Christopher Guard

Acting

Christopher Guard

Born 1953-12-05 · London, England, UK

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.

Acting credits

The Lord of the Rings poster
6.6

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.

The Lord of the Rings

1978

Les Misérables poster
7.1

In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.

Les Misérables

1978

Dead Man's Folly poster
6.4

During a murder hunt game at a country house, to which Hercule Poirot is invited as an "expert", a real murder occurs.

Dead Man's Folly

1986

Loophole poster
6.3

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.

Loophole

1981

The Tempest poster
7.0

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.

The Tempest

1980

The Happy Autumn Fields poster
NR

Time is playing tricks on Mary. Around her the walls are crumbling- all the houses are being pulled down. Why does she insist on staying, caught in a dream about a family, years ago, out walking in the fields after the harvest? And who was Sarah, that beautiful young girl, whose sister couldn't bear that she was in love?

The Happy Autumn Fields

1980

The Chester Mystery Plays poster
NR

Medieval Mystery Cycle first performed in Chester in the 14th century.

The Chester Mystery Plays

1976

John Diamond poster
8.0

William Jones runs away from home, haunted by the memory of his father. To lay this ghost, he must search the back streets of London for a man called Diamond.

John Diamond

1981

A Little Night Music poster
6.1

A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress Desirée Armfeldt and the men who love her: lawyer Fredrik Egerman and Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When Desirée's show travels through Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.

A Little Night Music

1977

A Hymn from Jim poster
NR

When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.

A Hymn from Jim

1977

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy poster
7.5

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.

Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy

1988

Sweet Wine of Youth poster
NR

A Life of Rupert Brooke from his letters and poems

Sweet Wine of Youth

1979

Joe's Ark poster
8.0

The religious beliefs of pet shop owner Joe (Freddie Jones) are shaken by the terminal illness of his daughter Lucy (Angharad Rees). For Potter, this play "makes more than a wry nod at possibilities which can comprehend pain, or disgust, or the implacable presence of death itself."

Joe's Ark

1974

A Light That Shines poster
NR

' I'm a spy, you know ... I've got to report back.' Conroy has been asked by the teaching order's recruitment officer Brother Martin Jerome , to be guide and help to the most promising candidate, 16-year-old Stephen. To Stephen it is just another of the pressures on him at this critical time.

A Light That Shines

1979