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Christopher Gable
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Christopher Gable
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1940-03-13,
Gender
Male
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).

Filmography

6.526

The Boy Friend
1971-12-16

5.625

The Rainbow
1989-05-05

The Slipper and the Rose

6.9

The Slipper and the Rose
1976-03-25

The Music Lovers

6.527

The Music Lovers
1971-02-12

The Cherry Orchard

7

The Cherry Orchard
1971-12-19

6.333

Song of Summer
1968-09-15

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

6.2

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1976-12-30

The Lair of the White Worm

5.926

The Lair of the White Worm
1988-09-21

6.6

Women in Love
1969-09-13

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

9.8

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani
1984-03-16

Orpheus in the Underworld

8

Orpheus in the Underworld
1983-12-29

The Merchant of Venice

8.5

The Merchant of Venice
1972-04-16

Dance of the Seven Veils

8.333

Dance of the Seven Veils
1970-02-15

0

A Simple Man
1987-01-01

0

High Summer
1972-09-12

7.7

Twiggy
2025-03-07

Creating Sharaz Jek

0

Creating Sharaz Jek
2001-06-18

7.9

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

BBC Play of the Month

5.25

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19

8

Tycoon
1978-09-18

The Devil's Crown

7.75

The Devil's Crown
1978-04-30

The Devil's Crown

7.75

The Devil's Crown
1978-04-30

Churchill's People

5

Churchill's People
1974-12-30

A Woman of Substance

7.591

A Woman of Substance
1985-01-02

Armchair Theatre

6

Armchair Theatre
1956-07-08

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

7

ITV Saturday Night Theatre
1969-01-11