Chris Wiggins
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Wiggins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
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- 2010 · Babar and the Adventures of Badou as Cornelius (voice)
- 2004 · ReGenesis as Vascily Popov
- 2003 · The Piano Man's Daughter as James Kilworth
- 2001 · Franklin's Magic Christmas as Mr. Collie (voice)
- 2000 · Redwall The Movie as Abbot Mortimer (voice)
- 1999 · Redwall as Abbott Mortimer (voice)
- 1999 · Babar: King of the Elephants as Cornelius
- 1998 · The Windsor Protocol as Sir Charles Ferguson
- 1998 · The Defenders: Taking the First as
- 1998 · Birdz as Officer Pidgeon (voice)
- 1998 · Thunder Point as Charles Ferguson
- 1998 · Evidence of Blood as Horace Talbott
- 1997 · Franklin as Mr. Groundhog (voice)
- 1997 · Pippi Longstocking as Fridolf
- 1997 · Earth: Final Conflict as Tim O'Malley
- 1996 · Sins of Silence as Father Flannigan
- 1995 · The NeverEnding Story as Mr. Correander (voice)
- 1995 · Voices as Angus Fergusson
- 1995 · Black Fox: The Price of Peace as Ralph Holtz
- 1995 · Black Fox as Ralph Holtz
- 1995 · Butterbox Babies as Senator Danver
- 1993 · Kung Fu: The Legend Continues as Mike West
- 1992 · A Cry in the Night as Clyde
- 1991 · Mark Twain and Me as Captain
- 1991 · Married to It as Dave
- 1991 · Rupert as Additional Voices (voice)
- 1991 · Rupert as Bill Bottles / Additional Voices (voice)
- 1990 · Divided Loyalties as Sir William Johnson
- 1989 · Babar as Cornelius (voice)
- 1987 · Friday the 13th: The Series as Jack Marshak
- 1987 · Dinosaucers as Dimetro (voice)
- 1987 · The Liberators as Marchand de farine
- 1986 · Adderly as
- 1986 · Spearfield's Daughter as Sylvester Spearfield
- 1986 · Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation as Great Wishing Star (voice)
- 1985 · The Care Bears as No Heart (voice)
- 1985 · Star Wars: Droids as Mon Julpa (voice)
- 1985 · The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Alderman
- 1985 · Night Heat as
- 1984 · The Bay Boy as Chief Charlie McInnes
- 1983 · A Case of Libel as Col. Douglas
- 1983 · Rock & Rule as Toad (voice)
- 1982 · Mazes and Monsters as King
- 1982 · Shock-Trauma as Dr. McCall
- 1982 · Faerie Tale Theatre as Alderman
- 1981 · Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper as John Sheardon
- 1980 · Virus as Dr. Borodinov
- 1980 · Easter Fever as Santa Claus (voice)
- 1980 · Fish Hawk as Marcus Boggs
- 1980 · The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as Dr. Vic Walker
- 1979 · An American Christmas Carol as Nathaniel Brewster
- 1979 · Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet as Pa Spademinder (voice)
- 1979 · The Littlest Hobo as Ed Thompson
- 1979 · A Man Called Intrepid as Heisenberg
- 1979 · The Angry Man as MacKenzie
- 1979 · Murder by Decree as Doctor Hardy
- 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 as Johann Robinson
- 1974 · The National Dream as Donald Smith
- 1973 · The Neptune Factor as Capt. Williams
- 1973 · Tom Sawyer as Lawyer
- 1970 · King of the Grizzlies as The Colonel
- 1969 · The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar as Emery Prometer
- 1967 · Spider-Man as Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited)
- 1966 · Rocket Robin Hood as Will Scarlet / Infinata / Baron Blank (voice)
- 1966 · Wojeck as Gilbert
- 1966 · The Marvel Super Heroes as Thor (Dr. Donald Blake) (voice)
- 1965 · Seaway as Bob Roberts
- 1965 · Seaway as McCrea
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Jess Adams
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Sheriff Peterson
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Mr. Travers
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Major Duffy
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Mort Bailey
- 1957 · Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans as Major Conn
- 1955 · Folio as
- 1954 · The Wonderful World of Disney as Flour Merchant