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Chris Wiggins

Chris Wiggins

Birthday: 1930-01-13 | Place of Birth: Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2001
Franklin's Magic Christmas

as    Mr. Collie (voice)

1998
Thunder Point

as    Charles Ferguson

1998
Evidence of Blood

as    Horace Talbott

1998
The Windsor Protocol

as    Sir Charles Ferguson

1995
Black Fox: The Price of Peace

as    Ralph Holtz

1993
Married to It

as    Dave

1992
A Cry in the Night

as    Clyde

1987
Dinosaucers

as    Dimetro (voice)

1987
Friday the 13th: The Series

as    Jack Marshak

1986
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation

as    Great Wishing Star (voice)

1985
Star Wars: Droids

as    Mon Julpa (voice)

1983
Rock & Rule

as    Toad (voice)

1981
Escape From Iran: The Canadian Caper

as    John Sheardon

1979
An American Christmas Carol

as    Nathaniel Brewster

1978
High-Ballin'

as    King Caroll

1977
Welcome to Blood City

as    Gellor

1977
Why Shoot the Teacher?

as    Lyle Bishop

1974
The National Dream

as    Donald Smith

1973
The Neptune Factor

as    Capt. Williams

1970
King of the Grizzlies

as    The Colonel