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Christopher Benjamin

Actor | * 12/27/1934 (89) | Trowbridge, Wiltshire (United Kingdom (UK))
Christopher Benjamin (born 27 December 1934) is an English retired actor with many stage and television credits since the 1960s. His television roles include three appearances in Doctor Who, portraying Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970), Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977) and Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008). He also provided the voice of Rowf in the animated film The Plague Dogs (1982). His radio acting career included two BBC Radio adaptations of Christopher Lee's crime drama Colvil and Soames. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Mystery

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Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that t ...

The Plague Dogs

PG-13

1982 | 3.9/5 | 1h 43min
Adventure, Animation, Drama
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Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment. ...

The Legend of Tarzan

PG-13

2016 | 2.9/5 | 1h 49min
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
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Two years after the original "Danger Man" series concluded, it was revamped and retconned. The series returned in a longer format. (1 hour/episode instead of 30 minutes). John Drake was now an agent f ...

Secret Agent

Certification unknown

1964 | 49min
Action
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Young Jim Hawkins and peg-legged Long John Silver set sail for adventure in Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of dastardly pirates, swashbuckling heroes, buried treasure and a young boy's amazing ...

Treasure Island

PG-13

1999 | 2.3/5 | 1h 38min
Adventure, Kids & Family, Action
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Young Nicholas Nickleby sets out to make his fortune in order to prevent his mother and sister from depending upon his uncle, Ralph Nicklby. But he finds his first job as master at a Yorkshire school ...

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Certification unknown

1982 | 3.5/5 | 55min per episode
Drama
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Movies with Christopher Benjamin as Actor(23)

as Lord Knutsford2016 The Legend of Tarzan
as Sir John Falstaff2011 The Merry Wives of Windsor
as Lord Norley2007 Angel
as Doctor2001 Sword of Honour
as Troll Manager1999 The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
as Squire Trelawney1999 Treasure Island
as Gibbes1998 The Tichborne Claimant
as Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)1994 As You Like It
as Slackbridge1994 Hard Times
as Anthony Gallington1991 The Black Velvet Gown
as Montfleury1985 Cyrano de Bergerac
as Rowf (voice)1982 The Plague Dogs
as Mr Porter1981 A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
as Rabbi1980 The Executioner
as Fitzwalter1980 Hawk the Slayer
as Norman Tate1980 Donkeys' Years
as Porter1974 Brief Encounter
as Medical Officer1974 In the Steps of a Dead Man
as Verelli1972 Baffled!
as Sir Keith Gold1970 Doctor Who: Inferno
1970 Døden i gatene
1970 Junket 89
as Fishmonger1969 Ring of Bright Water

TV Shows/Series with Christopher Benjamin as Actor(52)

as Colonel Hugh2005 Doctor Who
2002 Foyle's War
2001 Judge John Deed
as Harvey Crane1997 Midsomer Murders
as Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)1992 Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
as Oliver Ridley1992 Heartbeat
1992 Maigret
1989 Young Charlie Chaplin
1987 Inspector Morse
as Mr. Hans Van Daan1987 The Diary of Anne Frank
as Henry Lindall1986 Casualty
1986 Lovejoy
1986 Yes, Prime Minister
as Sam Powell1985 Dempsey and Makepeace
as Dr. Huxtable1984 Sherlock Holmes
1982 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1979 Shoestring
as Mr. Rushmer1979 Minder
1979 Dick Turpin
1978 The Sandbaggers
1975 Get Some In!
as Sir Hugh Bodrugan1975 Poldark
1975 Angels
1975 Rumpole of the Bailey
1974 Father Brown
as Medical Officer1973 Thriller
1972 Crown Court
as Charles Percival1972 Crown Court
as Det. Supt. Brotherton1972 Crown Court
as Banker1972 The Protectors
1972 Van der Valk
as Said Ben Salim1971 The Onedin Line
as Max Weinberg1971 Upstairs, Downstairs
1971 Jason King
1971 Budgie
1970 Ace of Wands
1970 Play for Today
1969 Paul Temple
as Potter1967 The Prisoner
as Labour Exchange Manager1967 The Prisoner
as Number Two's Assistant1967 The Prisoner
1966 Quick Before They Catch Us
1965 Thirty-Minute Theatre
as A Cobbler1965 Play of the Month
as Dr. Relling1965 Play of the Month
as Jago1963 Doctor Who
as Sir Keith Gold1963 Doctor Who
as Fish1962 The Saint
1962 Z-Cars
as Whittle1961 The Avengers
as Swindin1961 The Avengers
as Porter1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame

Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Thursday, 12/27 1934 (December) in Trowbridge, Wiltshire (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 89 years + 120 days)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Dog)
Languages: English (EN)
Christopher Benjamin frequently works together with these people:
Terry Walsh (39x, Actor)
Geoffrey Bayldon (20x, Actor)
Paul Kasey (20x, Actor)
Freddie Jones (19x, Actor)
Max Faulkner (18x, Actor)
Julian Glover (17x, Actor)
Michael Sheard (17x, Actor)
Tony Caunter (17x, Actor)
John Scott Martin (17x, Actor)
Pat Gorman (16x, Actor)
Peter Jeffrey (16x, Actor)
Harry Robertson (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:14156, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/24/2024