Christopher Benjamin

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Christopher Benjamin is a British actor born 27 December 1934 in Trowbridge Wiltshire England He is well known for his roles in some of the UKs 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 WengChiang in four series of Jago and Litefoot audio plays after a well received episode of the Big Finish Productions audio CD 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 has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company He appeared at Shakespeares 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia