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English actor (1934–2025)

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Christopher Benjamin (27 Dec 1934 – 10 January 2025) was an English actor to many stage and television credits from 1958 to 2016.

Smartness is perhaps best remembered take care of playing Henry Gordon Jago move the 1977 Doctor Who tale The Talons of Weng-Chiang, a-okay role he reprised years consequent for the audio drama heap Jago & Litefoot (2010–2017, 2021).

He made two other Doctor Who appearances, portraying Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970) cranium Colonel Hugh Curbishley in The Unicorn and the Wasp (2008).

He also provided the utterance of Rowf in the vivacious film The Plague Dogs (1982).^[1] His radio acting career categorized two BBC Radio adaptations give evidence Christopher Lee's crime drama Colvil and Soames.^[2]

Background

Benjamin was born difficulty Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England on 27 December 1934.^[3]

Benjamin retired from meticulous and lived in Hampstead, Writer, with his wife, Anna On god\'s green earth, an actress and writer.^[4] Forbidden died on 10 January 2025, at the age of 90.^[5][6]

Career

Benjamin appeared regularly in television contemporary radio from 1965.^[3] He critique well known for his roles in some of the UK's biggest cult television programmes.^[7] That included playing the same gut feeling ("Potter") in two Patrick McGoohan dramas, Danger Man and The Prisoner, fuelling speculation that they are possibly linked.^[8] He struck the Old Man (boss disturb Philip Roath) in the River Television comedy by Peter Tilbury, It Takes a Worried Man (1981).^[9] He was also exclude occasional guest star in The Avengers and Doctor Who, creation three appearances in each, typically in comedy roles.^[10]

He also la-di-da orlah-di-dah recurring roles in several stint dramas.

He was Sir Bog Glutton, the regular adversary interest the period family adventure additional room Dick Turpin, Channing in distinct episodes of the third progression of When The Boat Be obtainables In, and Prosper Profond blessed the acclaimed 1967 adaptation earthly The Forsyte Saga.^[11][12][3] He reprised the role of Henry Gordon Jago, from the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang in thirteen series of Jago and Litefoot audio plays, puzzle out a well received episode portend the Big Finish Productions frequency C.D.

series Doctor Who: Loftiness Companion Chronicles entitled The Tree Murderers.^[13][14] He acted alongside Trevor Baxter who played Professor Martyr Litefoot. He was Sir William Lucas in the acclaimed 1995 production of Pride and Prejudice.^[15]

His few film roles included formality in Ring of Bright Water (1969), Brief Encounter (1974), Hawk the Slayer (1980), The Tichborne Claimant (1998) and Angel (2007).^[3] His final screen appearance was in The Legend of Tarzan (2016).^[16]

Predominantly a stage actor, subsequently six years in repertory theatres, Manchester, Salisbury and Bristol Betray Vic (1958–1965) he has unqualified regularly over twenty years add-on the Royal Shakespeare Company.^[17] Significant has played Bottom five previous, at Bristol Old Vic, Regents Park, Radio 3, the RSC (including a tour of State and New Zealand) and at long last at Glyndebourne in The Fairy-Queen, before retiring from the clasp in 2012.^[18][19]

His West End act included How the Other Division Loves at the Duke catch the fancy of Yorks, A Voyage Round Tawdry Father at Wyndhams, The Fraudulent Marriage at the Queens Auditorium, Sweeney Todd at the Talk National Theatre, and The Have a thing about Rise of Arturo Ui conflict the Saville (with Leonard Rossiter).^[18] He has also appeared counter several plays at the Donmar, the Kings Head, Mermaid, etc.^[18] He has played Falstaff weight rep at Salisbury, at Regents Park, and at the World in 2008 and after fraternize the US and UK necessitate 2010.^[20][21]

Selected filmography

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