Christopher Benjamin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

124

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-12-27

Day of death

2025-01-10 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England

Christopher Benjamin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Benjamin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

Known For

  • Midsomer Murders

    Midsomer Murders

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • Minder

    Minder

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • BBC Play of the Month

    BBC Play of the Month

  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • The Legend of Tarzan

    The Legend of Tarzan

  • Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • Judge John Deed

    Judge John Deed

  • Angels

    Angels

  • Dempsey and Makepeace

    Dempsey and Makepeace

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • Theatre 625

    Theatre 625

  • The Onedin Line

    The Onedin Line

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Rosemary & Thyme

    Rosemary & Thyme

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

  • Poldark

    Poldark

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Shine on Harvey Moon

    Shine on Harvey Moon

  • Baffled!

    Baffled!

  • Shoestring

    Shoestring

  • A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

    A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Hanging Around

    Hanging Around

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Budgie

    Budgie

  • Yes, Prime Minister

    Yes, Prime Minister

  • Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter

  • The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

    The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

  • Junket 89

    Junket 89

  • Jason King

    Jason King

  • Dick Turpin

    Dick Turpin

  • Hadleigh

    Hadleigh

  • Wilde Alliance

    Wilde Alliance

  • Detective

    Detective

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • Campion

    Campion

  • Softly Softly: Task Force

    Softly Softly: Task Force

  • Softly Softly: Task Force

    Softly Softly: Task Force

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

  • Churchill's People

    Churchill's People

  • Target

    Target

  • Get Some In!

    Get Some In!

  • Donkeys' Years

    Donkeys' Years

  • Ace of Wands

    Ace of Wands

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Koroshi

    Koroshi

  • Paul Temple

    Paul Temple

  • Ring of Bright Water

    Ring of Bright Water

  • The Last Hurrah

    The Last Hurrah

  • Sword of Honour

    Sword of Honour

  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • In the Steps of a Dead Man

    In the Steps of a Dead Man

  • Brass

    Brass

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • The Sandbaggers

    The Sandbaggers

  • Magic Grandad

    Magic Grandad

  • Hawk the Slayer

    Hawk the Slayer

  • The Man in Room 17

    The Man in Room 17

  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    The Caucasian Chalk Circle

  • Døden i gatene

    Døden i gatene

  • The Plague Dogs

    The Plague Dogs

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Seven Times Seven

    Seven Times Seven

  • Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

    Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

  • Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

    Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

  • Thatcher: The Final Days

    Thatcher: The Final Days

  • The Brahmin Widow

    The Brahmin Widow

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • Armchair Thriller

    Armchair Thriller

  • Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

    Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle

  • Therese Raquin

    Therese Raquin

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • Doctor Who: Inferno

    Doctor Who: Inferno

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • Call Me Mister

    Call Me Mister

  • Scorpion Tales

    Scorpion Tales

  • The Strauss Family

    The Strauss Family

  • Gangsters

    Gangsters

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • Quick Before They Catch Us

    Quick Before They Catch Us

  • Late Night Horror

    Late Night Horror

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • Anything More Would Be Greedy

    Anything More Would Be Greedy

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

  • A Gentleman's Club

    A Gentleman's Club

  • The Black Velvet Gown

    The Black Velvet Gown

  • Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

    Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • The Tycoon

    The Tycoon

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • The Tichborne Claimant

    The Tichborne Claimant

  • My Son Reuben

    My Son Reuben

  • The Executioner

    The Executioner

  • The Limbo Connection

    The Limbo Connection

  • Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will