Chris Wiggins was born on
January 13, 1931 in Blackpool
, England
.
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
TV 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.
In addition to his TV and film work, Wiggins was also a very
popular radio actor, making over 1200 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.
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