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