Christopher Benjamin

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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 UK's biggest cult television programmes. This included playing the same character in two Patrick McGoohan dramas, Danger Man and The Prisoner, fueling speculation that they are properly linked.

Predominantly a theatre actor, he has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company. His build and demeanour have, over time, lent themselves particularly to portraying characters in historical drama.

[edit] Selected credits

[edit] Cult television

• Danger Man: Potter in Koroshi (1968)
• The Prisoner: Potter in The Girl Who Was Death (1968); Number Two's Assistant in The Chimes of Big Ben (1967); and Labour Exchange Manager in Arrival (1967).
• The Avengers: Swindin in Split (1968); Whittle in Never, Never Say Die (1967); and J.J Hooter in How to Succeed .... at Murder (1966)
• Doctor Who: Sir Keith Gold in Inferno (1970); and Henry Gordon Jago in The Talons of Weng-Chiang (1977)
• The Tomorrow People: Professor Lawrence Middlemass in Monsoon Man (1994)

[edit] Other appearances

• Prosper Profond in The Forsyte Saga (1967)
• Sir Hugh Bodrugan in Poldark (1975)
• Mr. Vincent Crummles/Walter Bray in The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1982)
• Chief Constable in Blott on the Landscape (1985)
• French Ambassador in Yes, Prime Minister (1987)
• Sir William Lucas in Pride and Prejudice (1995)
• The Pope in Leonardo, the Alan Yentob drama documentary for the BBC (2003)