Christopher Gable
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-03-13
Died
1998-10-23
Biography
Christopher Michael Gable, CBE (13 March 1940 – 23 October 1998) was an English ballet dancer, choreographer and actor. Born in London, Gable studied at the Royal Ballet School, joining the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in 1957. He was promoted to soloist in 1959 and principal in 1961. Gable's roles included Romeo in the Kenneth MacMillan production of Romeo and Juliet, Mercury in Offenbach's comic operetta Orpheus in the Underworld, and Colas in La fille mal gardée. Gable frequently partnered with Lynn Seymour. Gable suffered from a chronic rheumatoid condition in his feet and left the Royal Ballet in 1967 to pursue a career in acting. Gable appeared in a number of television and film productions directed by Ken Russell. These included Song of Summer (1968) and Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) for BBC television, and the films Women in Love (1969), The Music Lovers (1971), The Boy Friend (1971), The Lair of the White Worm (1988), and The Rainbow (1989). His other roles included John, valet and friend of Prince Edward, in the Cinderella film musical The Slipper and the Rose (1976), the composer Peter Cornelius in Wagner (1983), Mercury in the BBC television production of Orpheus in the Underworld (1983), ambiguous villain Sharaz Jek in the Doctor Who serial The Caves of Androzani (1984), and Arthur Ainsley in the miniseries A Woman of Substance (1985).
Most Known For
Doctor Who
as Sharaz Jek
BBC Play of the Month
as Trofimov
BBC Play of the Month
as Bassanio
A Woman of Substance
as Arthur Ainsley
Churchill's People
as Jack Cleveland
The Lair of the White Worm
as Joe Trent
The Slipper and the Rose
as John
The Boy Friend
as Tony
Women in Love
as Tibby Lupton
The Devil's Crown
as Philippe Auguste
The Devil's Crown
as Charles Auguste
Twiggy
as (archival footage)
Tycoon
as Charles Clark
The Rainbow
as Will Brangwen
The Music Lovers
as Count Anton Chiluvsky
The Merchant of Venice
as Bassanio
Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
as Sharaz Jek
The Cherry Orchard
as Trofimov
Song of Summer
as Eric Fenby
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Pierre Gringoire