Christopher Blake

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Christopher Blake
Born
Peter Ronald Gray

(1949-08-23)23 August 1949
Chingford, Essex, England
Died11 December 2004(2004-12-11) (aged 55)
London, England
Alma materRoyal Central School of Speech and Drama
Occupation(s)Actor, screenwriter
Years active1971–2004
SpouseVictoria Little

Christopher Blake (born Peter Ronald Gray, 23 August 1949 – 11 December 2004) was an English

Mixed Blessings (1978–80) and That's My Boy
(1981–86).

Early life

He was born Peter Ronald Gray on 23 August 1949, the eldest of three boys, in

Equity
. He chose the surname Blake from the telephone directory.

Career

Blake first came to the attention of television audiences in 1972 when he was cast as Gilbert Blythe in the 1972 BBC adaptation of

Daleks
.

In later years Christopher Blake turned to screenwriting, writing several episodes of Channel 5's short-lived soap Family Affairs. He wrote two episodes ("Dancing in the Dark" and "Endangered Species") of the ITV crime serial A Touch of Frost with his writing partner Tony Charles.

On the 26 February 1970 edition of

Dave Clark Five
performance of Everybody Get Together, the official video of the song shot with members of his acting school class.

Personal life

He was married twice and had three children from his first marriage; two daughters and a son. A talented all-round cricketer since his youth in Australia, he played the game throughout his life, including for

The Lord's Taverners and William Franklyn's team, the Sargentmen, which raised money for the Malcolm Sargent Cancer Fund for Children. One of his other great passions was supporting Arsenal F.C.
and he dropped references to Arsenal into scripts whenever the opportunity arose.

Illness and death

In early 2004 after an aggressive and rare form of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was diagnosed, Blake received treatment at the Royal Marsden Hospital in Surrey. He died on 11 December 2004 in London, England, aged 55. He is buried at the East London Cemetery and Crematorium.

Television credits

[1]

Film credits

[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Christopher Blake (I)

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