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Chris Wiggins
Actor
Born January 13, 1930Died February 19, 2017 (87 years)
Chris Wiggins (born January 13, 1930) is an English actor.
He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.
Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show Friday the 13th: The Series, and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on Swiss Family Robinson.
He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for best Actor for his role in The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar.
In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Aleph-9: the high-speed interdimensional spacecraft belonging to Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space. Wiggins' also made numerous guest appearances on such CBC Radio programs as CBC Playhouse, Nightfall, Vanishing Point and dozens of others.
Wiggins also lent his voice to many animated TV series and movies. He was the voice of The Mighty Thor on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes series, the voice of Will Scarlet on Rocket Robin Hood, the Great Wishing Star in 1986's Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, and the Care Bears' head villain, No Heart, on the Nelvana version of their TV show. He also voiced the character Dimetro in the '80s cartoon Dinosaucers. His other roles in animated series and films included ALF Tales, Star Wars: Droids, Rock & Rule, Star Wars: Ewoks, Babar, Rupert, Richard Scarry, Franklin and Redwall. Most recently, Wiggins appeared in the 2005 Showtime original picture, Our Fathers.
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He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952.
Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show Friday the 13th: The Series, and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on Swiss Family Robinson.
He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for best Actor for his role in The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar.
In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Aleph-9: the high-speed interdimensional spacecraft belonging to Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space. Wiggins' also made numerous guest appearances on such CBC Radio programs as CBC Playhouse, Nightfall, Vanishing Point and dozens of others.
Wiggins also lent his voice to many animated TV series and movies. He was the voice of The Mighty Thor on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes series, the voice of Will Scarlet on Rocket Robin Hood, the Great Wishing Star in 1986's Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, and the Care Bears' head villain, No Heart, on the Nelvana version of their TV show. He also voiced the character Dimetro in the '80s cartoon Dinosaucers. His other roles in animated series and films included ALF Tales, Star Wars: Droids, Rock & Rule, Star Wars: Ewoks, Babar, Rupert, Richard Scarry, Franklin and Redwall. Most recently, Wiggins appeared in the 2005 Showtime original picture, Our Fathers.
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Known For
Filmography
| 2011 | Franklin and Friends (TV Series) · as Mr. Groundhog |
| 2010 | Babar and the Adventures of Badou (TV Series) · as Cornelius (voice) |
| 2005 | Four Minutes · as Burnett |
| 2005 | Our Fathers · as Angelo's Old Priest |
| 2004 | ReGenesis (TV Series) · as Vascily Popov |
| 2003 | A Machine to Die For · as Narrator |
| 2003 | The Piano Man's Daughter · as James Kilworth |
| 2001 | Franklin's Magic Christmas · as Mr. Collie (voice) |
| 2001 | Pecola (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | Redwall: The Movie · as Abbot Mortimer (voice) |
| 1999 | Redwall (TV Series) · as Abbott Mortimer (voice) |
| 1999 | Babar: King of the Elephants · as Cornelius |
| 1998 | Little Men (TV Series) · as Dr. Thomas Welch |
| 1998 | Mythic Warriors (TV Series) · as Elderly Stable Hand |
| 1998 | |
| 1998 | Birdz (TV Series) · as Officer Pidgeon (voice) |
| 1998 | Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol · as Sir Charles Ferguson |
| 1998 | Thunder Point · as Charles Ferguson |
| 1998 | Evidence of Blood · as Horace Talbott |
| 1997 | Rescue Heroes (TV Series) · as King |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Freaky Stories (TV Series) · as Narrator (segment "battleship") |
| 1997 | Earth: Final Conflict (TV Series) · as Tim O'malley |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking (1998) (TV Series) · as Fridolf |
| 1997 | Pippi Longstocking · as Fridolf |
| 1997 | Fast Track (TV Series) · as Carl Scannel |
| 1997 | The Pirates and the Prince · as Mon Julpa |
| 1996 | Kids for Character · as Cornelius |
| 1996 | Sins of Silence · as Father Flannigan |
| 1995 | Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (TV Series) · as Mr. Brown |
| 1995 | The Neverending Story (TV Series) · as Mr. Correander (voice) |
| 1995 | UltraForce (TV Series) · as Additional Voices |
| 1995 | Little Bear (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1995 | Voices from a Locked Room · as Angus Fergusson |
| 1995 | Black Fox: The Price of Peace · as Ralph Holtz |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | Butterbox Babies · as Senator Danver |
| 1994 | Kero Kero Keroppi no Robin Hood · as Narrator |
| 1994 | RoboCop: The Series (TV Series) · as Dr. Roger Yung |
| 1993 | The Busy World of Richard Scarry (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1993 | Tales From the Cryptkeeper (TV Series) · as Slim |
| 1993 | Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (TV Series) · as Mike West |
| 1992 | By Way of the Stars (TV Series) · as Captain Harris |
| 1992 | Dog City (TV Series) · as Rusty Mccracken |
| 1992 | A Cry in the Night · as Clyde |
| 1991 | Mark Twain and Me · as Captain |
| 1991 | Married to It · as Dave |
| 1991 | Rupert (TV Series) · as Additional Voices (voice) |
| 1991 | Sweating Bullets (TV Series) · as Corliss |
| 1990 | Maniac Mansion (TV Series) · as Santa Claus |
| 1990 | Counterstrike (TV Series) · as Kistler |
| 1990 | Divided Loyalties · as Sir William Johnson |
| 1990 | Road to Avonlea (TV Series) · as Mr. Mccorkadale |
| 1989 | Babar: The Movie · as Cornelius |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Care Bears Nutcracker Suite · as Additional Voices |
| 1987 | Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) · as Jack Marshak |
| 1987 | Dinosaucers (TV Series) · as Dimetro (voice) |
| 1987 | Ford: The Man and the Machine · as Malcolmson |
| 1987 | Street Legal (TV Series) · as Judge Ritter |
| 1986 | |
| 1986 | Adderly (TV Series) |
| 1986 | The Care Bears (TV Series) · as No Heart (voice) |
| 1986 | Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation · as Great Wishing Star (voice) |
| 1985 | Love & Larceny · as Mr. Newton |
| 1985 | Star Wars: Droids (TV Series) · as Mon Julpa (voice) |
| 1985 | Night Heat (TV Series) |
| 1984 | The Bay Boy · as Chief Charlie Mcinnes |
| 1983 | Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole · as Roberts |
| 1983 | A Case of Libel · as Col. Douglas |
| 1983 | Rock & Rule · as Toad (voice) |
| 1982 | The Edison Twins (TV Series) · as Lafayette |
| 1982 | Mazes and Monsters · as King |
| 1982 | Shocktrauma · as Dr. Mccall |
| 1982 | Faerie Tale Theatre (TV Series) · as Alderman |
| 1981 | Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper · as John Sheardon |
| 1981 | Tales of the Klondike (TV Series) · as Thompson |
| 1981 | Hangin' In (TV Series) · as Ward |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as Colonel Douglas |
| 1980 | Virus: Day of Resurrection · as Dr. Borodinov |
| 1980 | A Man Called Intrepid · as Heisenberg |
| 1980 | Easter Fever · as Santa Claus (voice) |
| 1980 | Strawberry Shortcake (1980) (TV Series) · as Mr. Sun |
| 1980 | The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog · as Dr. Vic Walker |
| 1979 | Fish Hawk · as Marcus Boggs |
| 1979 | An American Christmas Carol · as Nathaniel Brewster |
| 1979 | Intergalactic Thanksgiving or Please Don't Eat the Planet · as Pa Spademinder (voice) |
| 1979 | Matt and Jenny (TV Series) · as Captain Herbert Ramsbottom |
| 1979 | The Littlest Hobo (TV Series) · as Ed Thompson |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid · as Heisenberg |
| 1979 | A Man Called Intrepid (TV Series) · as Heisenberg |
| 1979 | Riel · as Middleton |
| 1979 | L'homme en colère · as Mackenzie |
| 1979 | Murder by Decree · as Doctor Hardy |
| 1979 | The Great Detective (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1978 | The Devil and Daniel Mouse · as B.l. Zebub (voice) |
| 1978 | High-Ballin' · as King Caroll |
| 1977 | A Cosmic Christmas · as Mayor (voice) |
| 1977 | Welcome to Blood City · as Gellor |
| 1977 | Why Shoot the Teacher? · as Lyle Bishop |
| 1974 | Swiss Family Robinson (TV Series) · as Johann Robinson |
| 1974 | The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway (TV Series) · as Donald Smith |
| 1973 | The Neptune Factor · as Capt. Williams |
| 1973 | Tom Sawyer · as Lawyer |
| 1972 | The ABC Afterschool Special (TV Series) · as Ephraim Dudley |
| 1970 | King of the Grizzlies · as The Colonel |
| 1969 | Adventures in Rainbow Country (TV Series) · as Fred Vincent |
| 1969 | The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar · as Emery Prometer |
| 1967 | Spider-Man (TV Series) · as Police Officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Rocket Robin Hood (TV Series) · as Will Scarlet / Infinata / Baron Blank (voice) |
| 1966 | Hulk (TV Series) · as Balder |
| 1966 | The Marvel Super Heroes (TV Series) · as Thor (dr. Donald Blake) (voice) |
| 1966 | Wojeck (TV Series) · as Gilbert |
| 1966 | Once Upon a Prime Time · as Cast |
| 1965 | Seaway (TV Series) · as Bob Roberts |
| 1963 | The Forest Rangers (TV Series) · as Porter |
| 1957 | Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans (TV Series) · as Sheriff Peterson |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Flour Merchant |
| 1954 | On Camera (TV Series) · as The Airman |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour (TV Series) · as Charles Blake |
Pochacco · as Narrator |