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Christopher Gable

Christopher Gable

Actor · Born 1940-03-13

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Doctor Who (1963) — Sharaz Jek
  2. The Lair of the White Worm (1988) — Joe Trent
  3. Women in Love (1969) — Tibby Lupton
  4. The Music Lovers (1971) — Count Anton Chiluvsky
  5. The Slipper and the Rose (1976) — John
  6. The Boy Friend (1971) — Tony
  7. The Rainbow (1989) — Will Brangwen
  8. A Woman of Substance (1985) — Arthur Ainsley
  9. Song of Summer (1968) — Eric Fenby
  10. Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani (1984) — Sharaz Jek
  11. BBC Play of the Month (1965) — Trofimov
  12. Armchair Theatre (1956) — Jack
  13. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1976) — Pierre Gringoire
  14. Twiggy (2025) — (archival footage)
  15. The Devil's Crown (1978) — Philippe Auguste
  16. Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) — Richard Strauss
  17. ITV Saturday Night Theatre (1969) — Willy
  18. The Merchant of Venice (1972) — Bassanio
  19. Churchill's People (1974) — Jack Cleveland
  20. The Cherry Orchard (1971) — Trofimov
  21. Orpheus in the Underworld (1983) — Mercury
  22. Tycoon (1978) — Charles Clark
  23. A Simple Man (1987) — L.S. Lowry
  24. High Summer (1972) — Jack
  25. Creating Sharaz Jek (2001)

Directed

  1. Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol (1992) — Director
  2. A Christmas Carol (1994) — Director