Christopher Benjamin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

119

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

  • Casualty

    Casualty

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

  • Heartbeat

    Heartbeat

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • Play for Today

    Play for Today

  • The Saint

    The Saint

  • Minder

    Minder

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • The Avengers

    The Avengers

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Crown Court

    Crown Court

  • Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

  • 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

  • Foyle's War

    Foyle's War

  • Z-Cars

    Z-Cars

  • Rumpole of the Bailey

    Rumpole of the Bailey

  • Inspector Morse

    Inspector Morse

  • The Wednesday Play

    The Wednesday Play

  • Upstairs, Downstairs

    Upstairs, Downstairs

  • Angels

    Angels

  • Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

  • Lovejoy

    Lovejoy

  • Thriller

    Thriller

  • The Legend of Tarzan

    The Legend of Tarzan

  • Softly Softly: Task Force

    Softly Softly: Task Force

  • Softly Softly: Task Force

    Softly Softly: Task Force

  • Dempsey and Makepeace

    Dempsey and Makepeace

  • Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

  • Dick Turpin

    Dick Turpin

  • The Protectors

    The Protectors

  • Van der Valk

    Van der Valk

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

  • The Onedin Line

    The Onedin Line

  • Maigret

    Maigret

  • Danger Man

    Danger Man

  • Shine on Harvey Moon

    Shine on Harvey Moon

  • Judge John Deed

    Judge John Deed

  • Rosemary & Thyme

    Rosemary & Thyme

  • Hawk the Slayer

    Hawk the Slayer

  • Campion

    Campion

  • Target

    Target

  • Budgie

    Budgie

  • Poldark

    Poldark

  • The Merry Wives of Windsor

    The Merry Wives of Windsor

  • In the Steps of a Dead Man

    In the Steps of a Dead Man

  • Seven Times Seven

    Seven Times Seven

  • Shoestring

    Shoestring

  • Jason King

    Jason King

  • Yes, Prime Minister

    Yes, Prime Minister

  • The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

    The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

  • Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

  • Sword of Honour

    Sword of Honour

  • The Brahmin Widow

    The Brahmin Widow

  • The Caucasian Chalk Circle

    The Caucasian Chalk Circle

  • Magic Grandad

    Magic Grandad

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

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

  • Father Brown

    Father Brown

  • Detective

    Detective

  • The Man in Room 17

    The Man in Room 17

  • Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

    Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

  • Hadleigh

    Hadleigh

  • Angel

    Angel

  • Hard Times

    Hard Times

  • Ace of Wands

    Ace of Wands

  • Cyrano de Bergerac

    Cyrano de Bergerac

  • Armchair Thriller

    Armchair Thriller

  • The Sandbaggers

    The Sandbaggers

  • Paul Temple

    Paul Temple

  • Hallmark Hall of Fame

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

  • Suspense

    Suspense

  • Hanging Around

    Hanging Around

  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

  • The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

    The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

  • Junket 89

    Junket 89

  • Baffled!

    Baffled!

  • Get Some In!

    Get Some In!

  • Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

  • Wilde Alliance

    Wilde Alliance

  • Scorpion Tales

    Scorpion Tales

  • Brief Encounter

    Brief Encounter

  • Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

  • Love's Labour's Lost

    Love's Labour's Lost

  • Døden i gatene

    Døden i gatene

  • Call Me Mister

    Call Me Mister

  • Gangsters

    Gangsters

  • Koroshi

    Koroshi

  • Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

    Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington

  • Donkeys' Years

    Donkeys' Years

  • Anything More Would Be Greedy

    Anything More Would Be Greedy

  • Ring of Bright Water

    Ring of Bright Water

  • Young Charlie Chaplin

    Young Charlie Chaplin

  • A Gentleman's Club

    A Gentleman's Club

  • Late Night Horror

    Late Night Horror

  • The Strauss Family

    The Strauss Family

  • Therese Raquin

    Therese Raquin

  • The Diary of Anne Frank

    The Diary of Anne Frank

  • The Plague Dogs

    The Plague Dogs

  • Doctor Who: Inferno

    Doctor Who: Inferno

  • Thatcher: The Final Days

    Thatcher: The Final Days

  • Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

    Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

  • Quick Before They Catch Us

    Quick Before They Catch Us

  • The Black Velvet Gown

    The Black Velvet Gown

  • Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

  • My Son Reuben

    My Son Reuben

  • The Tycoon

    The Tycoon

  • The Tichborne Claimant

    The Tichborne Claimant

  • The Executioner

    The Executioner

  • The Limbo Connection

    The Limbo Connection

  • Where There's a Will

    Where There's a Will