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Christopher Benjamin is a Actor British born on 27 december 1934 at Trowbridge (United-kingdom)
Christopher Benjamin (born 27 December 1934) is a British actor.
Benjamin was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He is well known for his roles in some of the UK's biggest cult television programmes. This included playing the same character ("Potter") in two Patrick McGoohan dramas, Danger Man and The Prisoner, fuelling speculation that they are possibly linked. He was also an occasional guest star 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, with three further series planned for release in 2013 and 2014, 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.
His few film roles include appearances in Ring of Bright Water (1969), Brief Encounter (1974), Hawk the Slayer (1980), The Tichborne Claimant (1998) and Angel (2007). He also provided the voice of Rowf in the animated film The Plague Dogs (1982).
Predominantly a theatre actor, he has 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.
Il fit des apparitions dans trois épisodes de The Avengers et trois de Doctor Who (en 1970, 1977 et 2008). Il joua le rôle de Sir William Lucas dans Orgueil et Préjugés, la série tournée en 1995 pour la BBC.
Cependant, avant tout comédien, il a joué avec la Royal Shakespeare Company depuis 1978 et au Théâtre en plein air de Regents Park en 2004 (Henry IV Part I et A Midsummer's Night Dream). Il a été Falstaff, le personnage principal de The Merry Wives of Windsor au Shakespeare's Globe du 17 juin au 5 octobre 2008.
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Benjamin was born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England. He is well known for his roles in some of the UK's biggest cult television programmes. This included playing the same character ("Potter") in two Patrick McGoohan dramas, Danger Man and The Prisoner, fuelling speculation that they are possibly linked. He was also an occasional guest star 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, with three further series planned for release in 2013 and 2014, 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.
His few film roles include appearances in Ring of Bright Water (1969), Brief Encounter (1974), Hawk the Slayer (1980), The Tichborne Claimant (1998) and Angel (2007). He also provided the voice of Rowf in the animated film The Plague Dogs (1982).
Predominantly a theatre actor, he has 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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Jeune, il a joué dans de nombreux feuilletons télévisés, dont La Dynastie des Forsyte en 1967, Destination Danger et Le Prisonnier où il jouait le même personnage (Potter).Il fit des apparitions dans trois épisodes de The Avengers et trois de Doctor Who (en 1970, 1977 et 2008). Il joua le rôle de Sir William Lucas dans Orgueil et Préjugés, la série tournée en 1995 pour la BBC.
Cependant, avant tout comédien, il a joué avec la Royal Shakespeare Company depuis 1978 et au Théâtre en plein air de Regents Park en 2004 (Henry IV Part I et A Midsummer's Night Dream). Il a été Falstaff, le personnage principal de The Merry Wives of Windsor au Shakespeare's Globe du 17 juin au 5 octobre 2008.
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The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
, 1h50Directed by David Yates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Djimon Hounsou, John Hurt
Roles Lord Knutsford
Rating61%
It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life in London as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane Porter (Margot Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian Captain Rom (Christoph Waltz).
Angel (2007)
, 2h14Directed by François Ozon
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Fassbender, Lucy Russell, Jacqueline Tong
Roles Lord Norley
Rating57%
Angel Deverell (Romola Garai) is considered an outsider in the town of Norley. She has a fanciful imagination and prefers to be alone, writing. Her mother, a shopkeeper, and her aunt, who works for the family that lives in the grand house called Paradise, don't understand her.
Sword of Honour (2001)
Genres Drama, War
Actors Daniel Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Richard Coyle, Simon Chandler, Christopher Benjamin, Selina Cadell
Roles Doctor
Rating62%
Pendant la deuxième Guerre mondiale, le riche Guy Crouchback décide pour exorciser ses propres démons, de rejoindre le plus dur des commandos de l'armée britannique. Derrière les lignes ennemies, plusieurs de ses frères d'armes paient le prix fort de leur engagement pour la liberté.
The Tichborne Claimant (1999)
, 1h38Directed by David Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Pugh, Stephen Fry, John Kani, Robert Hardy, John Gielgud, Charles Gray
Roles Gibbes
Rating60%
Based on a true story, the film is set in the late 19th century. Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answers Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter successfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.
Treasure Island (1999)
, 1h38Directed by Peter Rowe
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Films about disabilities
Actors Jack Palance, Kevin Zegers, Patrick Bergin, Anthony Booth, Christopher Benjamin, Malcolm Stoddard
Roles Squire Trelawney
Rating52%
The narrative diverges from that of the novel in that Captain Smollett convinces Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey to cut Jim out of his rightful share of the treasure and so Jim then teams up with Silver. Smollett, Trelawney and Livesey are killed, and Jim, Silver and Ben Gunn escape with the treasure.
The Black Velvet Gown (1993)
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Janet McTeer, Geraldine Somerville, Bob Peck, Brendan Healy, Jean Anderson, Christopher Benjamin
Roles Anthony Gallington
Rating68%
Thatcher: The Final Days (1991)
Directed by Tim Sullivan (réalisateur américain)
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Sylvia Syms, Bruce Alexander, Christopher Benjamin, Trevor Bowen, Stephen Boxer, Tom Chadbon
Roles George Younger
Rating67%
Casanova (1987)
Directed by Simon Langton
Genres Biography, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Richard Chamberlain, Faye Dunaway, Sylvia Kristel, Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Sophie Ward
Roles Massimo
Rating59%
The Plague Dogs (1982)
, 1h43Directed by Martin Rosen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Films about dogs, Political films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors John Hurt, Christopher Benjamin, James Bolam, Nigel Hawthorne, Warren Mitchell, Bernard Hepton
Roles Rowf (voice)
Rating77%
Rowf (a Labrador-mix) and Snitter (a smooth fox terrier) are two of many dogs used for experimental purposes at an animal research facility in the Lake District of north-western England. Snitter has had his brain experimented upon while Rowf has been drowned and resuscitated repeatedly. One evening, Snitter squeezes under his cage and into Rowf's, where they discover his cage is unlatched. Eager to escape the tortures of life inside the facility, they explore, knocking over other cages and finally sneaking into the incinerator, where they are nearly killed before escaping.
, 9hActors Roger Rees, Alun Armstrong, Emily Richard, John Woodvine, David Threlfall, Edward Petherbridge
Rating90%
For a detailed plot see The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
, 1h34Directed by Terry Marcel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Jack Palance, John Terry, Bernard Bresslaw, Patricia Quinn, Cheryl Campbell, William Morgan Sheppard
Roles Fitzwalter
Rating52%
The wicked Voltan kills his own father when the latter refuses to turn over the magic of the "last elven mindstone". Before the old man dies, he bequeaths a great sword with a pommel shaped like a human hand to his other son, Hawk. The hand comes to life and grasps the mindstone. The sword is now imbued with magical powers and can respond to Hawk's mental commands. Hawk then vows to avenge his father by killing Voltan.
Brief Encounter (1974)
, 1h40Directed by Alan Bridges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Burton, Sophia Loren, Jack Hedley, John Le Mesurier, Ann Firbank, Rosemary Leach
Roles Porter
Rating54%
Dans le café de la gare, Anna, une femme mariée, rencontre Alec, un médecin marié également. Ils sympathisent. Au fil de leur rendez-vous hebdomadaire dans ce café, ils vont tomber amoureux...
Baffled! (1972)
, 1h30Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror
Actors Leonard Nimoy, Susan Hampshire, Rachel Roberts, Vera Miles, Ray Brooks, Angharad Rees
Roles Verelli
Rating55%
Døden i gatene (1970)
Directed by Arnljot Berg
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Grynet Molvig, Christopher Benjamin, Lars Andreas Larssen
Rating56%
Ring of Bright Water (1969)
, 1h47Directed by Jack Couffer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about animals
Actors Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna, Peter Jeffrey, Jameson Clark, Roddy McMillan, Christopher Benjamin
Roles Fishmonger
Rating70%
Graham Merrill (Bill Travers) passes a pet shop on his daily walks about London and takes an interest in an otter (specifically, a male river otter) in the window, eventually buying and naming the animal Mij. The otter wreaks havoc in his small apartment and together they leave London for a rustic cottage overlooking the sea on the west coast of Scotland. There they live as beachcombers and make the acquaintance of Dr. Mary (Virginia McKenna) from the nearby village, and her dog Johnny. Mij and Johnny play in the water and bound across the fields together.