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Christopher Benjamin is a Actor British born on 27 december 1934 at Trowbridge (United-kingdom)

Christopher Benjamin

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 december 1934 at Trowbridge (United-kingdom)
Death 10 january 2025 (at 90 years)

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.

Biography

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.

Usually with

Arnljot Berg
Arnljot Berg
(1 films)
Martin Rosen
Martin Rosen
(1 films)
Philip Leacock
Philip Leacock
(1 films)
David Yates
David Yates
(2 films)
Peter Rowe
Peter Rowe
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Christopher Benjamin (15 films)

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The Legend of Tarzan
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
, 1h50
Directed 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% 3.0954053.0954053.0954053.0954053.095405
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
Angel (2007)
, 2h14
Directed 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% 2.89732.89732.89732.89732.8973
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
Sword of Honour (2001)

Genres Drama, War
Actors Daniel Craig, Katrin Cartlidge, Richard Coyle, Simon Chandler, Christopher Benjamin, Selina Cadell
Roles Doctor
Rating62% 3.1477653.1477653.1477653.1477653.147765
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
The Tichborne Claimant (1999)
, 1h38
Directed by David Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Pugh, Stephen Fry, John Kani, Robert Hardy, John Gielgud, Charles Gray
Roles Gibbes
Rating60% 3.003033.003033.003033.003033.00303
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
Treasure Island (1999)
, 1h38
Directed 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% 2.6081652.6081652.6081652.6081652.608165
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 Plague Dogs
The Plague Dogs (1982)
, 1h43
Directed 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% 3.850683.850683.850683.850683.85068
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.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982) (1982)
, 9h
Actors Roger Rees, Alun Armstrong, Emily Richard, John Woodvine, David Threlfall, Edward Petherbridge
Rating90% 4.52094.52094.52094.52094.5209
For a detailed plot see The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Hawk the Slayer
Hawk the Slayer (1980)
, 1h34
Directed 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% 2.6488252.6488252.6488252.6488252.648825
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
Brief Encounter (1974)
, 1h40
Directed 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% 2.704782.704782.704782.704782.70478
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...