Christopher Benjamin
Known for: Acting
Born: December 27, 1934
Died: January 10, 2025
Place of birth: 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. 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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Filmography
37 movies · 88 TV shows, newest first
5.9
The Legend of Tarzan
2016
5.7
The Merry Wives of Windsor
2011
5.5
Angel
2007
7.6
Doctor Who
2005NR
Looking for Victoria
2003
7.4
Rosemary & Thyme
2003
7.9
Foyle's War
2002
6.8
Judge John Deed
2001
5.7
Sword of Honour
2001
8.7
The Tichborne Claimant
1999
7.0
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
1999
5.3
Treasure Island
1999
6.7
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
19987.0
The Last Salute
1998
7.5
Midsomer Murders
1997
8.2
Pride and Prejudice
1995
7.7
Hard Times
19946.0
Magic Grandad
1993
6.4
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
1992
7.2
Heartbeat
1992
7.6
Maigret
1992
NR
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
6.7
Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
5.8
The Black Velvet Gown
1991
4.5
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
19905.0
Where There's a Will
19896.0
Anything More Would Be Greedy
1989
10.0
Young Charlie Chaplin
1989
6.5
Campion
19895.0
A Gentleman's Club
1988
7.9
Inspector Morse
1987
7.2
The Diary of Anne Frank
1987
6.2
Casualty
1986
6.0
Call Me Mister
1986
8.6
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
1986
7.4
Lovejoy
1986
8.3
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
NR
Theatre Night
19856.6
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985
6.8
Dempsey and Makepeace
1985
NR
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
8.2
Sherlock Holmes
1984
6.1
Brass
1983
7.7
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
7.8
The Plague Dogs
1982
7.7
Shine on Harvey Moon
1982
6.7
It Takes a Worried Man
1981
6.3
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
1981NR
A Spy at Evening
1981
8.0
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981
4.8
Hawk the Slayer
1980
8.0
The Executioner
1980
5.5
Therese Raquin
1980NR
Donkeys' Years
1980
7.1
Minder
1979
7.7
Shoestring
1979
7.4
Dick Turpin
1979
NR
Hanging Around
1978
8.2
The Sandbaggers
19789.0
The Limbo Connection
1978
7.3
Scorpion Tales
1978
4.2
Armchair Thriller
1978
7.0
Wilde Alliance
1978
7.0
Target
1977
6.5
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
1977
8.1
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977
6.2
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976
8.5
Gangsters
1976
5.0
Brief Encounter
1976
7.1
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
6.8
Get Some In!
1975
6.9
Poldark
1975
8.5
Shades of Greene
1975NR
My Son Reuben
1975
4.5
Angels
1975NR
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
1975
5.0
Churchill's People
1974
6.8
Father Brown
1974
8.0
In the Steps of a Dead Man
1974
8.0
The Fortunes of Nigel
1974
7.0
Thriller
1973
5.6
Baffled!
1973
7.0
The Strauss Family
1972
5.7
Crown Court
1972
6.1
The Protectors
1972
6.2
Van der Valk
1972
6.3
New Scotland Yard
1972
7.0
The Onedin Line
1971
7.8
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
7.8
Jason King
1971
7.2
Budgie
1971
7.0
The Wild Duck
1971
6.6
Play for Today
1970
8.0
Døden i gatene
1970
6.4
Junket 89
1970
6.3
Ace of Wands
1970
8.6
Doctor Who: Inferno
1970
7.3
Paul Temple
1969
6.0
Softly Softly: Task Force
1969
7.8
Hadleigh
1969
5.8
Ring of Bright Water
1969NR
The Tycoon
1968
8.0
Koroshi
1968
NR
The Kiss of Blood
1968
7.1
Seven Times Seven
1968
7.0
Late Night Horror
1968NR
The Brahmin Widow
1968
7.7
The Prisoner
1967NR
The White Rabbit
1967
8.5
The Forsyte Saga
196710.0
Quick Before They Catch Us
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
4.3
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
6.3
The Man in Room 17
1965
8.0
Love's Labour's Lost
1965
5.2
The Wednesday Play
1964
7.2
Theatre 625
1964
9.0
Detective
1964
7.9
Doctor Who
1963
7.4
The Saint
1962
7.3
Z-Cars
1962
7.8
The Avengers
1961
7.3
Danger Man
1960
6.0
Armchair Theatre
1956
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951