Christopher Guard

Christopher Guard

Birth : 1953-12-05, London, England, UK

History

Christopher Guard (born 5 December 1953 in London) is an English actor. Educated at Latymer Upper School, Guard was a member of the National Theatre aged 20. He has appeared inVienna 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, 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 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.[1] 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.

Profile

Christopher Guard

Movies

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy
Bellboy
The Doctor and Ace head for the Psychic Circus on the planet Segonax, where they meet a disparate group of performers and visitors, including a self-centred explorer named Captain Cook, his companion Mags and a biker known as Nord.
Dead Man's Folly
Dead Man's Folly
Alec Legge
During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.
Loophole
Loophole
Cliff
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
The Tempest
The Tempest
Ferdinand
Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Marius
Jean Valjean, convicted of stealing bread, is hounded for decades by the relentless and cruel policeman Javert.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
Frodo (voice)
The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
A Little Night Music
A Little Night Music
Erich Egerman
Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to a seventeen-year-old virgin, Anne. Only she's been a virgin for the whole eleven months of the marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress Desiree Armfeldt. Desiree is getting tired of her life, and is thinkin of settling down, and sets her sights on Fredrik, despite his marriage, and her own married lover Count Carl-Magnus. She gets her mother to invite the Egermans to her country estate for the weekend. But when Carl-Magnus and his wife Charlotte appear, too, things begin to get farcical (Send in the Clowns), and the night must smile for the third time before all the lovers are united.