Christopher Good Explained

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
• (2008)
• Doctor Who: The Beast Below (2010) – Morgan

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christopher Good | Theatricalia. theatricalia.com.
2. Web site: Christopher Good. www.aveleyman.com.
3. Web site: BBC One - Doctor Who, Series 5, The Beast Below. BBC.
4. Web site: Christopher Good. IMDb.
5. Web site: Christopher Good. https://web.archive.org/web/20180528093611/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4c965fd. dead. 28 May 2018. BFI.