Christopher Gable
- Profesión
- Actuación
- Nacimiento
- 13 de marzo de 1940
- Fallecimiento
- 23 de octubre de 1998
Biografía
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).
Películas con Christopher Gable
- La guarida del gusano blanco 1988 · ★ 5.9
- Mujeres enamoradas 1969 · ★ 6.6
- La zapatilla y la rosa: La historia de Cenicienta 1976 · ★ 6.9
- La pasión de vivir 1971 · ★ 6.5
- El novio 1971 · ★ 6.4
- El arcoiris 1989 · ★ 5.7
- Song of Summer 1968 · ★ 6.3
- Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani 1984 · ★ 9.8
- Twiggy 2025 · ★ 7.6
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1976 · ★ 6.2
- Dance of the Seven Veils 1970 · ★ 8.3
- The Merchant of Venice 1972 · ★ 8.5
- The Cherry Orchard 1971 · ★ 7.0
- Orpheus in the Underworld 1983 · ★ 8.0
- A Simple Man 1987
- High Summer 1972
- Creating Sharaz Jek 2001
Películas dirigidas por Christopher Gable
- Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol 1992 · ★ 9.8
- A Christmas Carol 1994 · ★ 9.3