Christopher Good

British actor

Christopher Good is an English actor best known for his work on television. He was born on May 12, 1956, in Bromsgrove in Worcestershire. In the 1970s he made a stage appearance in a musical version of Jeeves and Wooster.^[1] In the 90s he was, according to the Times, one of the most energetic Falstaffs ever. Mr. Good has made many one-off or short-lived appearances in drama and comedy programmes, with Murder Most Horrid, Rumpole of the Bailey, Danger UXB, The Choir and Pie in the Sky being among them.^[2] He appeared in The Beast Below, an episode of the 2010 series of Doctor Who.^[3]

He is arguably best known for his role as Quentin Kirrin in the 1990s television adaptation of The Famous Five, Enid Blyton novels in which he appeared in eighteen episodes.^[4]^[5]

In retirement he has restored an old mill and created a large and wonderful garden in Herefordshire.

Selected TV and filmography

Budgie (1972) – 1st Constable / Factory Gateman
Six Days of Justice (1973) – Mr. Barrington-Smith
Upstairs, Downstairs (1974) – Captain Philip Hanning
A Bridge Too Far (1977) – Major Carlyle
Casting the Runes (1979) - John Harrington
Danger UXB (1979) – Captain West / Major
Juliet Bravo (1980) – Tony Woodward
Secret Army – "The Last Run" (1979) – Flight Sergeant Tucker
Brideshead Revisited (1981) – Collins
Victor/Victoria (1982) – Stage Manager
Gandhi (1982) – Young Englishman
Bullshot (1983) – Lord Binky Brancaster
Diana (1984) – Alistair
Miss Marple – "The Murder at the Vicarage" and "The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side" (1986, 1992) – Christopher Hawes
Murder Most Horrid (1991) – Leonard
The Famous Five (1995–1997) – Quentin
Possession (2002) – Crabb-Robinson
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (2002) – Dr Brown
Midsomer Murders (2003) – Simon Smythe-Webster
The Trial of the King Killers (2005) – Sir Purbeck Temple
Egypt (2005) – Thomas Young
Rosemary & Thyme (2006) – The Dean
Famous 5: On the Case (2008)
Doctor Who: The Beast Below (2010) – Morgan