Christopher Good
Christopher Good is an English actor best known for his work on television. He was born on 12 May 1956 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. In the 1970s he made a stage appearance in a musical version of Jeeves and Wooster.[1] In the 1990s he was, according to the Times, one of the most energetic Falstaffs ever.[citation needed]
Good has made many one-off or short-lived appearances in drama and comedy programmes, with Murder Most Horrid, Rumpole of the Bailey, Danger UXB, The Choir and Pie in the Sky being among them.[2] He appeared in The Beast Below, an episode of the 2010 series of Doctor Who.[3]
He is arguably best known for his role as Quentin Kirrin in the 1990s television adaptation of The Famous Five, Enid Blyton novels in which he appeared in eighteen episodes.[4]
In retirement he has restored an old mill and created a large garden in Herefordshire.[citation needed]
Selected TV and filmography
[edit | edit source]- Budgie (1972) – 1st Constable / Factory Gateman
- Six Days of Justice (1973) – Mr. Barrington-Smith
- Upstairs, Downstairs (1974) – Captain Philip Hanning
- A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Major Carlyle
- Casting the Runes (1979) - John Harrington
- Danger UXB (1979) – Captain West / Major
- Juliet Bravo (1980) – Tony Woodward
- Secret Army – "The Last Run" (1979) – Flight Sergeant Tucker
- Brideshead Revisited (1981) – Collins
- Victor/Victoria (1982) – Stage Manager
- Gandhi (1982) – Young Englishman
- Bullshot (1983) – Lord Binky Brancaster
- Diana (1984) – Alistair
- Miss Marple – "The Murder at the Vicarage" and "The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side" (1986, 1992) – Christopher Hawes
- Murder Most Horrid (1991) – Leonard
- The Famous Five (1995–1997) – Quentin
- Possession (2002) – Crabb-Robinson
- Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002) – Dr Brown
- Midsomer Murders (2003) – Simon Smythe-Webster
- The Trial of the King Killers (2005) – Sir Purbeck Temple
- Egypt (2005) – Thomas Young
- Rosemary & Thyme (2006) – The Dean
- Famous 5: On the Case (2008)
- Doctor Who: The Beast Below (2010) – Morgan
References
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External links
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