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Christopher Neame | |
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| Born | 12 September 1947 London, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actor |
Christopher Neame (born 12 September 1947) is an English actor who resides in the United States.
Neame's UK film credits include appearances in two Hammer Horror films: Lust for a Vampire (1971) and Dracula AD 1972 (1972). He also appeared in No Blade of Grass (1970).
He appeared in The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes as Sydney Wing in the episode entitled "The Secret of the Magnifique". In 1975 he played Kaiser Wilhelm II in the ITV 13-part drama series, Edward the Seventh.
He was featured in two BBC dramas dealing with the Second World War: as Lieutenant Dick Player in Colditz (1972–74), and as Flight Lieutenant John Curtis in the first season of the World War II drama, Secret Army (1977). In between those, in the TV film A Point in Time (1973), he became one of the first male actors to appear nude on the small screen.
Neame played the villain Skagra in the unfinished Doctor Who serial Shada in 1979.[1] He provided his voice to complete the serial using animation in 2017. Neame made a guest appearance in another BBC period drama When the Boat Comes In in 1981 portraying Robin Cunningham. In 1983, he played Mark Antony in the BBC series The Cleopatras.
In addition, Neame produced some episodes of the 1990s drama series Soldier Soldier.
Neame emigrated to the United States and has made frequent appearances in American films and television. He appeared in the films, Steel Dawn (1987), D.O.A. (1988), Bloodstone (1988), Licence to Kill (1989), Ghostbusters II (1989), Edge of Honor (1991), Suburban Commando (1991), Hellbound (1994), Ground Zero (2000) and The Prestige (2006).
He played a psycho killer in an episode of MacGyver in 1985, and appeared in The Great Escape II: The Untold Story. In 1989, he played the character Gustav Hellstrom, a Swedish businessman, in the 12th season of the TV series Dallas, appearing in 3 episodes: "Serpent's Tooth", "April Showers", "And Away We Go". He also appeared in a two-part story of Star Trek: Enterprise in 2004. In 1994, he portrayed "Knight Two" in the Babylon 5 episode "And the Sky Full of Stars". Neame is one of the few actors to have appeared in Doctor Who, Blake's 7, the Star Trek franchise, Babylon 5, and Earth 2.[2] Other television appearances include Dynasty, The A-Team, Benson, Beauty and the Beast, Northern Exposure (1994), JAG (1995), and the two-part mini-series The Apocalypse Watch (1996). He also starred in the Showtime film Street Knight (1994) and he appeared as "The One" in the last two episodes of Martial Law (2000). He also played the main villain in the live-action cutscenes of Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II (1997). In 2018, he reunited with his Hammer film co-star Caroline Munro to appear in the film House of the Gorgon.[3]
