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Christopher Guard
Born: 5th Dec 1953 London, England, UK
Dept: Acting
Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953 in London) is an English actor. Educated at Latymer Upper School, Guard was a member of the National Theatre aged 20. He has appeared inVienna 1900 (1973), Memoirs of a Survivor and Return to Treasure Island (1986). His roles on television include the young David Copperfield in the BBC's 1966 TV serial adaptation, Marcellus in the BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, Ferdinand in the BBC Shakespeare production of The Tempest, Ken Hodges in the medical drama Casualty and Bellboy in the 1988 Doctor Who serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. He demonstrated his singing ability in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in the role of Erich Egerman. Guard voiced Frodo Baggins in the animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978). Guard has two daughters from his marriage with Lesley Dunlop and one daughter with actress Cathy Shipton.[1] His brother is the former actor Dominic Guard and he is a cousin of actress Pippa Guard; he is the son of actor Philip Guard and actress Charlotte Mitchell.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 42
Film: 14 (33%)
Television: 28 (67%)
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Filmography
Oct 1998 (first aired)
Mildred Hubble is a young witch attending Cackles Academy. She's called the "Worst Witch" because she's always caught getting into trouble. ... view
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Icy Stevens (1 ep.)
Oct 1996 (first aired)
A nine-part series of Old Testament stories for younger viewers using various animation techniques, including stop-motion, cel animation and computer ... view
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Jonathan (voice) (1 ep.)
Apr 1995 (first aired)
Bugs was a British television drama series which ran for four series from April 1995 to August 1999. The programme, a mixture of action/adventure and ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jul 1990 (first aired)
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Gr ... view
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Dave (1 ep.)
Nov 1989 (first aired)
Blackeyes is a four-part BBC television miniseries written and directed by Dennis Potter, based on his novel of the same name. The complex, surreal dr ... view
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Nigel Bennon (1 ep.)
Jan 1989 (first aired)
From England to Egypt, accompanied by his elegant and trustworthy sidekicks, the intelligent yet eccentrically-refined Belgian detective Hercule Poiro ... view
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Alton (1 ep.)
1988
The Doctor and Ace head for the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they meet a disparate group of performers and visitors, including a self-c ... view
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Bellboy
Sep 1986 (first aired)
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional ... view
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Ken Hodges (24 ep.)
Apr 1986 (first aired)
Ten years after the events of 'Treasure Island', an adult Jim Hawkins once again encounters his old adversary Long John Silver and the pirate Joseph S ... view
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Jim Hawkins (10 ep.)
Jan 1986 (first aired)
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “di ... view
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Jake (1 ep.)
1986
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs. ... view
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Alec Legge
Jan 1985 (first aired)
The life of Emma Harte, from kitchen maid at the beginning of the 20th-century, to respected businesswoman and grandmother in the 1980s. From humble b ... view
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Gerald Fairley (3 ep.)
Oct 1984 (first aired)
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and d ... view
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Unknown/various (0 ep.)
Apr 1984 (first aired)
Sherlock Holmes uses his abilities to take on cases by private clients and those that the Scotland Yard are unable to solve, along with his friend Dr. ... view
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Willoughby Smith (1 ep.)
Sep 1983 (first aired)
Two young people discover true love, only to have their romance threatened by the events of World War I. ... view
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Wilfred (4 ep.)
1981
William Jones runs away from home, haunted by the memory of his father. To lay this ghost, he must search the back streets of London for a man called ... view
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John Diamond
1981
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in ... view
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Cliff
1980
Time is playing tricks on Mary. Around her the walls are crumbling- all the houses are being pulled down. Why does she insist on staying, caught in a ... view
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Eugene
1980
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Ra ... view
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Ferdinand
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Denis Browne
Sep 1979 (first aired)
Shoestring is a BBC detective drana set in Bristol and starring Trevor Eve as private detective Eddie Shoestring, who operatee his own show on Radio W ... view
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Charles (1 ep.)
1979
' I'm a spy, you know ... I've got to report back.' Conroy has been asked by the teaching order's recruitment officer Brother Martin Jerome , to be gu ... view
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Des
Mar 1979 (first aired)
Malice Aforethought is a four-part 1979 BBC Two miniseries by Philip Mackie, adapted from Anthony Berkeley Cox's (pen name Francis Iles) 1931 noir nov ... view
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Denny Bourne (3 ep.)
1978
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both me ... view
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Marius
1978
Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo m ... view
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Frodo (voice)
Dec 1977 (first aired)
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley.
The mandate of CI5 was to ... view
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Tony (1 ep.)
1977
A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. Whe ... view
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Erich Egerman
1977
When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events. ... view
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Jim Tayo
Sep 1977 (first aired)
An anthology of plays and novels adapted into feature length TV movies, broadcast on BBC2 from September 1977 to April 1979. ... view
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Des (1 ep.)
Sep 1977 (first aired)
World War II drama about covert organisation Lifeline helping allied airmen escape after being shot down in occupied Europe, working with the Resistan ... view
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Peter Romsey (2 ep.)
Sep 1976 (first aired)
Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augu ... view
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Marcellus (1 ep.)
Sep 1976 (first aired)
The Duchess of Duke Street is a British television period drama created and written by John Hawkesworth, loosely based on the real-life career of Rosa ... view
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John (1 ep.)
1976
Medieval Mystery Cycle first performed in Chester in the 14th century. ... view
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Mar 1974 (first aired)
A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC. ... view
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Denis Browne (1 ep.)
Eugene (1 ep.)
1974
The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this ... view
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John
Nov 1971 (first aired)
Tom Brown, as a new boy at Rugby Public School, has to contend with the school's harsh discipline and accepted bullying from the older boys, the cruel ... view
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Unknown/various (3 ep.)
Jan 1967 (first aired)
Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood ... view
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Young Pip (3 ep.)
Jan 1966 (first aired)
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations ... view
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David Copperfield (5 ep.)
Oct 1965 (first aired)
A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a ... view
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Lucius (1 ep.)
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Nov 1963 (first aired)
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling ... view
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Bellboy (3 ep.)