Chris Wiggins

Chris Wiggins Biography

Chris Wiggins (born January 13, 1931) is an English-born Canadian 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 1980s 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. He is also one of three surviving cast members from Spider-Man (1967), the other two being Paul Soles and Carl Banas.

Filmography

The United States Steel Hour 1954-1963
General Motors Presents 1954-1961
Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans 1957
R.C.M.P. 1959 - 1960
The Unforeseen 1960
Playdate 1961
William Lyon Mackenzie: A Friend to His Country 1961
Vacation Time 1962 - 1968
The Forest Rangers 1963 - 1966
Moment of Truth 1964
Captain America 1966
Mighty Thor 1966
The Marvel Super Heroes 1966 - 1969
Rocket Robin Hood 1966 - 1969
Wojeck 1966 - 1968
Julius Caesar 1966
Once Upon a Prime Time 1966
Hatch's Mill 1967
The Amazing Spiderman 1967 - 1970
The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar 1969
Adventures in Rainbow Country 1969
King of the Grizzlies 1970
Paul Bernard, Psychiatrist 1971 - 1972
Follow the North Star 1972
Tom Sawyer 1973
The Neptune Factor 1973
The National Dream: Building the Impossible Railway 1974
The Swiss Family Robinson 1976
A Cosmic Christmas 1977
Welcome to Blood City 1977
Why Shoot the Teacher? 1977
High-Ballin' 1978
The Devil and Daniel Mouse 1978
Voice of the Fugutive 1978
Two Solitudes 1978
Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space 1978 - 1981
The Littlest Hobo 1979 - 1985
Murder by Decree 1979
Fish Hawk 1979
An American Christmas Carol 1979
Intergalactic Thanksgiving 1979
Riel 1979
Easter Fever 1980
Virus 1980
The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog 1980
Billy Goat's Bluff 1981
Escape from Iran: The Canadian Caper 1981
Titans 1981-1982
Hangin' In 1981 - 1987
The Edison Twins 1982 - 1986
Faerie Tale Theatre 1982 - 1987
Shocktrauma 1982
Mazes and Monsters 1982
Strawberry Shortcake: Housewarming Surprise 1983
Rock & Rule 1983
Cook & Peary: The Race to the Pole 1983
A Case of Libel 1983
The Bay Boy 1984
Strawberry Shortcake Meets the Berrykins 1984
Strawberry Shortcake and the Baby Without a Name 1984
Jimmy Valentine 1985
Star Wars: Ewoks 1985 - 1986
Star Wars: Droids 1985 - 1986
Night Heat 1985 - 1989
The Care Bears 1985
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation 1986
Barnum 1986
Spearfield's Daughter 1986
Adderly 1986 - 1989
Street Legal 1987 - 1994
Ford: The Man and the Machine 1987
The Liberators 1987
Mariah 1987
Dinosaucers 1987 - 1988
Friday the 13th: The Series 1987 - 1990
ALF: The Animated Series 1987 - 1988
ALF Tales 1988 - 1989
Babar 1989 - 1991
Babar: The Movie 1989
Divided Loyalties 1989
Counterstrike 1990 - 1993
Road to Avonlea 1990 - 1996
Maniac Mansion 1990 - 1993
Rupert 1991 - 1997
Married to It 1991
Sweating Bullets 1991 - 1993
Mark Twain and Me 1991
By Way Of The Stars 1992
A Cry in the Night 1992
Tales from the Cryptkeeper 1993 - 1994
The Busy World of Richard Scarry 1993 - 1996
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues 1993 - 1997
RoboCop: The Series 1994 - 1995
Hello Kitty and Friends 1994 - 1996
Sailor Moon 1995 - 2000
Little Bear 1995 - 2000
The Neverending Story 1995 - 1996
Ultraforce 1995
Butterbox Babies 1995
Black Fox 1995
Black Fox: The Prince of Peace 1995
Voices 1995
Sins of Silence 1996
Windsor Protocol 1996
Fast Track 1997 - 1998
Pippi Longstocking 1997-1999
Franklin 1997 - 2004
Earth: Final Conflict 1997 - 2002
Birdz 1998 - 1999
Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend 1998 - 1999
The Defenders: Taking the First 1998
Thunder Point 1998
Evidence of Blood 1998
Redwall 1999 - 2001
Babar: King of the Elephants 1999
Pecola 2001 - 2002
Franklin's Magic Christmas 2001
The Snowman Who Saved Summer 2002
The Piano Man's Daughter 2003
ReGenesis 2004"present
Our Fathers 2005
Four Minutes 2006
Babar and the Adventures of Badou 2010

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