Chris Wiggins

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
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Birthday
Jan 13, 1930 (95 years old)
Death date
Feb 19, 2017

Chris Wiggins

Known For

The Piano Man's Daughter
3h 0m
Movie 2003

The Piano Man's Daughter

Terrified of passing on the madness that runs in his family, Charlie Kilworth (Christian Campbell) stays away from relationships that could lead to marriage and children. Meanwhile, his grandparents (R.H. Thomson and Wendy Crewson) are debating whether to put his mother (Stockard Channing) into a mental institution. Whoopi Goldberg shares producing credits on this generational drama adapted from the acclaimed novel by Timothy Findley.

Redwall
0h 22m
TV Show 1999

Redwall

To save his besieged Abbey, a young mouse novice must learn of his destiny to be the successor to a great warrior.

Babar: King of the Elephants
1h 20m
Movie 1999

Babar: King of the Elephants

Babar is a young elephant in the great forest. Whilst out with his mother a hunter kills his mother and he flees to escape the same fate. He eventually finds himself in a human city and experiences the many differences between city and forest life. Treated as an outsider he is taken in by an elderly woman, dressed in fancy suits, taught to write and count and is brought up in human culture.

The Defenders: Taking the First
1h 36m
Movie 1998

The Defenders: Taking the First

A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.

Birdz
0h 30m
TV Show 1998

Birdz

Birdz is an animated television series produced by Canada's Nelvana studio, and Scottish Television. The show was first broadcast in 1998 on CBS. Later, it was shown in Scotland in 2001, broadcast on Scottish TV and Grampian TV - now both known as STV.

The NeverEnding Story
0h 30m
TV Show 1995

The NeverEnding Story

The animated adventures of Bastian Balthazar Bux in the enchanted storybook world of Fantasia.

Voices
1h 33m
Movie 1995

Voices

A story about real life early 20th century British composer and music critic Philip Arnold Heseltine.

Black Fox
1h 32m
Movie 1995

Black Fox

A former slave affects peace between Indian tribes and homesteaders in 1860s West Texas.

Butterbox Babies
1h 34m
Movie 1995

Butterbox Babies

A couple operates a shady maternity home in 1930s/1940s Nova Scotia. Based on a true story.

A Cry in the Night
1h 36m
Movie 1992

A Cry in the Night

A divorced mother suspects that she and her two children may be in danger because of her insanely jealous new husband

Biography

Chris Wiggins (born January 13, 1930) is 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 .

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