Christopher Benjamin
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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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Known for
Doctor Who
Colonel Hugh
Heartbeat
Oliver Ridley
Crown Court
Dr. Hayward
Crown Court
Charles Percival
Crown Court
Det. Supt. Brotherton
Doctor Who
Jago
Doctor Who
Sir Keith Gold
Minder
Mr. Rushmer
Midsomer Murders
Harvey Crane
Play for Today
Mr Porter
Play for Today
Rabbi
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dr. Warren Burrows
The Avengers
Whittle
The Avengers
Swindin
The Avengers
J. J. Hooter
Rumpole of the Bailey
Inspector Morse
Professor Furlong
Magic Grandad
Sir John Gage
Lovejoy
Walid
Upstairs, Downstairs
Max Weinberg
Casualty
Henry Lindall
The Wednesday Play
Dan Royston
BBC Play of the Month
A Cobbler
BBC Play of the Month
Dr. Relling
Judge John Deed
Steve Gaydon
Z-Cars
Danger Man
Potter
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sam Powell
The Saint
Fish
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mr. Hartley
Angels
The Protectors
Banker
Yes, Prime Minister
The Onedin Line
Said Ben Salim
Father Brown
Jukes
Rosemary & Thyme
Trevor Squires
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams
Softly Softly: Task Force
Civil Servant
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Huxtable
Campion
Coroner
Budgie
Claude
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Air Ministry Official
Foyle's War
Brigadier Harcourt
Shoestring
Thriller
Medical Officer
The Prisoner
Potter
The Prisoner
Labour Exchange Manager
The Prisoner
Number Two's Assistant
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Porter
Theatre Night
Anselme
The Sandbaggers
Poldark
Sir Hugh Bodrugan
Armchair Thriller
Det. Inspector Tarrant
The Man In Room 17
Chief Supt. Craythorpe
Ace of Wands
Van der Valk
Mulder
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
Hadleigh
Oberman
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Troll Manager
Detective
Rodier
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
Quick Before They Catch Us
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Suspense
Hospital Doctor
The Legend of Tarzan
Lord Knutsford
Young Charlie Chaplin
Captain Hindom
Paul Temple
Dick Turpin
Sir John Glutton
Jason King
Get Some In!
Sergeant Foot
Call Me Mister
Anything More Would Be Greedy
Target
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Armchair Theatre
Rabbi Levy
A Gentleman's Club
Willie
The Plague Dogs
Rowf (voice)
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mr. Hans Van Daan
Baffled!
Verelli
Gangsters
Assistant managing director
Hawk the Slayer
Fitzwalter
Sword of Honour
Doctor
Therese Raquin
Chief Clerk
My Son Reuben
The Black Velvet Gown
Anthony Gallington
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
Brief Encounter
Porter
The Tichborne Claimant
Gibbes
Angel
Lord Norley
Cyrano de Bergerac
Montfleury
Ring of Bright Water
Fishmonger
Hard Times
Slackbridge
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Prince Kazbeki
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
In the Steps of a Dead Man
Medical Officer
Thatcher: The Final Days
George Younger
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
Donkeys' Years
Norman Tate
Where There's a Will
Terence Hill
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sir Keith Gold
Love's Labour's Lost
Don Adriano de Armado
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Henry Gordon Jago
The Executioner
Rabbi
The Tycoon
Gerald
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Mr Porter
The Brahmin Widow
Niaz Ali Beg
Hanging Around
Harold