Chris Wiggins

Known for ActingBorn 1930-01-13Died 2017-02-19Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

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 .Read more

Movies & web series

The Piano Man's Daughter

Shock-Trauma

Folio

The Liberators

The National Dream

Wojeck

Little Men

Faerie Tale Theatre

Divided Loyalties

Spearfield's Daughter

Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper

Riel

Sins of Silence

The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar

Redwall: The Movie

Mark Twain and Me

Easter Fever

The Wonderful World of Disney

Spider-Man

ReGenesis

Redwall

The Pied Piper of Hamelin

Rupert

Dinosaucers

Friday the 13th: The Series

The Littlest Hobo

Adderly

Night Heat

Intergalactic Thanksgiving, or Please Don't Eat the Planet

A Man Called Intrepid

Pippi Longstocking

Earth: Final Conflict

The Devil and Daniel Mouse

Franklin

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

Tom Sawyer

Our Fathers

Franklin's Magic Christmas

Evidence of Blood

Fish Hawk

Swiss Family Robinson

Black Fox

The Marvel Super Heroes

Star Wars: Droids - The Pirates and the Prince

Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation

Babar: King of the Elephants

Murder by Decree

Virus