Chris Wiggins
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 13, 1930
- Died
- February 19, 2017 (aged 87)
- Birthplace
- Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Biography
Chris Wiggins (January 13, 1930 - February 19, 2017) was 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 .
Known For
Filmography
Babar and the Adventures of Badou
TV · as Cornelius (voice) · 104 eps
Our Fathers
Movie · as Angelo's Old Priest
Four Minutes
Movie · as Burnett
ReGenesis
TV · as Vascily Popov · 3 eps
The Piano Man's Daughter
Movie · as James Kilworth
Franklin's Magic Christmas
Movie · as Mr. Collie (voice)
Redwall: The Movie
Movie · as Abbot Mortimer (voice)
Babar: King of the Elephants
Movie · as Cornelius
Redwall
TV · as Abbott Mortimer (voice) · 39 eps
The Windsor Protocol
Movie · as Sir Charles Ferguson
Thunder Point
Movie · as Charles Ferguson
Evidence of Blood
Movie · as Horace Talbott
The Defenders: Taking the First
Movie
Birdz
TV · as Officer Pidgeon (voice) · 13 eps
Little Men
TV · as Dr. Thomas Welch · 1 ep
Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince
Movie · as Mon Julpa
Pippi Longstocking
Movie · as Fridolf (voice)
Pippi Longstocking
TV · as Fridolf · 13 eps
Franklin
TV · as Mr. Groundhog (voice) · 4 eps
Earth: Final Conflict
TV · as Tim O'Malley · 1 ep
Sins of Silence
Movie · as Father Flannigan
Kids for Character
Movie · as Cornelius(voice)
Black Fox: The Price of Peace
Movie · as Ralph Holtz
Black Fox
Movie · as Ralph Holtz
Butterbox Babies
Movie · as Senator Danver
Voices
Movie · as Angus Fergusson
The NeverEnding Story
TV · as Mr. Correander (voice) · 26 eps
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
TV · as Mike West · 1 ep
A Cry in the Night
Movie · as Clyde
Married to It
Movie · as Dave
Mark Twain and Me
Movie · as Captain
Rupert
TV · as Additional Voices (voice), Bill Bottles / Additional Voices (voice) · 12 eps
Divided Loyalties
Movie · as Sir William Johnson
Babar: The Movie
Movie · as Cornelius
Babar
TV · as Cornelius (voice) · 65 eps
The Liberators
Movie · as Marchand de farine
Friday the 13th: The Series
TV · as Jack Marshak · 72 eps
Dinosaucers
TV · as Dimetro (voice) · 65 eps
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
Movie · as Great Wishing Star (voice)
Adderly
TV · 1 ep
Spearfield's Daughter
TV · as Sylvester Spearfield · 3 eps
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie · as Alderman
The Care Bears
TV · as No Heart (voice) · 98 eps
Night Heat
TV · 1 ep
Star Wars: Droids
TV · as Mon Julpa (voice) · 5 eps
The Bay Boy
Movie · as Chief Charlie McInnes
Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name
Movie · as Mr. Sun (voice)
Rock & Rule
Movie · as Toad (voice)
A Case of Libel
Movie · as Col. Douglas
Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise
Movie · as Mr. Sun (voice)
Mazes and Monsters
Movie · as King
Shock-Trauma
Movie · as Dr. McCall
Faerie Tale Theatre
TV · as Alderman · 1 ep
American Playhouse
TV · as Victor Adams, Colonel Douglas · 1 ep
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper
Movie · as John Sheardon
Easter Fever
Movie · as Santa Claus (voice)
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
Movie · as Dr. Vic Walker
Fish Hawk
Movie · as Marcus Boggs
Virus
Movie · as Dr. Borodinov
Murder by Decree
Movie · as Dr. Hardy
Jig-Saw
Movie · as MacKenzie
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
Movie · as Pa Spademinder (voice)
An American Christmas Carol
Movie · as Nathaniel Brewster
Riel
Movie · as General Frederick Dobson Middleton
The Littlest Hobo
TV · as Ed Thompson · 2 eps
A Man Called Intrepid
TV · as Heisenberg · 3 eps
High-Ballin'
Movie · as King Caroll
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
Movie · as B.L. Zebub (voice)
Welcome to Blood City
Movie · as Gellor
A Cosmic Christmas
Movie · as Mayor (voice)
Why Shoot the Teacher?
Movie · as Lyle Bishop
Tom Sawyer
Movie · as Lawyer
The National Dream
TV · as Donald Smith · 7 eps
Swiss Family Robinson
TV · as Johann Robinson · 26 eps
The Neptune Factor
Movie · as Capt. Williams
King of the Grizzlies
Movie · as The Colonel
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
Movie · as Emery Prometer
Spider-Man
TV · as Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited) · 1 ep
Wojeck
TV · as Gilbert · 2 eps
The Marvel Super Heroes
TV · as Thor (Dr. Donald Blake) (voice) · 195 eps
Rocket Robin Hood
TV · as Will Scarlet / Infinata / Baron Blank (voice) · 63 eps
Seaway
TV · as Bob Roberts, McCrea · 1 ep
Moment of Truth
TV · as Dexter · 220 eps
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
TV · as Jess Adams, Sheriff Peterson, Mr. Travers, Major Duffy, Mort Bailey, Major Conn · 1 ep
Folio
TV · 3 eps
First Performance
TV · 1 ep
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV · as Flour Merchant · 1 ep