Christopher Guard
Biography
Christopher Guard is an English actor, musician and artist who began his screen career playing the young David Copperfield in a 1966 BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens. Born in Hammersmith, London, he played Pip in Great Expectations (1967) and joined the National Theatre in 1974. He became known for roles including Marcellus in I, Claudius (1976), Marius in Les Misérables (1978) and Ken Hodges in Casualty from 1993. He voiced Frodo Baggins in the animated The Lord of the Rings (1978) and sang as Henrik Egerman in the film version of A Little Night Music (1977) alongside Elizabeth Taylor. Other credits include Jim Hawkins in Return to Treasure Island (1986) and Bellboy in Doctor Who's The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988). He also appeared in Dennis Potter's Joe's Ark (1974) and Blackeyes (1989). His song Attention Deficit Girl won a rock award from the Guild of International Songwriters in 2004.
72years old
Turns 73 on December 5in 48 days
- Born London
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
Movie Career
- Films
- 5
- Career span
- 9 years1977 to 1986
Every film, newest first
- 1986Dead Man's FollyIMDb rating 6.3
- 1981LoopholeIMDb rating 6.1
- 1978Les MisérablesIMDb rating 7.3
- 1978The Lord of the RingsIMDb rating 6.2
- 1977A Little Night MusicIMDb rating 5.4
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Beyond film
Guard became lead singer of Indians in Moscow in 1991, after Stuart Walton and Pete Riches brought the band back together. They put out the single 'Wrong Love' and the 1994 album 'Ten Days to Live'.
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Worked with
Christopher Guard shares two films with Caroline Langrishe, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Caroline Langrishe's page
William Squire's page
John Hurt's page
Martin Sheen's page
Jonathan Pryce's page
Ian Holm's page
All films by Ralph Bakshi
Clive DonnerDirector, 1 film, 1986
All films by Clive Donner
Glenn JordanDirector, 1 film, 1978
All films by Glenn Jordan
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