Other names Chris Partner Cathy Shipton Role Actor | Name Christopher Guard Occupation Actor, soundtrack Ex-spouse Lesley Dunlop | |
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Born 5 December 1953 (age 70) ( 1953-12-05 ) Hammersmith, London, England Children Daisy Dunlop, Rosy Guard, Tallulah Grace Lily Siblings Dominic Guard, Candy Guard Movies and TV shows The Lord of the Rings, Return to Treasure Island, Memoirs of a Survivor, Les Miserables, Dead Man's Folly Similar People Dominic Guard, Lesley Dunlop, Cathy Shipton, Ralph Bakshi, Chris Chittell | ||
Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953) is an English actor.
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CHRISTOPHER GUARD SHOWREEL
Career
Guard was born in Hammersmith, London. Educated at Latymer Upper School, he was a member of the National Theatre aged 20. He has appeared in Vienna 1900 (1973), Memoirs of a Survivor and Return to Treasure Island (1986). His roles on television include the young David Copperfield in the BBC's 1966 TV serial adaptation, Marcellus in the BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, Ferdinand in the BBC Shakespeare production of The Tempest (opposite his cousin Pippa as Miranda), Ken Hodges in the medical drama Casualty and Bellboy in the 1988 Doctor Who serial The Greatest Show in the Galaxy. He demonstrated his singing ability in the film version of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in the role of Erich Egerman. Guard voiced Frodo Baggins (alongside his brother Dominic as Peregrin Took) in the animated version of The Lord of the Rings (1978).
Guard has two daughters from his marriage with Lesley Dunlop and one daughter with actress Cathy Shipton. His brother is the former actor Dominic Guard and he is a cousin of actress Pippa Guard; he is the son of actor Philip Guard and actress Charlotte Mitchell.
Filmography
Actor
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Swim (pre-production) as
Gee
2023
Mercy as
Lawyer 1
2022
Me & Him & WHO (Podcast Series)
2003
Butterfly (Short) as
The Boy's Brother (voice)
2001
Doctors (TV Series) as
John Shephard
- Nowhere to Hide (2001) - John Shephard
2000
The Worst Witch (TV Series) as
Icy Stevens
- The Witchy Hour (2000) - Icy Stevens
2000
Poirot (TV Series) as
Alton
- Lord Edgware Dies (2000) - Alton
1998
The Bill (TV Series) as
Phil Gough
- Ticking Clocks (1998) - Phil Gough
1997
Bugs (TV Series) as
David Lance
- Identity Crisis (1997) - David Lance
1996
Testament: The Bible in Animation (TV Series) as
Jonathan
- David and Saul (1996) - Jonathan (voice)
1995
The Haunting of Helen Walker (TV Movie) as
Peter Quint
1981
Jackanory (TV Series) as
Storyteller
- Treasure Island: Part 5 (1995) - Storyteller
- Treasure Island: Part 4 (1995) - Storyteller
- Treasure Island: Part 3 (1995) - Storyteller
- Treasure Island: Part 2 (1995) - Storyteller
- Treasure Island: Part 1 (1995) - Storyteller
- Gaffer Samson's Luck: Part 5 (1987) - Storyteller
- Gaffer Samson's Luck: Part 4 (1987) - Storyteller
- Gaffer Samson's Luck: Part 3 (1987) - Storyteller
- Gaffer Samson's Luck: Part 2 (1987) - Storyteller
- Gaffer Samson's Luck: Part 1 (1987) - Storyteller
- Stig of the Dump: The Standing Stones (1986) - Storyteller
- Stig of the Dump: Midsummer Night (1986) - Storyteller
- Stig of the Dump: The Snargets (1986) - Storyteller
- Stig of the Dump: Digging with Stig (1986) - Storyteller
- Stig of the Dump: The Ground Gives Way (1986) - Storyteller
- The Phantom Tollbooth: Part 5 - Whatever Goes Up Must Come Down (1984) - Storyteller
- The Phantom Tollbooth: Part 4 - It's Mine. No It Isn't (1984) - Storyteller
- The Phantom Tollbooth: Part 3 - Down with Silence! (1984) - Storyteller
- The Phantom Tollbooth: Part 2 - A Short Shrift Sentence (1984) - Storyteller
- The Phantom Tollbooth: Part 1 - Just Killing Time (1984) - Storyteller
- The Miller's Boy: Part 5 - To Keep or Give Away - (1981) - Storyteller
- The Miller's Boy: Part 4 - One for Lucifer, Seen in the Dark - (1981) - Storyteller
- The Miller's Boy: Part 3 - Forest Ways (1981) - Storyteller
- The Miller's Boy: Part 2 - Boy on the Run (1981) - Storyteller
- The Miller's Boy: Part 1 - Boy Alone (1981) - Storyteller
1994
Lovejoy (TV Series) as
Jake
- Somewhere - Over the Rainbow? (1994) - Jake
1994
The Lifeboat (TV Series) as
Jonathan Breem
- Three Men in a Boat (1994) - Jonathan Breem
1994
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (TV Mini Series) as
Willoughby Smith
- The Golden Pince-Nez (1994) - Willoughby Smith
1993
Casualty (TV Series) as
Kenneth Hodges
- Kill or Cure (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
- Good Friends (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
- Sunday, Bloody Sunday (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
- No Place to Hide (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
- The Final Word (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
- Riders on the Storm (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
- Cat in Hell (1993) - Kenneth Hodges
1991
Cluedo (TV Series) as
Dave
- A Traveller's Tale (1991) - Dave
1990
She-Wolf of London (TV Series) as
Hatchard
- Moonlight Becomes You (1990) - Hatchard
1989
Blackeyes (TV Mini Series) as
Nigel Bennon
- Episode #1.3 (1989) - Nigel Bennon
1988
Doctor Who (TV Series) as
Bellboy
- The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Part Three (1988) - Bellboy
- The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Part Two (1988) - Bellboy
- The Greatest Show in the Galaxy: Part One (1988) - Bellboy
1986
Return to Treasure Island (TV Mini Series) as
Jim Hawkins
- Treasure Island (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- Spanish Gold (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- In Chains (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- Fugitives (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- The Crow's Nest (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- Manhunt (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- Jamaica (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- Island of the Damned (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- Mutiny (1986) - Jim Hawkins
- The Map (1986) - Jim Hawkins
1986
Dead Man's Folly (TV Movie) as
Alec Legge
1985
The Tripods (TV Series) as
Coggy
- Blessings of the Cognosc (1985) - Coggy
- The City of Gold (1985) - Coggy
1985
A Woman of Substance (TV Mini Series) as
Gerald Fairley
- Episode #1.3 (1985) - Gerald Fairley
- Episode #1.2 (1985) - Gerald Fairley
- Episode #1.1 (1985) - Gerald Fairley
1983
Bouncing Back (TV Movie)
1983
My Cousin Rachel (TV Mini Series) as
Philip Ashley
- Episode #1.4 (1983) - Philip Ashley
- Episode #1.3 (1983) - Philip Ashley
- Episode #1.2 (1983) - Philip Ashley
- Episode #1.1 (1983) - Philip Ashley
1981
John Diamond (TV Movie) as
John Diamond
1981
Wilfred and Eileen (TV Series) as
Wilfred
- Episode #1.4 (1981) - Wilfred
- Episode #1.3 (1981) - Wilfred
- Episode #1.2 (1981) - Wilfred
- Episode #1.1 (1981) - Wilfred
1981
Memoirs of a Survivor as
Gerald
1981
Loophole as
Cliff
1979
BBC2 Playhouse (TV Series) as
Eugene / Denis Browne
- The Happy Autumn Fields (1980) - Eugene
- Sweet Wine of Youth (1979) - Denis Browne
1980
The Professionals (TV Series) as
Tony
- Involvement (1980) - Tony
1980
The Tempest (TV Movie) as
Ferdinand
1980
Company and Co (TV Series) as
Keith Farmer
- Saturday Night Favour (1980) - Keith Farmer
1979
Me You and Him (TV Movie) as
Conrad
1979
Shoestring (TV Series) as
Charles
- Knock for Knock (1979) - Charles
1979
BBC2 Play of the Week (TV Series) as
Des
- A Light That Shines (1979) - Des
1979
Mystery!: Malice Aforethought (TV Series) as
Denny Bourne
- Episode #1.3 (1979) - Denny Bourne
- Episode #1.2 (1979) - Denny Bourne
- Episode #1.1 (1979) - Denny Bourne
1978
Les Miserables (TV Movie) as
Marius
1978
The BBC Television Shakespeare (TV Series) as
Ferdinand
- The Tempest - Ferdinand
1978
The Lord of the Rings as
Frodo (voice)
1977
The Duchess of Duke Street (TV Series) as
John
- Where There's a Will (1977) - John
1977
Secret Army (TV Series) as
Peter Romsey
- Guilt (1977) - Peter Romsey
- Lost Sheep (1977) - Peter Romsey
1977
Premiere (TV Series) as
Jim Tayo
- A Hymn from Jim (1977) - Jim Tayo
1977
A Little Night Music as
Erich Egerman
1977
Where Time Began as
Axel (voice)
1976
Kim & Co. (TV Series) as
Ludwig
- Schon mal falsch verbunden worden? (1976) - Ludwig
1976
I, Claudius (TV Mini Series) as
Marcellus
- A Touch of Murder (1976) - Marcellus
1969
BBC Play of the Month (TV Series) as
Apparition / Lucius
- Chester Mystery Cycle (1976)
- Macbeth (1970) - Apparition
- Julius Caesar (1969) - Lucius
1975
Village Hall (TV Series) as
Philip
- The Rough and the Smooth (1975) - Philip
1975
A Legacy (TV Series) as
Johannes von Felden
- Episode #1.2 (1975) - Johannes von Felden
- Episode #1.1 (1975) - Johannes von Felden
1974
Play for Today (TV Series) as
John
- Joe's Ark (1974) - John
1973
Vienna 1900 (TV Mini Series) as
Hugo Heinold
- Mother and Son (1973) - Hugo Heinold
1972
Z Cars (TV Series) as
Michael
- Lynch (1972) - Michael
1971
Tom Brown's Schooldays (TV Mini Series) as
Darcy
- Episode #1.4 (1971) - Darcy
- Episode #1.3 (1971) - Darcy
- Episode #1.2 (1971) - Darcy
1967
Great Expectations (TV Series) as
Young Pip
- Apprenticeship (1967) - Young Pip
- Miss Havisham (1967) - Young Pip
- The Convict (1967) - Young Pip
1966
Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) as
Tommy Harris
- The World of Silence (1966) - Tommy Harris
1966
David Copperfield (TV Series) as
David Copperfield / David, as a boy
- Home at Last (1966) - David, as a boy
- Distant Relations (1966) - David Copperfield
- The Long Journey (1966) - David Copperfield
- The New Home (1966) - David Copperfield
- Early Days (1966) - David Copperfield
Composer
1996
Pond Life (TV Series) (7 episodes)
- Christmas (2000)
- Addict (1997)
- Get on Downer (1996)
- Commuting (1996)
- Success (1996)
- Holiday (1996)
- Boyfriend (1996)
Music Department
2023
Mercy (with leapfrogtown band)
2016
Sky High Blunder (music)
Producer
2023
Mercy (associate producer) / (executive producer)
Soundtrack
1978
The Lord of the Rings (performer: "There is an Inn")
1977
A Little Night Music (performer: "Now/Soon/Later", "A Weekend in the Country")
Miscellaneous
2023
Mercy (sound and vision supervisor)
Thanks
2019
Succor (Short) (special thanks)
Self
2014
Who's Round (Podcast Series) as
Self
- Christopher Guard (2014) - Self (voice)
1986
Everyman (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- The True Story of Frankenstein (1986) - Self
References
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