Christopher Biggins
Birthday: 16 December 1948, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
Height: 183 cm
Christopher Biggins was born on December 16, 1948 in Oldham, Lancashire, England. He is an actor, known for On Safari (1982), The Wright Stuff (2000) and The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). He has b ...Show More
The Benny Hill Show (1969) was one of those shows that was liked but people felt it was a bit PC not Show more
The Benny Hill Show (1969) was one of those shows that was liked but people felt it was a bit PC not to like it. Hide
[on Sir Jimmy Savile] He was a television institution and an inspiration to everybody who watched hi Show more
[on Sir Jimmy Savile] He was a television institution and an inspiration to everybody who watched him. He will be sadly missed. Hide
Discretion is not my middle name.
Discretion is not my middle name.
[on bisexual men] They ruin a woman's life. It's so wrong, because you're not owning up to what you Show more
[on bisexual men] They ruin a woman's life. It's so wrong, because you're not owning up to what you are. You lead a double life so how can you be a real person? Hide
People who watch football have such a strange view on life. They almost demand that this person they Show more
People who watch football have such a strange view on life. They almost demand that this person they love and adore, who is the same sex as them, has to also be heterosexual. Hide
When I left drama school, everybody wanted to go to the RSC, and the only person who got in was me, Show more
When I left drama school, everybody wanted to go to the RSC, and the only person who got in was me, and they were all furious because I wasn't considered to be a Shakespearean actor at all. I had the best year of my life, working with Judi Dench, Donald Sinden, Elizabeth Spriggs. Hide
[in 2013] When I did Porridge (1974) in 1974 I was on 90 pounds an episode. Now, if it's on BBC One Show more
[in 2013] When I did Porridge (1974) in 1974 I was on 90 pounds an episode. Now, if it's on BBC One or BBC Two, I get over a thousand pounds per episode. It was a wonderful thing for actors and sadly now everybody thinks that actors shouldn't get paid. Hide
I was doing lots of children's TV, like Rentaghost (1976), and if you were gay in those days you wer Show more
I was doing lots of children's TV, like Rentaghost (1976), and if you were gay in those days you were considered to be a paedophile. Hide
Everyone agrees that I'm far too pretty to play an Ugly Sister.
Everyone agrees that I'm far too pretty to play an Ugly Sister.
There's nothing I like more than talking about myself, so I spent a very pleasant two hours chatting Show more
There's nothing I like more than talking about myself, so I spent a very pleasant two hours chatting to a lovely lady called Sandra. Towards the end, out of the blue, she said: 'How's your libido Christopher?' Should I be overcome by urges, she suggested, I should retire to the 'dunny' - the lavatory - to attend to them. I can assure you I did not succumb to any such urges. Hide
[on Operation Yewtree] Yewtree has been appalling. I mean it's been like a witch-hunt on people. And Show more
[on Operation Yewtree] Yewtree has been appalling. I mean it's been like a witch-hunt on people. And there are certain people who are really, really suffering. Hide
Physical hardship is not the Biggins way. I feel as if I'm testing the boundaries of endurance when Show more
Physical hardship is not the Biggins way. I feel as if I'm testing the boundaries of endurance when I can't get my favourite table at The Ivy. If there's a spider in the bath at home, I have to get my partner Neil to remove it. Hide
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