Christopher Benjamin Biography (1934-)

Born December 27, 1934, in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: December 27, 1934; Trowbridge, Wilshire, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Fishmonger, Ring of Bright Water, Cinerama, 1969
Doden I gatene, 1970
Fitzwalter, Hawk the Slayer, USA Video, 1980
Voice of Rowf, The Plague Dogs, 1982
Gibbes, The Tichborne Claimant, Redbus Film Distribution, 1998
Treasure Island, Columbia TriStar, 1999
Television Appearances
Series
Prosper Profond, The Forsyte Saga, 1967
Channing, When the Boat Comes In, 1976
Sir John Gulutton, Dick Turpin, 1979
Chintz, 1981
Professor Middlemass, The Tomorrow People, 1992
Miniseries
Sir Hugh Bodrugan, Poldark, BBC, 1975
Chief constable, Blott on the Landscape, 1985
Troll manager, The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns (also known as Kampf der Kobolde and Leprechauns), NBC, 1999
Movies
Potter, Koroshi (also known as Danger Man: Koroshi), 1966
Verelli, Baffled! NBC, 1972
Mr. Vincent Crummles/Walter Bray, The Life and Adventures of NicholasNickleby (also known as Nicholas Nickleby), 1982
Heidegger, Honour, Profit and Pleasure, 1985
Montfleury, Cyrano de Bergerac, 1985
Massimo, Casanova (also known as Il veneziano, vita e amori diGiacomo Casanova), ABC, 1987
Mr. Van Daan, The Diary of Anne Frank, 1987

McKinnon, The Secret Life of Ian Fleming (also known as Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming), TNT, 1990
Slackbridge, Hard Times, 1994
Malcolm Green, Seesaw, 1998
Specials
Chief Clark, Therese Raquin, BBC, 1981
Anselme, The Miser, PBS, 1988
Colonel Otway, Melba, PBS, 1989
Captain Hindom, Young Charlie Chaplin, PBS, 1989
Coroner, Flowers for the Judge, PBS, 1990
Anthony Gallington, The Black Velvet Gown (also known as Catherine Cookson's The Black Velvet Gown), PBS, 1993
Cyrano de Bergerac, Bravo, 1994
Sir William Lucas, Pride and Prejudice, Arts and Entertainment, 1995
Episodic
Whittle, "Never, Never Say Die," The Avengers, 1967
Labor Exchange manager, "Arrival," The Prisoner, 1967
Number Two's assistant, "The Chimes of Big Ben," The Prisoner, 1967
Potter, "The Girl Who Was Death," The Prisoner, 1968
Swindin, "Split!" The Avengers, 1968
Fish, "The Master Plan," The Saint, 1968
"An Oddly Honest Man," The Gold Robbers, 1969
Cheudray, "Over a Barrel," Fraud Squad, 1969
"Now You See It, Now You Don't," Ace of Wands, 1970
Sir Keith Gold, "Inferno," Doctor Who, 1970
The police inspector, "A Red Red Rose Forever," Jason King, 1971
Claude, "24,000 Ball Point Pens," Budgie, 1972
Mulder, "Rich Man, Poor Man," Van der Valk, 1973
Dommayer, The Strauss Family, ABC, 1973
Max Weinberg, "A Change of Scene," Upstairs, Downstairs, 1973
Henry Gordon Jago, "The Talons of Weng-Chiang," Doctor Who, 1977
Dr. Huxtable, "The Priory School," The Return of Sherlock Holmes (also known as The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Series I), PBS, 1986
Teddy Rawlingston, "A Fistful of Pesetas," Boon, 1987
French ambassador, "A Diplomatic Incident," Yes, Prime Minister, 1987
Professor Furlong, "Cherubim and Seraphim," Inspector Morse, 1992
Guilaume Serre, "Maigret and the Burglar's Wife," Maigret, NBC, 1992
Walid, "Fruit of the Desert," Lovejoy, 1994
Stage Appearances
Bottom, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Victorian Arts Centre, Melbourne, Australia, 1997
queen lear, Royal Shakespeare Company Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1999-2000

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