Chris Wiggins

Personal Info

Birthday

January 13, 1930

Day of Death

2017-02-19

(87 years old)

Place of Birth

Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Chris Wiggins

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.

Known For

Faerie Tale Theatre

Earth: Final Conflict

Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

The Care Bears

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Friday the 13th: The Series

Franklin

Black Fox: The Price of Peace

Filmography

2005
Four Minutes
as Burnett
Our Fathers
as Angelo's Old Priest
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
Babar: King of the Elephants
as Cornelius
1998
The Windsor Protocol
as Sir Charles Ferguson
Thunder Point
as Charles Ferguson
Evidence of Blood
as Horace Talbott
1997
Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince
as Mon Julpa
1996
Sins of Silence
as Father Flannigan
1995
Voices
as Angus Fergusson
Black Fox: The Price of Peace
as Ralph Holtz
Black Fox
as Ralph Holtz
Butterbox Babies
as Senator Danver
1992
A Cry in the Night
as Clyde
1991
Mark Twain and Me
as Captain
Married to It
as Dave
1990
Divided Loyalties
as Sir William Johnson
1987
The Liberators
as Marchand de farine
1986
Spearfield's Daughter
as Sylvester Spearfield
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
as Great Wishing Star (voice)
1985
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
as Alderman
1984
The Bay Boy
as Chief Charlie McInnes
1983
A Case of Libel
as Col. Douglas
Rock & Rule
as Toad (voice)
1982
Mazes and Monsters
as King
Shock-Trauma
as Dr. McCall
1981
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper
as John Sheardon
1980
Virus
as Dr. Borodinov
Easter Fever
as Santa Claus (voice)
Fish Hawk
as Marcus Boggs
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog
as Dr. Vic Walker
1979
An American Christmas Carol
as Nathaniel Brewster
Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet
as Pa Spademinder (voice)
Riel
as General Frederick Dobson Middleton
L'Homme en colère
as MacKenzie
Murder by Decree
as Dr. Hardy
1978
The Devil and Daniel Mouse
as B.L. Zebub (voice)
High-Ballin'
as King Caroll
1977
A Cosmic Christmas
as Mayor (voice)
Welcome to Blood City
as Gellor
Why Shoot the Teacher?
as Lyle Bishop
1976
Tom Sawyer
as Lawyer
1973
The Neptune Factor
as Capt. Williams
1970
King of the Grizzlies
as The Colonel
1969
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar
as Emery Prometer