Chris Wiggins

Chris Wiggins

Birthday: 1930-01-13

Deathday: 2017-02-19

Place of birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0927770

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 .

Played in movies:

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Score: 7.5

Redwall: The Movie

Score: 7.4

Mark Twain and Me

Score: 7.3

Sins of Silence

Score: 7.0

A Man Called Intrepid

Score: 7.0

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

Score: 7.0

Easter Fever

Score: 7.0

The Devil and Daniel Mouse

Score: 6.8

Evidence of Blood

Score: 6.5

Fish Hawk

Score: 6.5

Our Fathers

Score: 6.4

Virus

Score: 6.4

Murder by Decree

Score: 6.4

Franklin's Magic Christmas

Score: 6.4

Black Fox

Score: 6.3

Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince

Score: 6.3

Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation

Score: 6.3

An American Christmas Carol

Score: 6.1

Babar: King of the Elephants

Score: 6.1

Riel

Score: 6.0

The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar

Score: 6.0

Married to It

Score: 5.9

Rock & Rule

Score: 5.9

King of the Grizzlies

Score: 5.8

Black Fox: The Price of Peace

Score: 5.8

The Bay Boy

Score: 5.8

Why Shoot the Teacher?

Score: 5.7

Jig-Saw

Score: 5.6

High-Ballin'

Score: 5.5

A Cosmic Christmas

Score: 5.3

Tom Sawyer

Score: 5.2

Butterbox Babies

Score: 5.2

The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog

Score: 5.2

The Neptune Factor

Score: 5.0

Welcome to Blood City

Score: 4.9

Voices

Score: 4.8

The Defenders: Taking the First

Score: 4.7

Thunder Point

Score: 4.5

Four Minutes

Score: 4.4

Mazes and Monsters

Score: 4.3

A Cry in the Night

Score: 3.8

The Windsor Protocol

Score: 3.7

A Case of Libel

Score: 2.0

The Piano Man's Daughter

Score: 0.0

The Liberators

Score: 0.0

Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

Score: 0.0

Spearfield's Daughter

Score: 0.0

Shock-Trauma

Score: 0.0

Divided Loyalties

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Faerie Tale Theatre

Score: 8.1

The Wonderful World of Disney

Score: 7.8

Spider-Man

Score: 7.7

ReGenesis

Score: 7.4

Redwall

Score: 7.3

Rupert

Score: 7.3

Rupert

Score: 7.3

The Littlest Hobo

Score: 7.3

Friday the 13th: The Series

Score: 7.3

Pippi Longstocking

Score: 6.8

Franklin

Score: 6.8

Earth: Final Conflict

Score: 6.8

Night Heat

Score: 6.6

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Score: 6.6

Dinosaucers

Score: 6.6

The Marvel Super Heroes

Score: 6.6

Adderly

Score: 6.5

Swiss Family Robinson

Score: 6.4

Babar

Score: 6.2

The Care Bears

Score: 5.9

The NeverEnding Story

Score: 5.4

Star Wars: Droids

Score: 5.3

Rocket Robin Hood

Score: 5.2

Seaway

Score: 5.0

Seaway

Score: 5.0

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Score: 4.8

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Score: 4.8

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Score: 4.8

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Score: 4.8

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Score: 4.8

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Score: 4.8

Babar and the Adventures of Badou

Score: 4.3

Birdz

Score: 3.5

First Performance

Score: 0.0

Folio

Score: 0.0

The National Dream

Score: 0.0

Wojeck

Score: 0.0