
Chris Wiggins
Known For
Acting
Born
1930-01-13 in Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died
2017-02-19
Biography
Chris Wiggins (January 13, 1930 - February 19, 2017) was an English actor. He started out as a banker in his home country before he began his acting career in Canada, where he moved in 1952. Wiggins is probably best recognized for his role as Jack Marshak, the benevolent, resourceful expert on the occult in the syndicated television horror show Friday the 13th: The Series, and which ran from 1987 to 1990. Another well known role was Johann Robinson (Father) on Swiss Family Robinson. He won a Canadian Film Award in 1969 for best Actor for his role in The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar. In addition to his television and film work, Wiggins was also a very popular radio actor, making over 1,200 appearances in various series over the years, particularly on CBC Radio. One of his most popular roles was that of Dante, the insufferably brilliant (and insufferably arrogant) computer that ran the Aleph-9: the high-speed interdimensional spacecraft belonging to Johnny Chase: Secret Agent of Space. Wiggins' also made numerous guest appearances on such CBC Radio programs as CBC Playhouse, Nightfall, Vanishing Point and dozens of others. Wiggins also lent his voice to many animated TV series and movies. He was the voice of The Mighty Thor on the 1966 The Marvel Super Heroes series, the voice of Will Scarlet on Rocket Robin Hood, the Great Wishing Star in 1986's Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, and the Care Bears' head villain, No Heart, on the Nelvana version of their TV show. He also voiced the character Dimetro in the '80s cartoon Dinosaucers. His other roles in animated series and films included ALF Tales, Star Wars: Droids, Rock & Rule, Star Wars: Ewoks, Babar, Rupert, Richard Scarry, Franklin and Redwall. Most recently, Wiggins appeared in the 2005 Showtime original picture, Our Fathers. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Wiggins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
Most Known For

Earth: Final Conflict
as Tim O'Malley

Faerie Tale Theatre
as Alderman

The Care Bears
as No Heart (voice)

Franklin
as Mr. Groundhog (voice)

The Marvel Super Heroes
as Thor (Dr. Donald Blake) (voice)

Kung Fu: The Legend Continues
as Mike West

Friday the 13th: The Series
as Jack Marshak

ReGenesis
as Vascily Popov

The Littlest Hobo
as Ed Thompson

Spider-Man
as Police officer / Director / Mysterio (voice) (uncredited)

Night Heat

Pippi Longstocking
as Fridolf

Dinosaucers
as Dimetro (voice)

Babar and the Adventures of Badou
as Cornelius (voice)

Star Wars: Droids
as Mon Julpa (voice)

Adderly

The NeverEnding Story
as Mr. Correander (voice)

The Wonderful World of Disney
as Flour Merchant

Little Men
as Dr. Thomas Welch

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans
as Jess Adams