Christopher Benjamin

Acting • Born 1934-12-27 – Died 2025-01-10

Acting1Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

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 .

Filmography

127 credits

The Plague Dogs

Movie • 1982

Rowf (voice)

Angel

Movie • 2007

Lord Norley

Hawk the Slayer

Movie • 1980

Fitzwalter

The Black Velvet Gown

Movie • 1991

Anthony Gallington

Ring of Bright Water

Movie • 1969

Fishmonger

Sword of Honour

Movie • 2001

Doctor

Treasure Island

Movie • 1999

Squire Trelawney

The Merry Wives of Windsor

Movie • 2011

Sir John Falstaff

Doctor Who: Inferno

Movie • 1970

Sir Keith Gold

Brief Encounter

Movie • 1976

Porter

Love's Labour's Lost

Movie • 1965

Don Adriano de Armado

Donkeys' Years

Movie • 1980

Norman Tate

The Brahmin Widow

Movie • 1968

Niaz Ali Beg

The Tycoon

Movie • 1968

Gerald

Junket 89

Movie • 1970

Baffled!

Movie • 1973

Verelli

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

Movie • 1977

Henry Gordon Jago

The Legend of Tarzan

Movie • 2016

Lord Knutsford

Cyrano de Bergerac

Movie • 1985

Montfleury

The Tichborne Claimant

Movie • 1999

Gibbes

Døden i gatene

Movie • 1970

Thatcher: The Final Days

Movie • 1991

George Younger

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

Movie • 1981

Mr Porter

The Executioner

Movie • 1980

Rabbi

Hard Times

Movie • 1994

Slackbridge

In the Steps of a Dead Man

Movie • 1974

Medical Officer

The Caucasian Chalk Circle

Movie • 1985

Prince Kazbeki

Hanging Around

Movie • 1978

Harold

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Movie • 1976

Charmolue

Where There's a Will

Movie • 1989

Terence Hill

The Limbo Connection

Movie • 1978

Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant

Seven Times Seven

Movie • 1968

Maitre D

Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

Movie • 1975

Mr. Johnson

Koroshi

Movie • 1968

Potter

The Secret Life of Ian Fleming

Movie • 1990

McKinnon

The Wild Duck

Movie • 1971

Doctor Relling

Upstairs, Downstairs

TV • 1971

Max Weinberg

Midsomer Murders

TV • 1997

Harvey Crane

The Prisoner

TV • 1967

Potter

Budgie

TV • 1971

Claude

Z-Cars

TV • 1962

Dempsey and Makepeace

TV • 1985

Sam Powell

The Avengers

TV • 1961

Whittle

Get Some In!

TV • 1975

Sergeant Foot

Jason King

TV • 1971

Heartbeat

TV • 1992

Oliver Ridley

Minder

TV • 1979

Mr. Rushmer

Inspector Morse

TV • 1987

Professor Furlong

Pride and Prejudice

TV • 1995

Sir William Lucas

Rumpole of the Bailey

TV • 1975

Foyle's War

TV • 2002

Brigadier Harcourt

The Saint

TV • 1962

Fish

Lovejoy

TV • 1986

Walid

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV • 1951

Porter

Van der Valk

TV • 1972

Mulder

Yes, Prime Minister

TV • 1986

Angels

TV • 1975

Play for Today

TV • 1970

Mr Porter

Quick Before They Catch Us

TV • 1966

A Gentleman's Club

TV • 1988

Willie

The Onedin Line

TV • 1971

Said Ben Salim

Call Me Mister

TV • 1986

BBC Play of the Month

TV • 1965

A Cobbler

Young Charlie Chaplin

TV • 1989

Captain Hindom

My Son Reuben

TV • 1975

Anything More Would Be Greedy

TV • 1989

Paul Temple

TV • 1969

Doctor Who

TV • 2005

Colonel Hugh

Thriller

TV • 1973

Medical Officer

The Diary of Anne Frank

TV • 1987

Mr. Hans Van Daan

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

TV • 1998

Doctor Who

TV • 1963

Jago

Doctor Who

TV • 1963

Sir Keith Gold

Crown Court

TV • 1972

Dr. Hayward

Campion

TV • 1989

Coroner

Casualty

TV • 1986

Henry Lindall

Magic Grandad

TV • 1993

Sir John Gage