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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
Acted in 109
2010s
- 2016
- 2011
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
2000s
- 2007
- 2005
- 2003
- 2002
- 2001
Sword of Honour
Doctor
1990s
- 1999
The Tichborne Claimant
Gibbes
- 1998
- 1997
- 1995
- 1994
As You Like It
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
- 1992
- 1991
The Strauss Dynasty
TV
Thatcher: The Final Days
George Younger
The Black Velvet Gown
Anthony Gallington
- 1990
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
McKinnon
1980s
- 1989
Young Charlie Chaplin
Captain Hindom · 1 episode
- 1987
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mr. Hans Van Daan · 4 episodes
- 1986
Call Me Mister
TV
- 1985
Blott on the Landscape
Chief Constable · 1 episode
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Prince Kazbeki
- 1984
- 1983
Brass
Sir Dudley Tilstock · 1 episode
- 1982
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
TV
- 1981
It Takes a Worried Man
The Old Man · 16 episodes
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Air Ministry Official · 1 episode
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Mr Porter
- 1980
The Executioner
Rabbi
Therese Raquin
Chief Clerk · 1 episode
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
Hanging Around
Harold
Scorpion Tales
Arab · 1 episode
Armchair Thriller
Det. Inspector Tarrant · 5 episodes
- 1977
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Henry Gordon Jago
- 1976
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
Brief Encounter
Porter
- 1975
Get Some In!
Sergeant Foot · 2 episodes
Shades of Greene
Adamson · 1 episode
- 1974
Village Hall
Bill Jolly · 1 episode
In the Steps of a Dead Man
Medical Officer
The Fortunes of Nigel
Duke Hildebrod · 1 episode
- 1973
Baffled!
Verelli
- 1972
The Strauss Family
Dommayer · 5 episodes
- 1971
The Wild Duck
Doctor Relling
- 1970
Døden i gatene
Movie
Junket 89
Movie
Ace of Wands
Falk · 2 episodes
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sir Keith Gold
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
Koroshi
Potter
The Kiss of Blood
Algy Somerville
Seven Times Seven
Maitre D
Late Night Horror
Algy Somerville · 1 episode
- 1967
- 1965
Love's Labour's Lost
Don Adriano de Armado
- 1964
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
1950s
- 1956
Armchair Theatre
Rabbi Levy · 1 episode