven

1968

as Maitre D

6.8

The Brahmin Widow

1968

as Niaz Ali Beg

The Kiss of Blood

1968

as Algy Somerville

Love's Labour's Lost

1965

as Don Adriano de Armado

Television (82)

Doctor Who

as Colonel Hugh

Rosemary & Thyme

as Trevor Squires

Looking for Victoria

as Lord Stanley

Foyle's War

2002

as Brigadier Harcourt

7.8

Judge John Deed

2001

as Steve Gaydon

6.7

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

as Troll Manager

The Last Salute

as Sir Gilbert

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

Midsomer Murders

as Harvey Crane

Pride and Prejudice

as Sir William Lucas

Magic Grandad

as Sir John Gage

Heartbeat

as Oliver Ridley

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

1992

as Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)

Maigret

as Guillaume Serre

The Strauss Dynasty

Campion

as Coroner

Anything More Would Be Greedy

1989

5.0

Young Charlie Chaplin

1989

as Captain Hindom

A Gentleman's Club

as Willie

Inspector Morse

as Professor Furlong

The Diary of Anne Frank

as Mr. Hans Van Daan

Casualty

as Henry Lindall

Lovejoy

as Walid

Yes, Prime Minister

Call Me Mister

Dempsey and Makepeace

1985

as Sam Powell

6.4

Theatre Night

1985

as Anselme

Sherlock Holmes

1984

as Dr. Huxtable

8.2

Brass

1983

as Sir Dudley Tilstock

5.8

Shine on Harvey Moon

1982

as Mr. Hartley

7.6

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

1982

7.0

It Takes a Worried Man

1981

as The Old Man

6.0

It Takes a Worried Man

1981

as The Old Man

6.0

Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

1981

as Air Ministry Official

Therese Raquin

as Chief Clerk

Minder

as Mr. Rushmer

Shoestring

as Leacock

Dick Turpin

as Sir John Glutton

Armchair Thriller

as Det. Inspector Tarrant

Wilde Alliance

as Miller

Scorpion Tales

as Arab

The Sandbaggers

Target

as Painter

Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

1977

as Tozer

5.5

Gangsters

1976

as Assistant managing director

8.5

Angels

1975

3.7

Rumpole of the Bailey

Poldark

as Sir Hugh Bodrugan

Get Some In!

as Sergeant Foot

My Son Reuben

Churchill's People

as Peter

Father Brown

as Jukes

Thriller

as Medical Officer

Crown Court

as Det. Supt. Brotherton

The Protectors

as Banker

Van der Valk

as Mulder

The Strauss Family

as Dommayer

Upstairs, Downstairs

as Max Weinberg

Jason King

The Onedin Line

as Said Ben Salim

Budgie

as Claude

Play for Today

as Rabbi

Ace of Wands

as Falk

Softly Softly: Task Force

1969

as Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams

Hadleigh

as Oberman

Paul Temple

Late Night Horror

as Algy Somerville

The Prisoner

1967

as Labour Exchange Manager

7.7

Quick Before They Catch Us

1966

BBC Play of the Month

1965

as Ed Keller

5.0

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965

as Dr. Warren Burrows

4.3

The Man in Room 17

1965

as Chief Supt. Craythorpe

The Wednesday Play

as Dan Royston

Theatre 625

as Mr Rushton

Detective

as Ralph Demartino

Doctor Who

as Sir Keith Gold

The Saint

as Fish

Z-Cars

The Avengers

as J. J. Hooter

Danger Man

as Potter

Armchair Theatre

as Rabbi Levy

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as Porter

8.6