Christopher Benjamin

Christopher Benjamin

Acting
Born 1934-12-27 Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England 8 credit(s) Popularity 1
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....
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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.

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Foyle's War poster
Foyle's War
as Brigadier Harcourt
2002-10-27
Judge John Deed poster
Judge John Deed
as Steve Gaydon
2001-11-26
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns poster
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Troll Manager
1999-11-07
Midsomer Murders poster
Midsomer Murders
as Harvey Crane
1997-03-23
Pride and Prejudice poster
Pride and Prejudice
as Sir William Lucas
1995-09-24
Inspector Morse poster
Inspector Morse
as Professor Furlong
1987-01-06
Casualty poster
Casualty
as Henry Lindall
1986-09-06
Lovejoy poster
Lovejoy
as Walid
1986-01-10

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