Christopher Rhodes

Sir Christopher George Rhodes, 3rd Baronet (30 April 1914 – 22 June 1964) was an English film and television actor.

Early life

Rhodes was the only son of Sir John Rhodes, 2nd Baronet, and was educated at Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the Second World War he served with the Essex Regiment, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He was decorated with the Croix de Guerre and the United States Legion of Merit.

Career

Rhodes began his acting career after the war, his television appearances included The Quatermass Experiment, Danger Man, Dixon of Dock Green and The Saint.

Selected filmography

• Betrayed (1954) .... Chris
• The Colditz Story (1955) .... 'Mac' McGill
• The Feminine Touch (1956) .... Dr Ted Russell
• Tiger in the Smoke (1956) .... Chief Inspector Luke
• Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) .... General Bräuer
• Dunkirk (1958) .... Sergeant on the beaches
• Wonderful Things! (1958) .... Codger
• Operation Amsterdam (1959) .... Alex
• The Lady Is a Square (1959) .... Greenslade
• Tiger Bay (1959) .... Inspector Bridges
• Shake Hands with the Devil (1959) .... Colonel Smithson
• A Terrible Beauty (1960) .... Tim Malone
• Gorgo (1961) .... McCartin
• The Guns of Navarone (1961) .... German Master Gunner
• El Cid (1961) .... Don Martín
• The Piper's Tune (1962) .... Captain
• Lancelot and Guinevere (1963) .... Ulfus... aka Sword of Lancelot (USA)
• The Cracksman (1963) .... Mr. King
• Becket (1964) .... Baron

Personal life

Rhodes was married twice, first to Mary Kesteven in 1936, whom he divorced in 1942, and then to Mary Florence Wardleworth in 1943, who bore him two sons and a daughter. He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1955. Rhodes died at his home in Blakeney, Norfolk, on 22 June 1964.

External links

• Christopher Rhodes at the Internet Movie Database

Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Phillips Rhodes	Baronet (of Hollingworth) 1955–1964	Succeeded by John Christopher Douglas Rhodes