
Christopher Benjamin
- Date of Birth: 1934-12-27
- Date of Death: 2025-01-10
- Place of Birth: Trowbridge, 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... 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 .

Junket 89
Family • 1970 September

Ace of Wands
Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Family • 1970 July

Wilde Alliance
Comedy, Mystery, Crime • 1978 January

Cyrano de Bergerac
TV Movie, Adventure, Drama, History, Romance • 1985 July

Hadleigh
Drama • 1969 September

Paul Temple
Crime • 1969 November

Crown Court
Drama • 1972 October

Crown Court
Drama • 1972 October

The Black Velvet Gown
Drama, Romance • 1991 June

Crown Court
Drama • 1972 October