Christopher Gable

Known for ActingBorn 1940-03-13Died 1998-10-23

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).Read more

Movies & web series

Northern Ballet's A Christmas Carol

Doctor Who: The Caves of Androzani

A Christmas Carol

The Merchant of Venice

Dance of the Seven Veils

Twiggy

Orpheus in the Underworld

Tycoon

Doctor Who

The Devil's Crown

A Woman of Substance

The Cherry Orchard

ITV Saturday Night Theatre

The Slipper and the Rose

Women in Love

The Music Lovers

The Boy Friend

Song of Summer

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

The Lair of the White Worm

Armchair Theatre

The Rainbow

BBC Play of the Month

Churchill's People

Creating Sharaz Jek

A Simple Man

High Summer