Chris Sanders
Biography
Sander's career begins in the 1970s with main characters in series The Siege of Golden Hill (1975) and A Bunch of Fives (1977). During the first half of the 1980s, he only could work as a recurring character in another TV series, Angels (1982), and then work in a minor role in TV movie Monsignor Quixote, starring Alec Guinness. Sanders acted then in guest appearances for the rest of the 1980s, and in minor roles in movies like Dead Lucky and Bellman and True. Sanders worked on non-blockbuster movies, including TV Witchcraft, and making guest appearances in different TV series, of which is of notice Merry Christmas, Mr. Bean. In 1999, Sanders voiced Neimoidian lieutenant Daultay Dofine for The Phantom Menace; however, Dofine's character would be played by a different actor on-screen,Alan Ruscoe who also played Bib Fortuna and Plo Koon. On the same year, Sanders played another voice for Disney's TV movie Tarzan (also featuring Brian Blessed). For Tarzan, Sanders voiced a baby baboon. Since then, Sanders seems to have returned to his usual guest appearances for TV, as he did in Two Thousand Acres of Sky.
Known For & Full Filmography20 Titles
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Mr Fenwick
The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Phil
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Luigi
Roguish comedy drama following the misadventures of small-time crook Arthur Daley.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Dino
Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly popular series interweaves crime and medical storylines.
Drama Series - 1993, 16 episodes • as Derek
Peak Practice is a British drama series about a GP surgery in Cardale — a small fictional town in the Derbyshire Peak District — and the doctors who worked there. It ran on ITV from 10 May 1993 to 30 January 2002 and was one of their most successful series at the time. It originally starred Kevin Whately as Dr Jack Kerruish, Amanda Burton as Dr Beth Glover and Simon Shepherd as Dr Will Preston, though the roster of doctors would change many times over the course of the series. Cardale was based on the Staffordshire village of Longnor for the final series, but was previously based in the Derbyshire village of Crich, although certain scenes were filmed at other nearby Derbyshire towns and villages, most notably Matlock, Belper and Ashover.
Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Butcher
Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he creates havoc wherever he goes.
Movie - 1999, 2h 15m • as Daultay Dofine (voice)
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Drama Series - 1975, 16 episodes • as Gerald
Rumpole of the Bailey is a British television series created and written by the British writer and barrister John Mortimer. It stars Leo McKern as Horace Rumpole, an aging London barrister who defends any and all clients, and has been spun off into a series of short stories, novels, and radio programmes.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Alvarez
The BBC's answer to Dynasty, Howards' Way was launched in 1985 with an enormous 1 million pound budget. The main characters in the show were 'best boat designer in the world' Tom Howard, his boutique running wife Jan Howard, 'I'll have a drink' Jack Rolfe and a nasty man called Ken Masters. It starred Maurice Colbourne.
Drama Series - 1992, 16 episodes • as Enrico
Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
Drama Series - 1990, 16 episodes • as Sgt. Price
The Chief is a British crime drama transmitted on ITV from 20 April 1990 to 16 June 1995. Produced by Anglia Television, it centred on the politics at the top of a typical English police force in its continual battle to solve the problems the times, in this case the fictional Eastland of East Anglia.
Drama Series - 1991, 16 episodes • as CID Man
Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic ) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.
Drama Series - 1979, 16 episodes • as Fisherman
Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981. Channel 4 reprised the show in 1987 as Worzel Gummidge Down Under, which was set in New Zealand.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • as Joseph
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.
Drama Series - 1985, 16 episodes • as Dr Henderson
In 19th-century industrial England, Anna Tellwright gains independence and wealth after inheriting a fortune, challenging her domineering father and strict Methodist upbringing.
Movie - 1983, 2h 15m • as Trevor
Goff and Lytton have a dream – a canal boat of their own on which to cruise the inland waterways. The reality is the boatyard of Josh Adkins and a rusting hulk called Atlantis.
Movie - 1974, 2h 15m • as Servant
Sexual passion breeds violence in the Thomas Middleton and William Rowley written tale of a beautiful woman who falls in love with a sea-captain. Filmed with lush production values and at a leisurely, very British pace, Helen Mirren is riveting as Beatrice-Joanna, a young lass already torn by love and commitment.Beatrice-Joanna (Helen Mirren) is betrothed to Lord Alonzo de Piraquo (Malcolm Reynolds) but is in love with Alsemero (Brian Cox). She hires her father's manservant, De Flores (Stanley Baker), to kill Alonzo but after he has done so, she realises De Flores wants her as a reward.The Changeling was an instalment of the BBC's Play of the Month series and is a production for television of a 1622 Jacobean tragedy of the same name, written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley.
Movie - 1977, 2h 15m • as Foreman of the Jury
In 1977 the Old Bailey saw the start of the first trial for blasphemy in this country for over half a century. Begun by Mary Whitehouse against the homosexual newspaper Gay News, it ended in a conviction, heavy fines and a suspended prison sentence for the editor. An appeal is pending. Was this prosecution an attack on free speech? Or was it a necessary defence of the principle that, even in a permissive society, some things must remain sacred? This dramatised documentary reconstructs the crucial moments of this historic trial, and explores the issues it raises. Peter France questions the people on both sides, including Mary Whitehouse and Denis Lemon, Editor, Gay News, about their actions and reactions during the case.
Movie - 1988, 2h 15m • as Landlord
Martin Urban, a young accountant, is gay but unwilling to own up to this fact because he desperately wants to be the ideal son for his parents. When he wins a fortune on the football pools, he decides to give half of it away to deserving people. But he neglects to include his friend Tim Sage, who filled in the coupon for him and really needs the money. Perhaps Martin doesn't acknowledge Tim because Martin is strongly sexually attracted to him. Tim's revenge upon Martin succeeds beyond his wildest dreams, setting in motion a chain of events leading to a tragic climax.
Movie - 1975, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Alan Wellbeck is a nurse in a mental hospital. His day-to-day struggles with personal feelings and troubled patients provide humour and pathos against the backdrop of a public institution.