---
name: "Christopher Sandford"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/christopher-sandford"
fi1m_id: "christopher-sandford"
imdb_id: "nm0761851"
tmdb_id: 1100815
wikidata_id: "Q23098272"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "5 June 1939"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T17:07:42.460195+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Christopher Sandford

## Identity

Christopher Sandford

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/christopher-sandford
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** christopher-sandford
- **IMDb ID:** nm0761851
- **TMDB ID:** 1100815
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23098272
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sandford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23098272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1100815

Actor. Born 5 June 1939 in Croydon, Surrey, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 5 June 1939, Croydon, Surrey, England
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sandford, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23098272, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0761851/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1100815

## Biography

Christopher Sandford is a British actor born on 6 June 1939 in Croydon, Surrey, England. He has appeared in films and television since the late 1950s, with credits including *A French Mistress* (1960), *Half a Sixpence* (1967) as Sid, *Before Winter Comes* (1969), *The Kremlin Letter* (1970) as Rudolph, and *Die Screaming Marianne* (1971) as Sebastian Smith.

Sandford played Chris in *Deep End* (1970), Walter Potts in *Coronation Street* (1963–1964), Mr Toots in the television series *Dombey and Son* (1969), and Onslow in *The Persuaders!* (1971). He also worked as a singer and radio DJ in the 1960s. In later years he has written several books on fly-fishing.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, chrissandford.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Deep End* (1971), Fi1m 76, as Chris — [page](https://film.one/film/deep-end.md)

## Complete filmography (30)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Murphy's Law* (2001), series, as Police Technician
- *Dear Sarah* (1990), as Newsreader (voice)
- *The Pondles* (1987), series, as Various Characters
- *Lytton's Diary* (1985), series, as Car Salesman
- *Freud* (1984), series, as Dr Schur
- *Stainless Steel and the Star Spies* (1981), as (voice)
- *Death Becomes Me* (1979), as Onslow (archive footage)
- *Vampira* (1974), as Milton
- *Happy Ever After* (1974), series, as Peter Townley
- *Madhouse* (1974), as Reporter (uncredited)
- *The Adventurer* (1972), series, as Lanik
- *King, Queen, Knave* (1972), as Hofmann
- *New Scotland Yard* (1972), series, as Chalky White, Ronnie James
- *Up the Chastity Belt* (1972), as Mutch
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Onslow
- *Die Screaming Marianne* (1971), as Sebastian Smith
- *Deep End* (1971), as Chris — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/deep-end.md)
- *Cool It, Carol!* (1970), as David Thing
- *The Kremlin Letter* (1970), as Rudolph
- *Dombey and Son* (1969), series, as Mr. Toots
- *A Winter in Mallorca* (1969), as Chopin
- *Before Winter Comes* (1969), as Johnny
- *The Root of All Evil?* (1968), series, as Jess
- *Dad's Army* (1968), series, as German Pilot — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/dads-army.md)
- *Half a Sixpence* (1967), as Sid
- *ITV Playhouse* (1967), series, as Narcissus
- *Rapture* (1965), as Albert - Young man at wedding
- *West 11* (1963), as Party Guest (uncredited)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Rowley
- *Jesus of Nazareth* (1956), series, as John as a boy

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