Christopher Benjamin
Known for: Acting
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 .
Filmography
Series
Midsomer Murders
Harvey Crane
1997
Series
Doctor Who
Colonel Hugh
2005
Series
Play for Today
Mr Porter
1970
Series
Play for Today
Rabbi
1970
Series
Doctor Who
Jago
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Sir Keith Gold
1963
Series
The Avengers
Whittle
1961
Series
The Avengers
Swindin
1961
Series
The Avengers
J. J. Hooter
1961
Series
Casualty
Henry Lindall
1986
Series
The Saint
Fish
1962
Series
Minder
Mr. Rushmer
1979
Series
Heartbeat
Oliver Ridley
1992
Series
Sherlock Holmes
Dr. Huxtable
1984
Series
Foyle's War
Brigadier Harcourt
2002
Series
BBC Play of the Month
A Cobbler
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Ed Keller
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Dr. Relling
1965
Series
Crown Court
Dr. Hayward
1972
Series
Crown Court
Charles Percival
1972
Series
Crown Court
Det. Supt. Brotherton
1972
Series
Theatre 625
Mr Rushton
1964
Series
Inspector Morse
Professor Furlong
1987
Series
The Wednesday Play
Dan Royston
1964
Series
Van der Valk
Mulder
1972
Series
Z-Cars
1962
Series
Rumpole of the Bailey
1975
Series
Pride and Prejudice
Sir William Lucas
1995
Series
Upstairs, Downstairs
Max Weinberg
1971
Film
The Legend of Tarzan
Lord Knutsford
2016
Series
Danger Man
Potter
1960
Series
Angels
1975
Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Dr. Warren Burrows
1965
Series
Dempsey and Makepeace
Sam Powell
1985
Series
Lovejoy
Walid
1986
Series
The Prisoner
Potter
1967
Series
The Prisoner
Labour Exchange Manager
1967
Series
The Prisoner
Number Two's Assistant
1967
Series
Thriller
Medical Officer
1973
Series
The Protectors
Banker
1972
Series
Churchill's People
Peter
1974
Series
The Onedin Line
Said Ben Salim
1971
Series
Judge John Deed
Steve Gaydon
2001
Series
Budgie
Claude
1971
Series
Target
Painter
1977
Series
Shoestring
Leacock
1979
Series
Poldark
Sir Hugh Bodrugan
1975
Series
Detective
Rodier
1964
Series
Detective
Ralph Demartino
1964
Series
Rosemary & Thyme
Trevor Squires
2003
Series
Paul Temple
1969
Series
New Scotland Yard
Mr Foster
1972
Series
Jason King
1971
Series
Dick Turpin
Sir John Glutton
1979
Film
Hawk the Slayer
Fitzwalter
1980
Series
The Forsyte Saga
Prosper Profond
1967
Series
Yes, Prime Minister
1986
Series
Softly Softly: Task Force
Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams
1969
Series
Softly Softly: Task Force
Civil Servant
1969
Series
Maigret
Guillaume Serre
1992
Series
Shakespeare: The Animated Tales
Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)
1992
Series
Shine on Harvey Moon
Mr. Hartley
1982
Series
Father Brown
Jukes
1974
Series
Campion
Coroner
1989
Series
Ace of Wands
Falk
1970
Series
Wilde Alliance
Miller
1978
Series
The Sandbaggers
David Follett
1978
Series
The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns
Troll Manager
1999
Series
The Strauss Dynasty
1991
Series
Brass
Sir Dudley Tilstock
1983
Series
The Man in Room 17
Chief Supt. Craythorpe
1965
Series
Hadleigh
Oberman
1969
Series
Theatre Night
Anselme
1985
Series
Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round
1998
Series
It Takes a Worried Man
The Old Man
1981
Magic Grandad
Sir John Gage
1993
Series
Get Some In!
Sergeant Foot
1975
Series
Call Me Mister
1986
Series
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Porter
1951
Series
Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle
Tozer
1977
Film
The Plague Dogs
Rowf (voice)
1982
Series
The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Dr Huxtable
1986
Series
Gangsters
Assistant managing director
1976
Series
Young Charlie Chaplin
Captain Hindom
1989
Series
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years
Air Ministry Official
1981
Film
Angel
Lord Norley
2007
Quick Before They Catch Us
1966
Film
Treasure Island
Squire Trelawney
1999
Series
Late Night Horror
Algy Somerville
1968
Series
Scorpion Tales
Arab
1978
Series
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1982
Series
The Strauss Family
Dommayer
1972
Series
Armchair Thriller
Det. Inspector Tarrant
1978
Series
Shades of Greene
Adamson
1975
Series
Therese Raquin
Chief Clerk
1980
Film
The Secret Life of Ian Fleming
McKinnon
1990
The Last Salute
Sir Gilbert
1998
Series
Armchair Theatre
Rabbi Levy
1956
The Tycoon
Gerald
1968
Film
Junket 89
1970
Film
Koroshi
Potter
1968
Donkeys' Years
Norman Tate
1980
The Brahmin Widow
Niaz Ali Beg
1968
Looking for Victoria
Lord Stanley
2003
Film
Doctor Who: Inferno
Sir Keith Gold
1970
Anything More Would Be Greedy
Eric Harmer
1989
Film
The Wild Duck
Doctor Relling
1971
The White Rabbit
Cadillac
1967
Film
Love's Labour's Lost
Don Adriano de Armado
1965
Film
The Black Velvet Gown
Anthony Gallington
1991
Series
The Diary of Anne Frank
Mr. Hans Van Daan
1987
Film
Baffled!
Verelli
1973
Film
The Tichborne Claimant
Gibbes
1999
Film
Seven Times Seven
Maitre D
1968
A Gentleman's Club
Willie
1988
My Son Reuben
1975
Film
Thatcher: The Final Days
George Younger
1991
Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington
Mr. Johnson
1975
Film
Sword of Honour
Doctor
2001
Film
Hard Times
Slackbridge
1994
Film
Brief Encounter
Porter
1976
A Spy at Evening
Stevens
1981
Film
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Charmolue
1976
Film
Ring of Bright Water
Fishmonger
1969
Film
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Prince Kazbeki
1985
Film
In the Steps of a Dead Man
Medical Officer
1974
Film
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Henry Gordon Jago
1977
Where There's a Will
Terence Hill
1989
Cyrano de Bergerac
Montfleury
1985
The Limbo Connection
Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant
1978
Film
The Executioner
Rabbi
1980
Film
The Kiss of Blood
Algy Somerville
1968
Film
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sir John Falstaff
2011
Film
Døden i gatene
1970
Film
Hanging Around
Harold
1978
Film
A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado
Mr Porter
1981