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
Midsomer Murders
Harvey Crane
Doctor Who
Colonel Hugh
The Saint
Fish
Doctor Who
Jago
Doctor Who
Sir Keith Gold
Minder
Mr. Rushmer
The Avengers
Whittle
The Avengers
Swindin
The Avengers
J. J. Hooter
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Huxtable
Heartbeat
Oliver Ridley
Play for Today
Mr Porter
Play for Today
Rabbi
Foyle's War
Brigadier Harcourt
Casualty
Henry Lindall
BBC Play of the Month
A Cobbler
BBC Play of the Month
Ed Keller
BBC Play of the Month
Dr. Relling
Crown Court
Dr. Hayward
Crown Court
Charles Percival
Crown Court
Det. Supt. Brotherton
Inspector Morse
Professor Furlong
Upstairs, Downstairs
Max Weinberg
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
The Prisoner
Potter
The Prisoner
Labour Exchange Manager
The Prisoner
Number Two's Assistant
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sam Powell
Z-Cars
Thriller
Medical Officer
Danger Man
Potter
The Protectors
Banker
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mr. Hartley
Van der Valk
Mulder
Lovejoy
Walid
The Wednesday Play
Dan Royston
Rumpole of the Bailey
Budgie
Claude
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
The Onedin Line
Said Ben Salim
The Legend of Tarzan
Lord Knutsford
Poldark
Sir Hugh Bodrugan
Campion
Coroner
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dr. Warren Burrows
The Man in Room 17
Chief Supt. Craythorpe
Yes, Prime Minister
Judge John Deed
Steve Gaydon
Jason King
Angels
Father Brown
Jukes
Armchair Thriller
Det. Inspector Tarrant
Theatre Night
Anselme
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Porter
Ace of Wands
Falk
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams
Softly Softly: Task Force
Civil Servant
Rosemary & Thyme
Trevor Squires
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Troll Manager
Paul Temple
The Sandbaggers
Target
Painter
Detective
Rodier
The Plague Dogs
Rowf (voice)
Dick Turpin
Sir John Glutton
Shoestring
Hadleigh
Oberman
Suspense
Hospital Doctor
Get Some In!
Sergeant Foot
Quick Before They Catch Us
Magic Grandad
Sir John Gage
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Air Ministry Official
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
Angel
Lord Norley
Wilde Alliance
Miller
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Gangsters
Assistant managing director
Therese Raquin
Chief Clerk
Late Night Horror
Algy Somerville
Call Me Mister
Sword of Honour
Doctor
Baffled!
Verelli
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mr. Hans Van Daan
Young Charlie Chaplin
Captain Hindom
A Gentleman's Club
Willie
Hawk the Slayer
Fitzwalter
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
Anything More Would Be Greedy
The Black Velvet Gown
Anthony Gallington
Armchair Theatre
Rabbi Levy
Ring of Bright Water
Fishmonger
The Tichborne Claimant
Gibbes
My Son Reuben
Hard Times
Slackbridge
Brief Encounter
Porter
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sir Keith Gold
Cyrano de Bergerac
Montfleury
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
Thatcher: The Final Days
George Younger
The Tycoon
Gerald
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Prince Kazbeki
The Limbo Connection
Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
Hanging Around
Harold
The Executioner
Rabbi
Junket 89
Where There's a Will
Terence Hill
Love's Labour's Lost
Don Adriano de Armado
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Henry Gordon Jago
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Mr Porter
In the Steps of a Dead Man
Medical Officer
Donkeys' Years
Norman Tate
The Brahmin Widow
Niaz Ali Beg