
Christopher Benjamin
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 .
- Known ForActing
- Born27 December 1934 (age 91)
- Place of BirthTrowbridge, Wiltshire, England
Christopher Benjamin

- Known ForActing
- Born27 December 1934 (age 91)
- Place of BirthTrowbridge, Wiltshire, England

The Legend of Tarzan
2016

The Merry Wives of Windsor
2011

Angel
2007

Sword of Honour
2001

Treasure Island
1999

The Tichborne Claimant
1998

Hard Times
1994

The Black Velvet Gown
1991

Thatcher: The Final Days
1991
Where There's a Will
1989
Cyrano de Bergerac
1985

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985

The Plague Dogs
1982

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
1981

Hawk the Slayer
1980
Donkeys' Years
1980

The Executioner
1980

Hanging Around
1978

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
1977

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976

Brief Encounter
1974

In the Steps of a Dead Man
1974

Baffled!
1973

Doctor Who: Inferno
1970

Junket 89
1970

Døden i gatene
1970

Ring of Bright Water
1969
The Brahmin Widow
1968
The Tycoon
1968
