Christopher Rhodes


Sir Christopher George Rhodes, 3rd Baronet was an English film and television actor. He was awarded the French Croix de Guerre for services 1940-41 and the United States Legion of Merit for his World War II service.

Early life

Rhodes was born in Alverstone, Isle of Wight, the only son of Sir John Rhodes, 2nd Baronet, and attended Eton College and Magdalen College, Oxford. During the Second World War, he served with the Essex Regiment of the British Army, reaching the rank of lieutenant-colonel in British Intelligence as Deputy Controller, Political, Economic and Special Intelligence in Berlin.

Career

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

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.

Death

Rhodes died at his home in Blakeney, Norfolk, on 22 June 1964, aged 50.

Selected filmography

  • Moulin Rouge
  • Laughing Anne as Escort No. 1
  • Betrayed as Chris
  • Gravelhanger
  • The Colditz Story as 'Mac' McGill
  • The Feminine Touch as Dr Ted Russell
  • Tiger in the Smoke as Chief Inspector Luke
  • Ill Met by Moonlight as General Bräuer
  • The Naked Earth as Al
  • Dunkirk as Sergeant on the beaches
  • Wonderful Things! as Codger
  • Operation Amsterdam as Alex
  • The Lady Is a Square as Greenslade
  • Tiger Bay as Inspector Bridges
  • John Paul Jones as Ringleader
  • Shake Hands with the Devil as Colonel Smithson
  • A Terrible Beauty as Tim Malone
  • Gorgo as McCartin
  • The Guns of Navarone as German Gunnery Officer
  • El Cid as Don Martín
  • The Piper Pune as Captain
  • Lancelot and Guinevere as Ulfus, aka Sword of Lancelot
  • The Cracksman as Mr. King
  • Becket as Baron