Christopher Benjamin: movies and TV shows
Christopher Benjamin has 135 credits in the archive: 37 films and 98 TV series, from 1951 to 2016. Highest rated: The Return of Sherlock Holmes (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1951 – 2016 · busiest year: 1972 (7 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | The Legend of Tarzan | Lord Knutsford | Film | 5.9 | 81 |
| 2011 | The Merry Wives of Windsor | Sir John Falstaff | Film | 5.7 | 76 |
| 2007 | Angel | Lord Norley | Film | 5.5 | 72 |
| 2005 | Doctor Who | Colonel Hugh | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 2003 | Rosemary & Thyme | Trevor Squires | TV | 7.4 | 68 |
| 2003 | Looking for Victoria | Lord Stanley | TV | — | 68 |
| 2002 | Foyle's War | Brigadier Harcourt | TV | 7.9 | 67 |
| 2001 | Judge John Deed | Steve Gaydon | TV | 6.8 | 66 |
| 2001 | Sword of Honour | Doctor | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1999 | The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns | Troll Manager | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1999 | Treasure Island | Squire Trelawney | Film | 5.3 | 64 |
| 1999 | The Tichborne Claimant | Gibbes | Film | 8.7 | 64 |
| 1998 | The Last Salute | Sir Gilbert | TV | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1998 | Alexei Sayle's Merry-Go-Round | TV | 6.7 | 63 | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Harvey Crane | TV | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Sir William Lucas | TV | 8.2 | 60 |
| 1994 | Hard Times | Slackbridge | Film | 7.7 | 59 |
| 1993 | Magic Grandad | Sir John Gage | TV | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1992 | Heartbeat | Oliver Ridley | TV | 7.2 | 57 |
| 1992 | Shakespeare: The Animated Tales | Duke Frederick / Corin (voice) | TV | 6.4 | 57 |
| 1992 | Maigret | Guillaume Serre | TV | 7.6 | 57 |
| 1991 | The Strauss Dynasty | TV | — | 56 | |
| 1991 | The Black Velvet Gown | Anthony Gallington | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1991 | Thatcher: The Final Days | George Younger | Film | 6.7 | 56 |
| 1990 | The Secret Life of Ian Fleming | McKinnon | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 1989 | Campion | Coroner | TV | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin | Captain Hindom | TV | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1989 | Anything More Would Be Greedy | Eric Harmer | TV | 6.0 | 54 |
| 1989 | Where There's a Will | Terence Hill | Film | 5.0 | 54 |
| 1988 | A Gentleman's Club | Willie | TV | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse | Professor Furlong | TV | 7.9 | 52 |
| 1987 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Mr. Hans Van Daan | TV | 7.2 | 52 |
| 1986 | Casualty | Henry Lindall | TV | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1986 | Lovejoy | Walid | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1986 | Yes, Prime Minister | TV | 8.4 | 51 | |
| 1986 | Call Me Mister | TV | 6.0 | 51 | |
| 1986 | The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Dr Huxtable | TV | 8.8 | 51 |
| 1985 | Dempsey and Makepeace | Sam Powell | TV | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1985 | Theatre Night | Anselme | TV | — | 50 |
| 1985 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Montfleury | Film | 6.6 | 50 |
| 1985 | The Caucasian Chalk Circle | Prince Kazbeki | Film | — | 50 |
| 1984 | Sherlock Holmes | Dr. Huxtable | TV | 8.2 | 49 |
| 1983 | Brass | Sir Dudley Tilstock | TV | 6.1 | 48 |
| 1982 | Shine on Harvey Moon | Mr. Hartley | TV | 7.7 | 47 |
| 1982 | The Plague Dogs | Rowf (voice) | Film | 7.8 | 47 |
| 1982 | The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby | TV | 7.7 | 47 | |
| 1981 | It Takes a Worried Man | The Old Man | TV | 6.7 | 46 |
| 1981 | Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years | Air Ministry Official | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1981 | A Spy at Evening | Stevens | TV | — | 46 |
| 1981 | A Brush with Mr. Porter on the Road to El Dorado | Mr Porter | Film | 8.0 | 46 |
| 1980 | Therese Raquin | Chief Clerk | TV | 5.5 | 45 |
| 1980 | Hawk the Slayer | Fitzwalter | Film | 4.8 | 45 |
| 1980 | Donkeys' Years | Norman Tate | Film | — | 45 |
| 1980 | The Executioner | Rabbi | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1979 | Minder | Mr. Rushmer | TV | 7.2 | 44 |
| 1979 | Shoestring | Leacock | TV | 7.7 | 44 |
| 1979 | Dick Turpin | Sir John Glutton | TV | 7.4 | 44 |
| 1978 | Wilde Alliance | Miller | TV | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1978 | The Sandbaggers | David Follett | TV | 8.3 | 43 |
| 1978 | Armchair Thriller | Det. Inspector Tarrant | TV | 4.2 | 43 |
| 1978 | Scorpion Tales | Arab | TV | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1978 | The Limbo Connection | Det. Chief Insp. Tarrant | Film | 9.0 | 43 |
| 1978 | Hanging Around | Harold | Film | — | 43 |
| 1977 | Target | Painter | TV | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1977 | Murder Most English: A Flaxborough Chronicle | Tozer | TV | 6.5 | 42 |
| 1977 | Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang | Henry Gordon Jago | Film | 8.1 | 42 |
| 1976 | Gangsters | Assistant managing director | TV | 8.5 | 41 |
| 1976 | Brief Encounter | Porter | Film | 4.9 | 41 |
| 1976 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Charmolue | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1975 | Rumpole of the Bailey | TV | 7.1 | 40 | |
| 1975 | Angels | TV | 4.5 | 40 | |
| 1975 | Poldark | Sir Hugh Bodrugan | TV | 6.9 | 40 |
| 1975 | Get Some In! | Sergeant Foot | TV | 6.8 | 40 |
| 1975 | Shades of Greene | Adamson | TV | 8.5 | 40 |
| 1975 | My Son Reuben | TV | — | 40 | |
| 1975 | Mr. Garrick and Mrs. Woffington | Mr. Johnson | Film | — | 40 |
| 1974 | Churchill's People | Peter | TV | 5.0 | 39 |
| 1974 | Father Brown | Jukes | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1974 | In the Steps of a Dead Man | Medical Officer | Film | 8.0 | 39 |
| 1973 | Thriller | Medical Officer | TV | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1973 | Baffled! | Verelli | Film | 5.6 | 38 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Dr. Hayward | TV | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Charles Percival | TV | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1972 | Crown Court | Det. Supt. Brotherton | TV | 5.7 | 37 |
| 1972 | The Protectors | Banker | TV | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1972 | Van der Valk | Mulder | TV | 6.2 | 37 |
| 1972 | New Scotland Yard | Mr Foster | TV | 6.3 | 37 |
| 1972 | The Strauss Family | Dommayer | TV | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs | Max Weinberg | TV | 7.8 | 36 |
| 1971 | The Onedin Line | Said Ben Salim | TV | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1971 | Jason King | TV | 7.8 | 36 | |
| 1971 | Budgie | Claude | TV | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1971 | The Wild Duck | Doctor Relling | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Mr Porter | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1970 | Play for Today | Rabbi | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1970 | Ace of Wands | Falk | TV | 6.3 | 35 |
| 1970 | Junket 89 | Film | 6.4 | 35 | |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: Inferno | Sir Keith Gold | Film | 8.6 | 35 |
| 1970 | Døden i gatene | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Chief Immigration Officer Ingrams | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1969 | Softly Softly: Task Force | Civil Servant | TV | 6.0 | 34 |
| 1969 | Paul Temple | TV | 7.3 | 34 | |
| 1969 | Hadleigh | Oberman | TV | 7.8 | 34 |
| 1969 | Ring of Bright Water | Fishmonger | Film | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1968 | Late Night Horror | Algy Somerville | TV | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1968 | The Tycoon | Gerald | Film | — | 33 |
| 1968 | Koroshi | Potter | Film | 8.0 | 33 |
| 1968 | The Brahmin Widow | Niaz Ali Beg | Film | — | 33 |
| 1968 | The Kiss of Blood | Algy Somerville | Film | — | 33 |
| 1968 | Seven Times Seven | Maitre D | Film | 7.0 | 33 |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Potter | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Labour Exchange Manager | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1967 | The Prisoner | Number Two's Assistant | TV | 7.7 | 32 |
| 1967 | The White Rabbit | Cadillac | TV | — | 32 |
| 1966 | Quick Before They Catch Us | TV | 10.0 | 31 | |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | A Cobbler | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Ed Keller | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | BBC Play of the Month | Dr. Relling | TV | 5.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre | Dr. Warren Burrows | TV | 4.2 | 30 |
| 1965 | The Man in Room 17 | Chief Supt. Craythorpe | TV | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1965 | Love's Labour's Lost | Don Adriano de Armado | Film | 8.0 | 30 |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 | Mr Rushton | TV | 7.2 | 29 |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play | Dan Royston | TV | 5.2 | 29 |
| 1964 | Detective | Rodier | TV | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1964 | Detective | Ralph Demartino | TV | 9.0 | 29 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Jago | TV | 7.9 | 28 |
| 1963 | Doctor Who | Sir Keith Gold | TV | 7.9 | 28 |
| 1962 | The Saint | Fish | TV | 7.3 | 27 |
| 1962 | Z-Cars | TV | 7.3 | 27 | |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Whittle | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | Swindin | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1961 | The Avengers | J. J. Hooter | TV | 7.8 | 26 |
| 1960 | Danger Man | Potter | TV | 7.4 | 25 |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre | Rabbi Levy | TV | 6.0 | 21 |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Porter | TV | 8.8 | 16 |