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Acting

Christopher Benjamin

Career: Active from 1967 to 2011, busiest in 1981 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles: 5
top three billing

Average score: 68/100

Highest rated: Doctor Who: Inferno
83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Christopher Benjamin Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
4.3, average 5.4
Adrenaline
3.7, average 4.8
Scare
1.7, average 2.6
Coming of Age
2.1, average 3.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Intriguing Plot 2
Character Study 2
Historical Setting 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

124

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

2 titles · average score 49

The Legend of Tarzan

49

as Lord Knutsford

The Merry Wives of Windsor

as Sir John Falstaff

2000s

7 titles · average score 68

Angel

48

as Lord Norley

Doctor Who

78

TV show · as Colonel Hugh

Rosemary & Thyme

75

TV show · as Trevor Squires

Looking for Victoria

TV show · as Lord Stanley

Foyle's War

83

TV show · as Brigadier Harcourt

Sword of Honour

53

as Doctor

Judge John Deed

72

TV show · as Steve Gaydon

1990s

16 titles · average score 70

Treasure Island

52

as Squire Trelawney

The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns

70

TV show · as Troll Manager

Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round

TV show

Midsomer Murders

80

TV show · as Harvey Crane

Pride and Prejudice

88

TV show · as Sir William Lucas

TV show · as Sir John Gage

Heartbeat

80

TV show · as Oliver Ridley

Maigret

77

TV show · as Guillaume Serre

Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

72

TV show · as Duke Frederick / Corin (voice)

Thatcher: The Final Days

as George Younger

The Strauss Dynasty

TV show

The Black Velvet Gown

63

as Anthony Gallington

1980s

29 titles · average score 72

Anything More Would Be Greedy

TV show · as Eric Harmer

Inspector Morse

80

TV show · as Professor Furlong

Casualty

62

TV show · as Henry Lindall

Lovejoy

50

TV show · as Walid

Yes, Prime Minister

87

TV show

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

83

TV show · as Dr Huxtable

Dempsey and Makepeace

70

TV show · as Sam Powell

Sherlock Holmes

88

TV show · as Dr. Huxtable

The Plague Dogs

75

as Rowf (voice)

It Takes a Worried Man

TV show · as The Old Man

A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado

as Mr Porter

A Spy at Evening

TV show · as Stevens

1970s

42 titles · average score 71

Minder

75

TV show · as Mr. Rushmer

Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang

as Henry Gordon Jago

Rumpole of the Bailey

77

TV show · as Sir Denis Tolson

Poldark

80

TV show · as Sir Hugh Bodrugan

In the Steps of a Dead Man

77

as Medical Officer

Thriller

74

TV show · as Medical Officer

Crown Court

65

TV show · as Charles Percival / Det. Supt. Brotherton

The Protectors

64

TV show · as Banker

Upstairs, Downstairs

81

TV show · as Max Weinberg

The Onedin Line

73

TV show · as Said Ben Salim

Doctor Who: Inferno

83

as Sir Keith Gold

Play for Today

72

TV show · as Rabbi / Mr Porter

1960s

26 titles · average score 75

Softly Softly: Task Force

66

TV show · as Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams / Civil Servant

The Prisoner

92

TV show · as Potter / Number Two's Assistant

The Forsyte Saga

84

TV show · as Prosper Profond

BBC Play of the Month

61

TV show · as Ed Keller / Dr. Relling

Thirty-Minute Theatre

TV show · as Dr. Warren Burrows

The Wednesday Play

TV show · as Dan Royston

Theatre 625

TV show · as Mr Rushton

Doctor Who

76

TV show · as Sir Keith Gold / Jago

The Saint

74

TV show · as Fish

Z-Cars

72

TV show

The Avengers

83

TV show · as J. J. Hooter / Swindin

Danger Man

76

TV show · as Potter

1950s

2 titles · average score 76

Armchair Theatre

68

TV show · as Rabbi Levy

Hallmark Hall of Fame

84

TV show · as Porter