Christopher Benjamin
Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England — Dec 27 1934• Died Jan 10 2025
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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…
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Doctor Who
Colonel Hugh
Midsomer Murders
Harvey Crane
Doctor Who
Jago
Casualty
Henry Lindall
Minder
Mr. Rushmer
The Avengers
Whittle
Play for Today
Mr Porter
The Saint
Fish
Heartbeat
Oliver Ridley
Crown Court
Dr. Hayward
BBC Play of the Month
A Cobbler
Theatre 625
Mr Rushton
Foyle's War
Brigadier Harcourt
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Huxtable
Rumpole of the Bailey
Z-Cars
Inspector Morse
Professor Furlong
The Wednesday Play
Dan Royston
Upstairs, Downstairs
Max Weinberg
Thriller
Medical Officer
Lovejoy
Walid
Danger Man
Potter
Angels
Churchill's People
Peter
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dr. Warren Burrows
The Prisoner
Potter
Van der Valk
Mulder
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
The Protectors
Banker
Target
Painter
Judge John Deed
Steve Gaydon
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sam Powell
Budgie
Claude
Shoestring
Leacock
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mr. Hartley
Jason King
The Onedin Line
Said Ben Salim
Poldark
Sir Hugh Bodrugan
Detective
Rodier
Rosemary & Thyme
Trevor Squires
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
The Legend of Tarzan
Lord Knutsford
Ace of Wands
Falk
Dick Turpin
Sir John Glutton
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams
Father Brown
Jukes
The Man in Room 17
Chief Supt. Craythorpe
Brass
Sir Dudley Tilstock
Hadleigh
Oberman
Yes, Prime Minister
Campion
Coroner
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Porter
Magic Grandad
Sir John Gage
Call Me Mister
Wilde Alliance
Miller
Paul Temple
Scorpion Tales
Arab
Armchair Thriller
Det. Inspector Tarrant
Theatre Night
Anselme
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Air Ministry Official
The Sandbaggers
David Follett
The Strauss Dynasty
Young Charlie Chaplin
Captain Hindom
The Last Salute
Sir Gilbert
Late Night Horror
Algy Somerville
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Tozer
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Troll Manager
The Strauss Family
Dommayer
Gangsters
Assistant managing director
Armchair Theatre
Rabbi Levy
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Anything More Would Be Greedy
Get Some In!
Sergeant Foot
Therese Raquin
Chief Clerk
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
A Gentleman's Club
Willie
Hawk the Slayer
Fitzwalter
Baffled!
Verelli
The Plague Dogs
Rowf (voice)
Angel
Lord Norley
Hard Times
Slackbridge
Sword of Honour
Doctor
The Black Velvet Gown
Anthony Gallington
Quick Before They Catch Us
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sir Keith Gold
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
The Limbo Connection
Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant
The Tichborne Claimant
Gibbes
Koroshi
Potter
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
McKinnon
Brief Encounter
Porter
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mr. Hans Van Daan
Cyrano de Bergerac
Montfleury
The Wild Duck
Doctor Relling
Donkeys' Years
Norman Tate
In the Steps of a Dead Man
Medical Officer
Seven Times Seven
Maitre D
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Mr Porter
Hanging Around
Harold
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Henry Gordon Jago
The Executioner
Rabbi
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Prince Kazbeki
The Tycoon
Gerald
Love's Labour's Lost
Don Adriano de Armado
Thatcher: The Final Days
George Younger
Ring of Bright Water
Fishmonger
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
Mr. Johnson
Where There's a Will
Terence Hill
Døden i gatene
My Son Reuben
The Brahmin Widow
Niaz Ali Beg
Junket 89