Chris Sandford
Birth date6 June 1939 (age 87)
Birth placeCroydon, England
OccupationActor
Years active1956–present

Christopher Duke Sandford (born 6 June 1939) is a British actor.[1] He has appeared in more than fifty films since 1956.

He also worked in the music business for a spell in the 1960s as both a singer and radio DJ, before returning to the acting profession.[2]

More recently he is the author of several books on fly-fishing, The Best of British Baits: An Identification Guide to Artificial Lures from 1849–1930 (1997), A Wellie Full of Water (2008), Flytyers' Flies: The Flies That Catch Fish (2009), and Mayflies and More: A Flytyers' Guide to the Chalkstreams (2012).[3]

Selected filmography

Film
YearTitleRoleNotes
1960A French MistressPoole
1967Half a SixpenceSid
1969Before Winter ComesJohnny
1969Jutrzenka (Winter in Majorca)Frédéric Chopin
1970The Kremlin LetterRudolph
1970Deep EndChris
1970Cool It Carol!David Thing
1971Die Screaming, MarianneSebastian
1971Up the Chastity BeltMutch
1972King, Queen, KnaveHofmann
1974VampiraMilton
TV
YearTitleRoleNotes
1963–1964Coronation StreetWalter PottsRegular, 37 episodes
1969Dombey and SonMr. Toots
1971The Persuaders!Onslow Sinclair
1972Time on My Hands (Dad's Army)The German Pilot

References

  1. ^ "Chris Sandford". Bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Offshore disc-jockeys of the 60s, S-Sp"
  3. ^ Worldcat entry for Chris Sandford, Worldcat.org, accessed 6 March 2020.